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Jewish Month

Total questions: 15

Worksheet time: 8mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Which Jewish scholar created the set Jewish Calendar?

a)

Rabbi Micah

b)

Hillel

c)

Abraham

d)

Shammai

2.

The rabbis in Jerusalem originally told the Jewish people across Israel that the new month had started by lighting a series of fires on different mountains

a)

True

b)

False

3.

The Jewish month follows the cycle of which celestial body

a)

The Sun

b)

The Moon

c)

The Stars

d)

Pluto

4.

The lunar cycle describes how long it takes for the moon to do a complete orbit around the Earth

a)

True

b)

False

5.

What is Rosh Chodesh?

a)

The beginning of the year

b)

The middle of the month

c)

The end of the month

d)

The beginning of the month

6.

The secular (non-Jewish calendar) and the Jewish calendar have the same months

a)

True

b)

False

7.

What is Hebrew word that means "the birth of the moon" and refers to the cycle of the moon starting over again?

a)

אוֹר

b)

מּוֹלָד הַלְּבָנָה

c)

חוֹשֶׁך

d)

ראש חודש

8.

The Hebrew Calendar has a leap month in _ out of every 19 years.

a)

4

b)

2

c)

7

d)

10

9.

It is a mitzvah to keep Pesach in the spring

a)

True

b)

False

10.

The Hebrew Months were given names while the Jews were in Egypt

a)

True

b)

False

11.

The name for the Hebrew Leap month is _______ Rishon

a)

Cheshvan

b)

Nissan

c)

Adar

d)

Elul

12.

The names for the months come from which language

a)

Hebrew

b)

Babylonian

c)

Egyptian

d)

Yiddish

13.

The name for the first month is

a)

Nissan

b)

Tishrei

c)

Adar

d)

Elul

14.

The month that was historically known for having no holidays is called what?

a)

Av

b)

Sivan

c)

Iyar

d)

Cheshvan

15.

The Hebrew months originally had no names and were referred to by "first month", "second month", and so on

a)

True

b)

False