Judaism Practices

Question 1

Bar Mitzvah

Answer 1

Celebration of a boy coming of age at 13

Question 2

Bat Mitzvah

Answer 2

Celebration of a girl coming age 12

Question 3

What happens during a bar mitzvah

Answer 3

The boy reads from the torah

He’lll wear a tallit for the first time

Makes a short speech

Question 4

What happens during a bat mitzvah

Answer 4

The girl reads from the torah

Gives a short speech

May lead part of prayer service

The girl may make a speech at the end of synagogue service

Question 5

Rites of passage

Answer 5

Religious rituals which celebrate the 4 important events of life

Birth, coming of age, marriage, death

Question 6

What happens to boys when they are 8 days old

Answer 6

Brit Milah

Ceremony of male circumcision

Question 7

Mohel

Answer 7

Trained circumciser

Question 8

Sandek

Answer 8

Companion of the child

Question 9

Dietary laws

Answer 9

Rules that deal with foods permitted to be eaten, food preparation & food combinations

Question 10

Kosher

Answer 10

Food that meets requirements of jewish law

Question 11

Trefah

Answer 11

Food jews are forbidden to eat

Question 12

What food does trefah originally describe

Answer 12

Animals whose flesh had been torn by a predator so couldn’t be eaten

Question 13

When can meat be eaten by jew

Answer 13

The animal must be healthy and slaughtered by a trianed jew with a sharp knife

Question 14

Examples of kosher food

Answer 14

Cows, sheep, goats, deer

Question 15

Examples of trefah food

Answer 15

Pork, camel, rodents, reptiles

Question 16

Kosher meaning in hebrew

Answer 16

Clean or fit

Question 17

When can jews eat fish

Answer 17

If they have fins and scales

Question 18

Shabbat preparations

Answer 18

Is jewish homes all work is done

Home is prepared before Shabbat begins Friday evening

House is cleaned

Food is prepared

Question 19

What happens during shabbat lighting the candle

Answer 19

A female member lights candles

She lights them for anout 18 minutes

Says a prayer

Question 20

Shabbat

Friday meal

Answer 20

Family washes their hands before meal

Head of household removes cover from challah loaves and liftes them up says a blessing

Then meal begins which lasts few hours

Meal ends with prayer of thanksgiving for food

Question 21

Shabbat

Saturday

Answer 21

After morning service in synagogue the family enjoys another meal at home

End of shabbat marked by havdalah service

Question 22

Havdalah ceremony

Answer 22

When 3 stars appear in the sky shabbat is over

This is marked by havdalah ceremony

Question 23

Marriage

Answer 23

A legal union between a man and women

Question 24

Teaching from bible about marriage

Answer 24

“Hence a man leaves his father and mother and clings to his wife, so that they become one flesh”

Genesis 2:24

Question 25

What happens after betrothal ceremony

Answer 25

Marriage contract signed in prescence of a witness

Question 26

Periods of mourning

Answer 26

When death is anounced 1st, 2nd, 3rd period of mourning Final period of mourning After the first year

Question 27

What happens at jewish funeral

Answer 27

Prayers, psalms, readings from scripture, short speech by rabbi

Question 28

Rosh Hashanah

Answer 28

The jewish new year period Lasts for 10 days and finishes with Yom Kippur

Question 29

How do jews celebrate Rosh Hashanah

Answer 29

Special meal at home Special prayers Special synagogue service

Question 30

What happens during Yom Kippur

Answer 30

No work is done No food or drink No bathing

Question 31

Tallit

Answer 31

A prayer shawl

Question 32

Tefillin

Answer 32

Small leather boxes containing extracts from the torah

Question 33

Amidah

Answer 33

'Standing prayer' Central prayer of jewish worship

Question 34

Bimah

Answer 34

Platform in synagogue from where torah is read

Question 35

Rabbi

Answer 35

A Jewish religious leader and teacher

Question 36

Ner tamid

Answer 36

Eternal light kept burning in the synagogue

Question 37

Synagogue

Answer 37

A building for Jewish public prayer, study and gathering

Question 38

Minyan

Answer 38

Group of at least 10 adults

Question 39

Orthdox jews

Answer 39

Jews who strictly follow the laws

Question 40

Reform jews

Answer 40

Jews who believe the laws in the torah can be adapted for modern times

Question 41

Cantor

Answer 41

A person who leads or chants prayers in synagogue

Question 42

Where are men's and women's seats in synagogue Orthodox church

Answer 42

Men - both left and right Woman - at the bottom

Question 43

Where are men's and women's seats in synagogue Reform church

Answer 43

Together near the middle

Question 44

Kippah or yamulkah

Answer 44

A skull cap

Question 45

Nebi'im

Answer 45

Books about the lives and teachings of prophets

Question 46

Why is pesach important to jews

Answer 46

Reminds them of moses and israelites and the slavery