What's covered
Key facts
Bar mitzvah takes place at the age of 13.
Hanukkah is the Festival of Lights, lasting eight nights.
Conservative Judaism sits between Orthodox and Reform on most issues of practice.
Challah is the special braided bread eaten on Shabbat.
A mezuzah is a small case containing the Shema, fixed to the doorpost of a Jewish home.
The Aron Kodesh is the Ark — the cabinet holding the Torah scrolls.
Bar mitzvah is the coming-of-age ceremony for Jewish boys.
The Hanukkah menorah (hanukkiah) has nine candle holders — eight for the eight nights plus the shamash (helper).
Conservative (Masorti) Judaism is the middle path between Orthodox and Reform.
Hadlakat Nerot is the blessing over the Shabbat candles.
Sample questions
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What does bar mitzvah literally mean?
- •A festival meal day
- •A new family member
- •A reading at the synagogue
- ✓Son of the commandment
What does Passover celebrate?
- •The Day of Atonement
- ✓The Exodus from Egypt
- •The giving of the Torah
- •The rededication of the Temple
What are the main branches of Judaism?
- •Catholic and Protestant traditions
- ✓Orthodox and Reform (Liberal)
- •Sunni and Shia denominations
- •Theravada and Mahayana schools
When does Shabbat begin?
- •Friday at midday
- ✓Friday at sunset
- •Saturday at sunrise
- •Thursday at sunset
What is the Shema?
- •a daily Jewish blessing over bread
- ✓Central Jewish prayer declaring God's oneness
- •the Jewish coming-of-age ceremony
- •the Jewish winter festival of lights
What is a tallit?
- •A festival meal
- ✓A Jewish prayer shawl
- •A type of Bible scroll
- •An ancient Hebrew letter
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