| Hint | Answer | % Correct | |
|---|---|---|---|
| k | Laws regarding permitted and forbidden food | Kosher | 90%
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| a | Brother of Moses/first High Priest of Israel | Aharon | 88%
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| p | Festival of Freedom/redemption from Egypt | Pesach | 88%
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| s | House of Prayer | Shul/Synagogue | 87%
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| r | Jewish New Year | Rosh Hashana | 85%
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| c | Bread of Shabbat | Challa | 83%
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| y | Day of Atonement (also the name of an Israeli war) | Yom Kippur | 80%
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| t | This building was destroyed twice, the last time in about 70 BCE | Temple | 79%
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| w | 4 cups of this are drunk on P^ | Wine | 79%
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| i | After the division of Solomon's kingdom following his death, this is the name of the Northern Kingdom | Israel | 74%
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| q | Position of Ester in the Persian court | Queen | 74%
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| f | The plague that produced an abundance of these amphibians | frog | 73%
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| b | Shorthand for circumcision or the ceremony where it is done (literally covenant) | Brit | 72%
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| u | Matza is bread that is U____________ (it is eaten on P) | Unleavened | 69%
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| d | Epitome of righteous kingship | King David | 66%
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| m | Sister of Moses who features prominently in the Exodus story | Miriam | 66%
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| g | Of 2 presented to the High Priest on Y, 1 was sent into the wilderness (this is where the English term scapeg*** comes from) | Goat | 62%
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| j | And this is the Southern Kingdom | Judah | 58%
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| h | The city in which the Patriarchs and Matriarchs are buried | Hevron | 45%
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| x | Persian King usually identified as King Ahashverosh in the book of Ester | Xerxes | 45%
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| e | Son of Joseph and brother of Menasseh | Ephraim | 43%
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| n | The city that the prophet Jonah is sent to warn of its impending destruction | Nineveh | 37%
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| o | The period between P and Shavuot (Pentecost/Feast of Weeks) | Omer | 37%
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| l | An amah, tephach, and mil are units of what type of measurement | length | 30%
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| v | G-d did this to Abraham regarding the Land of Israel | Vowed | 25%
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| z | A halachic (legal) measure (usually for food) based on a common fruit in Israel (the English name will work) | Zayit (Olive) | 11%
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