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Jewish Words Quiz

Guess these words and phrases associated with Jewish religion and culture.
If multiple answers fit, guess the MOST WELL KNOWN among the general population
To make it easier, we give you the first letter
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Last updated: October 5, 2017
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First submittedAugust 16, 2011
Times taken29,260
Average score58.3%
Rating4.18
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Definition
 
Answer
Candle holder with 7 branches
M
Menorah
Jewish religious teacher
R
Rabbi
Jewish place of worship
S
Synagogue
Jewish skullcap
Y
Yarmulke
Passover feast
S
Seder
Cracker-like food eaten
during Passover
M
Matzo
Day of Atonement
Y
Yom Kippur
Jewish New Year
R
Rosh Hashanah
Congratulations!
M
Mazel Tov
Five books of Moses
T
Torah
Boy's coming of age ritual
B
Bar Mitzvah
Belief in a Jewish homeland
Z
Zionism
Definition
 
Answer
Bread eaten on the Sabbath
C
Challah
Ethnic group of European Jews
A
Ashkenazi
Jewish religious school
Y
Yeshiva
Toast words. To life!
L
L'chaim
Four-sided spinning top
D
Dreidel
Mystical tradition famously
practiced by Madonna
K
Kabbalah
Guts; Audacity (Yiddish)
C
Chutzpah
Gentile (Yiddish)
G
Goy
Attractive female gentile (Yiddish)
S
Shiksa
Clumsy person (Yiddish)
K
Klutz
A real good guy (Yiddish)
M
Mensch
Comic routine (Yiddish)
S
Schtick
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57 Comments
kalbahamut
+1
Level 81
Apr 20, 2014
I think the double H was what prevented me from getting Rosh Hashanah and I'm not sure about Mazel Tov, I tried a bunch of different things. Moseltof?
mikeb
+4
Level 65
Apr 20, 2014
Agree. Could be a little more liberal on the spelling acceptance on a few of these, but I'm sure the "purists" will object!
Elan
+14
Level 65
Dec 2, 2015
There's no such thing as a correct spelling of a transliterated Hebrew or Yiddish word.
ariweiss
+1
Level 65
Jun 30, 2024
Actually, there is YIVO (yidisher visnshaftlekher institut = Jewish/Yiddish Scientific Institute - the Institute for Jewish Research) and they have a scholarly transliteration process. Though, I will admit, the Hebrew loan-words can be difficult because they aren't phonetic.
sumguy
+5
Level 85
Dec 13, 2015
What Elan said.
MrToad
+2
Level 65
Sep 25, 2022
Yeah. British and I'm more familiar with the bread being spelled chollah.
loniel
+5
Level 47
May 4, 2018
totally agree on the spelling, I had chutzpe, goi, mazze, schikse, bar mitzwa... all the words how they would be spelled based on German, which is by the way close to Jiddish...
Sifhraven
+1
Level 72
Sep 28, 2019
Tried mazzeltov bar mitzwa and several ways of chutzpah (and matze)
trnka
+2
Level 62
Apr 20, 2014
I had problems with mensch. If you transliterate the word from Yiddish, it's actually mentsh rather than mensch, which is the German and apparently also English version. I got it, because mench was an accepted alternate spelling, but maybe mentsh could be added too. It asks for the Yiddish version, afterall. Nice quiz! :)
Quizmaster
+2
Level ∞
Apr 20, 2014
Okay, the quiz will allow mentsh now.
Dimby
+1
Level 79
Sep 25, 2022
What a mensch!
IsleAuHaulte
+1
Level 90
Sep 26, 2022
Mensch actually just means human being.
berowdy
+3
Level 56
Apr 20, 2014
I was raised Jewish and I have NEVER heard of shiksa or yeshiva.
jmellor13
+6
Level 67
Apr 20, 2014
I only know "shiksa" from Seinfeld. "Yeshiva" is very common. I see it on the walls of schools, in pop culture, and in print. Maybe it's just a little quirk that you never came across it.
burntfrost
+2
Level 48
Apr 20, 2014
I know shiksa from "Sophie's Choice." Dense, boring book.
IsleAuHaulte
+1
Level 90
Sep 26, 2022
I've heard good things about it. Now I really can't decide whether to read it or not.
samiamco
+19
Level 69
Feb 29, 2016
Having dated a Jewish guy through college, I heard shiksa...a LOT. Mostly from his mom, when she thought I was out of earshot. :-)
Djilas
+1
Level 83
Jun 27, 2018
Haha :)
redsplat
+10
Level 73
May 3, 2019
Yeah, the translation offered here is not correct. 'Shiksa' is a term of disparagement. It's not intended as a compliment or factual description, and you certainly would not use it to describe a random 'attractive female non-Jewish person.' A closer translation would be 'hussy,' 'vixen' or 'temptress.' (Not that there's anything wrong with being any of these! But these are the judgemental connotations the word has.) However the term could be used affectionately, or to tease a friend.
Inkoglitch
+1
Level 48
Mar 22, 2022
for shiksa it is a word commonly used in the usa
mo918
+3
Level 77
Apr 21, 2014
spelling nightmare
redsplat
+2
Level 73
May 3, 2019
Hehe welcome to the wonderful world of transliteration!
ShadowGlider
+1
Level 56
Sep 25, 2022
They transliterated het as ch, and while it can make that sound, that's like if you always used c when transliterating the s sound into English
DorkmeisterBlu
+2
Level 73
Apr 22, 2014
18/24 And almost all of it learned from US sitcoms.
Clarisse451
+6
Level 65
Sep 13, 2015
A channukiah hold Channukah candles, a menorah has seven candles instead of the nine required for the holiday.
3NRD
+1
Level 40
Sep 25, 2022
A Hanukkah menorah, or hanukkiah, is a nine-branched candelabrum lit during the eight-day Jewish holiday of Hanukkah.

Most people — including Jews — incorrectly refer to this as a menorah.

( So how incorrect is it. )

Hominka
+1
Level 81
Feb 15, 2016
Just missed shiksa, never heard of that one. And I'm not Jewish.
samiamco
+1
Level 69
Feb 29, 2016
Instead of Ashkenazi, all I could think of was Anasazi, that Native American tribe that lived in the pretty carved-out-of-cliff-faces towns that just disappeared out of history. Same diff, right?
mongoose360
+2
Level 63
Jan 26, 2017
For guts you should allow kishkes.
IvanAndonov
+2
Level 64
May 4, 2018
Thank you South Park for dreidel and NOFX for shiksa and goy. :)
supermusic
+1
Level 69
May 4, 2018
What is happening to JetPunk? I was sure I'd find some bellyaching about racism and zionism in this comments section! Self-selecting participant base, I guess?
Elan
+2
Level 65
May 4, 2018
If you enjoyed this quiz, you should take my strictly Yiddish loan words quiz here.
jmellor13
+2
Level 67
May 4, 2018
Tried "bris" about a dozen times for the question about a boy's rite of passage. Then it finally hit me.
mabelle
+1
Level 45
May 4, 2018
I'm Jewish. I got 100%. I should be ashamed if I didn't. ;-) All Jewish people of a certain age would probably know these words. They were very liberal with the spelling. They need to be since this is just a transliteration from Yiddish and different families pronounce things differently.
redsplat
+6
Level 73
May 3, 2019
Not getting all of them would be nothing to be ashamed of. There are Jews all over the world, and many of them don't speak Yiddish (or German, Polish, or English for that matter). I could see an Ethiopian or Iranian Jew having trouble with this vocab for example, or atheist Jew from Wales or the Arctic Circle..
gl3
+1
Level 60
Sep 25, 2022
Not all of us are Ashkenzi.
MrSchickadance
+1
Level 64
May 4, 2018
Is MrSchickadance a shiksa? No, he's a mensch!
blinky
+1
Level 58
May 4, 2018
Problem is that most non-Jewish people hear these words more than read them, and spelling them correctly (or even closely) can be tough. I'm not Jewish and still got 19 of 24 (and really should have gotten two more but blanked.)
lucd13
+8
Level 69
May 4, 2018
Since you highlight that you use Yiddish words, not Hebrew, on the last six clues, you should do the same for Yarmulke. This is the Yiddish word for the skullcap. In Hebrew, it's a Kippah.
Luni
+1
Level 88
Sep 19, 2018
im mad. i couldnt spell synogogue or ashkenazi. i still cant spell it. ithought it started with an O
jbro
+1
Level 71
Sep 10, 2020
18/24 75% I'm Jewish
wkrpnyc
+8
Level 82
Jan 16, 2022
Synagogue should also accept shul as a type in. Greek versus Yiddish words.
jennywren21
+2
Level 63
Sep 26, 2022
I tried shul and then felt really dumb when I missed synagogue.
bn9043
+2
Level 62
Nov 9, 2023
I hear Jewish people in my area say shul more often than synagogue
Inkoglitch
+2
Level 48
Mar 22, 2022
for yarmoulke , although yes it is one way to pronounce it , it is the yiddish word for it and it is called like that only in the USA , the real name is Kippa (or kippot) id suggest to change this one
smms58
+1
Level 62
Sep 25, 2022
ugh i kept spelling it chutspah and it would not take it :(
Dimby
+1
Level 79
Sep 25, 2022
It’d have a low score, but a common knowledge thing that would feature Sephardic Jewish culture is couscous.
Dimby
+1
Level 79
Sep 25, 2022
I love hearing anchorpeople and clueless politicians pronounce chutzpah as “chew” “tzpah”.
amgine
+3
Level 66
Sep 25, 2022
Shiksa refers to gentile woman, level of attractiveness is irrelevant
Jacktheguy
+1
Level 91
Sep 25, 2022
I have a cousin who's half-Jewish and he helped me get some of these :)
jennywren21
+1
Level 63
Sep 26, 2022
22/24. I have been studying Hebrew for years and kept thinking of the Hebrew words in my head. It worked for a couple!
TjizzleDizzle
+1
Level 67
Sep 26, 2022
Typically me, only knew 3....but included the least guessed one. xD
AlexThirkell
+1
Level 75
Sep 26, 2022
Blundered my way through most of them, but missed the familiar-sounding 'schtick' as I didn't know that meaning... I thought it was just a person's peculiar talent or way of behaving.
WildStrawberries
+1
Level 51
Sep 28, 2022
It's spelled "shtick."
Jojojj
+1
Level 70
Oct 14, 2022
oy vey! I cannot spell Yiddish words!

But I put Zionist for 'belief in jewish homeland' and it wasn't accepted- seems a little harsh.

jraf226
+1
Level 77
Nov 2, 2022
Kept trying "spiel" or "shpiel" for shtick... am I the only one?
DaBoyez
+3
Level 26
Dec 14, 2022
Goy is also hebrew....
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