Words

Question 1

Shidduch

Answer 1

Matchmaking

Question 2

Bashert

Answer 2

Soul mate

Question 3

Hishtadlut

Answer 3

man’s free-will

Question 4

En Sof

Answer 4

The infinite (without end) God

Question 5

Torah Shebikhtav

Answer 5

Written Torah

Question 6

Torah She’baal Peh

Answer 6

Oral Torah

Question 7

Matan Torah

Answer 7

The giving of the Torah at Mt. Sinai

Question 8

Aliyah

Answer 8

A going up

Question 9

Te’amim

Answer 9

The chant reading of the Torah

Question 10

Ba’al k’ri’ah

Answer 10

Person who does the Torah reading

Question 11

Oleh/Olah

Answer 11

Person who receives the Aliyah; gives the blessing prior to Torah reading (sometimes does reading too)

Question 12

Bimah

Answer 12

Torah Podium

Question 13

Shekhinah

Answer 13

God’s divine presence in a place

Question 14

Shadchan

Answer 14

Person who does matchmaking

Question 15

Minhag

Answer 15

Customs between different Jewish ethnicities

Question 16

Pikuach Nefesh

Answer 16

Any law can be broken to protect the health of a person

No murder, idolatry, nor sexual immorality

Question 17

Haredi

Answer 17

Very observant sect

Question 18

Hiloni

Answer 18

Secular Jews

Question 19

Masorti

Answer 19

Semi-observant Jews (In Israel)

Question 20

Dati

Answer 20

Observant/Conservative (In Israel)

Question 21

Kippah Sruga

Answer 21

Israeli term for Modern Orthodoxies

Question 22

Mi-d’orayta

Answer 22

Torah rule

Question 23

Mi-derabbenan

Answer 23

Rabbinic rule