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TBT Barchu and Units from Last Year

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  • From last year: Give an example of "p'ri ha'etz".
    Many possible answers. Use judgment in scoring.
  • Sing the Barchu.
    Use judgment for scoring.
  • From last year: What does shalom mean?
    peace
  • Why is the Barchu like the Star Spangled Banner?
    Use judgment for scoring.
  • What is a minyan?
    a group of at least 10 Jewish adults for a prayer service
  • From last year: Give an example of "p'ri ha'adamah".
    Many possible answers. Use judgment in scoring.
  • From last year: What are the first 10 words of blessings of Mitzvah?
  • From last year: What is the blessing over the Shabbat candles?
  • What do we mean when we say the Barchu is a "Call and Response" prayer?
    The leader chants the first line and the congregation responds with the second.
  • From last year: What is the connection between whole/complete and peace?
    Use judgment in scoring.
  • What does it mean to pray with kavanah?
    praying with meaning and intention
  • What does the Barchu do in terms of the service?
    It invites us to come together as a community and focus on the main part of the prayer service. It gets us ready to pray.
  • From last year: When do we have a Havdallah ceremony?
    on Saturday at the end of Shabbat
  • From last year: What is the shoresh of the word "shalom"?
    shin, lamed, mem
  • From last year: What is the blessing over challan?
  • From last year: Why do many people light two candles on Shabbat?
    remember and observe
  • From last year: What is a mitzvah?
    a commandment
  • From last year: What do we say blessings over during Havdallah?
    wine, spices, braided candle
  • From last year: What are the Hebrew words in the "Blessing Formula"?
  • What do words with the shoresh vet (or bet), resh, chaf mean? Think about baruch and barchu.
    bless/praise
  • What do we do with our bodies when we say the Barchu?
    stand and bow
  • Why is 10 the number for a minyan?
    Tell story of Abraham trying to save Sodom and Gomorrah.
  • Why do we bow when we say the Barchu?
    to show respect for God
  • From last year: What are the two events the Friday night Kiddush tells us to remember?
    Creation and the Exodus from Egypt
  • From last year: What does the "Blessing Formula" mean in English?
    Blessed/praised are You Adonai our God Ruler of the world
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