Q.1.
In Orthodox and Conservative services, men and women sit separately for prayer because ....
Q.2.
The white prayer shawl (the "tallit") worn in synagogue by Jewish males over 13 (bar mitzvah) and in some progressive synagogues, by females over 12, is worn ....
Q.3.
Wine, in particular special ceremonial wine as opposed to popular branded wine drunk at the dinner table, is a part of Jewish celebrations. However, ceremonial wine is usually ....
Q.4.
In order to become a rabbi (teacher), one has to be ....
Q.5.
The Star of David, the six-pointed star that has come to symbolise Jewish people, was first used ....
Q.6.
Jewish ‘communal’ functions such as a wedding or a bar mitzvah (13 year-old boy’s ‘coming of age’) where a meal is served to guests will have to be strictly ‘kosher’ (using only permitted ingredients cooked in the permitted way). Assisting these functions will be a person called a ‘mashgiach’. This is ....
Q.7.
On the first Sabbath after a Jewish child is born ....
Q.8.
Under Jewish law, while children are not required to observe the commandments, they are nevertheless encouraged and educated to do so. Under Jewish law, a boy and girl are considered an ‘adult’ when they ....
Q.9.
Nearly all the prayers in a traditional Orthodox Jewish service can be recited in solitary prayer, although communal prayer has always been deemed more preferred. However communal prayer requires a quorum - called a “minyan” - comprised of ....
Q.10.
Upon first hearing of the death of a close relative (parent, child, sibling or spouse), grief is traditionally expressed by ....