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Facts to Match

1. Many Jews sit on low chairs or stools as a sign of mourning.
2. This holiday is sometimes called the Jewish Day of Love.
3. This day celebrates the beginning of a new Hebrew month.
4. The walls of Jerusalem were broken on this day before the Temple was destroyed.
5. The shofar begins being blown during this month before the High Holidays.
6. This is considered one of the saddest days on the Jewish calendar.
7. In ancient times, people celebrated in vineyards on this holiday.
8. Many people avoid weddings and celebrations after this fast day.
9. This holiday remembers the destruction of both Temples in Jerusalem.
10. This holiday takes place during the Hebrew month of Av.
11. This month is connected to reflection, repentance, and preparing for Rosh Hashanah.
12. This holiday includes a daytime fast from sunrise to sunset.
13. Special prayers are added in services on this occasion.
14. People traditionally wore white clothing during celebrations on this day.
15. People fast for about 25 hours on this day.
16. This day marks the beginning of the “Three Weeks,” a mourning period in Judaism.

Answer Key

17th of Tammuz 

• 4
• 8
• 12
• 16

Tisha B’Av

• 1
• 6
• 9
• 15

Tu B’Av

• 2
• 7
• 10
• 14

Rosh Chodesh Elul

• 3
• 5
• 11
• 13

Rabbi Dr. Abraham Joshua Heschel,  a teacher of two generations of rabbis and a friend of Dr. Marting Luther King Jr.,  once came from NYC to speak at Northwestern University, and a member of the philosophy department picked him up at the airport.  On the way back to campus, the professor said “Dr. Heschel, actually, I’m Jewish too.”  “That’s wonderful,” Heschel replied. “And what do you do about it?”

 

A)  What do you do about being  Jewish during the summer?   Charity, camp, bnei mitzvah, shabbat? Israel Trips? Write down five examples, even if they include things that are part of the summer camp you go to, are special events such as a Bat Mitzvah coming up,  or are Jewish things you do the rest of the year as well as during the summer.

 

B)  Of those things, which  you like the most?  And what are the most challenging?

 

 

C)   What is one mitzvah, custom,  or practice you would like to add to that list of what you do about being Jewish during the summer? (If your answer is “nothing”  or something similar, you must  give three substantive, supporting sentences to explain why.)