We Challenge You

So, you think you know youtiewish holidays?
Then take this test!

The first person to correctly
answer all questions will win
four tickets to the July 6 per-
formance of "U PICK NICK"
at Meadowbrook Theater.
Bring or mail submissions
to Holiday Fun, The Apple-
Tree, 27676 Franklin Road,
Southfield, MI 48034, or fax
(248) 354-6069.
No phone calls, please. We
will notify you if you're the
winner.
Answers
will appear in
the July issue
of The Ap-
pleTree.
(Note: If you get stuck,
you can find the answers to
all questions below on the
"Celebrate" page in past is-
sues of The Apple-
Tree.)

1.) It's traditional
on this holiday to
eat cheesecake (and
other dairy foods):

2.) This holiday begins on the
15th of Nisan:

Jews properly observe
this day, the Messiah will
come:

4.) In English, the
word "Chanukah"
means:

5.) Usually, the Torah does
not obligate women to fulfill
time-oriented mitzvot. This
holiday is the exception, be-
cause the Talmud says
women "also were included
in the miracle."

6.) Who wrote the words
to Israel's national anthem,
"Hatikvah"?

lar holiday among Jews in the
Soviet Union:

9.) Some refer to this
day as "an island in
time."

10.) Jews are obligated to eat
matzah on this day only:

11.) This holiday
marks the end of
Sukkot:

—1 2. ) It's traditional on this
day to eat certain fruits and
nuts including figs, almonds,
olives, dates and pomegran-
ates:

7.) This day often is regarded
"a woman's holiday."

13.) President Harry Truman

3.) According to tradi-
tion, if all the world's

8.) This was the most popu-

recognized the State of Israel
how many minutes after its
declaration of independence?

14.) This holiday celebrates
God's giving the Torah to the
Jewish people.

15.) True or false: The candles
on a menorah must be in a
straight line: