Quizbowl Religious Holidays I

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40 days before Ascension Thursday

Easter

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50 days before Pentecost

Easter

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Ends Lent

Easter

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The Exsultet

Easter

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Follows the 14th day of a certain ecclesiastical month

Easter

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“Clipping the Church”

Easter

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Forty Days’ Fast of Saint Martin leads up to

Christmas

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Malachi’s Sun of Righteousness

Christmas

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People experienced “strong wind” and “tongues of fire”

Pentecost

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Celebrated with red in Roman Rite

Pentecost

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Precedes 2nd period of Ordinary Time

Pentecost

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The Four Questions

Passover

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Food consumed while reclining

Passover

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Samaritans make pilgrimages to Mount Gerizim

Passover

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ten drops of wine on their plates

Passover

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Homes cleansed of chametz

Passover

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“A Dir Hu”

Passover

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“Chad Gadya”

Passover

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Three-walled huts

Sukkot

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Four Species

Sukkot

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Commemorates Israelites wandering in the desert

Sukkot

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Harvest festival

Sukkot

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The Great Supplication

Sukkot

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Celebrates Maccabees defeating Antiochus

Hanukkah

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Objects depicting Judith holding Holofernes’ head

Hanukkah

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“Ma’oz Tzur”

Hanukkah

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25th of Kislev

Hanukkah

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Holiest day of Jewish calendar

Yom Kippur

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Days of Awe lead up to

Yom Kippur

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Originated term “scapegoat”

Yom Kippur

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Al Chet prayer

Yom Kippur

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“Feast of Lots”

Purim

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Megillah reading

Purim

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Evil Haman

Purim

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mishloach manot baskets

Purim

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14th of Adar

Purim

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Sushan version

Purim

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Hindu light festival

Diwali

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New moon in autumn

Diwali

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Bhai Duj

Diwali

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House-cleanings sweep away bad luck

Lunar New Year

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Kitchen god “bribed” w/ sweet offerings

Lunar New Year

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birthday of the Maitreya

Lunar New Year

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Preceded by longer period of Ordinary Time

Advent

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Gaudete

Advent

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Period before Christmas

Advent

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Chair and cup of wine set aside for Elijah

Passover

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The Counting of the Omer

Passover

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“Dayenu”

Passover

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Kol Nidre prayer

Yom Kippur

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Mitzvot

Shabbat

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One who follows = shomer

Shabbat

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Double portion of bread

Shabbat

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Havdalah recited after appearance of 3 stars

Shabbat

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1st of Tishre

Rosh Hashanah

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Jewish New Year

Rosh Hashanah

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Throw bread crumbs into river

Rosh Hashanah

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Carrot tzimmes

Rosh Hashanah

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Beginning of days of return, or teshuvah

Rosh Hashanah

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Yom Hadin/Truah

Rosh Hashanah