Question
L’Chaim! Answer the following about Jewish weddings, for 10 points each.
[10e] After the bride is gifted a ring, the groom smashes a glass with his foot as guests shout this two-word Hebrew term. It means “good fortune” and is typically said after a positive event.
ANSWER: mazel tov
[10m] The wedding ceremony happens under this structure, commonly made from a prayer shawl that symbolizes the home that the couple will share.
ANSWER: chuppah [accept wedding canopy]
[10h] Description acceptable. Women with this characteristic take the shoe off a potential spouse and spit on the floor to deny marriage in the ceremony of halizah. Yibbum is a form of levirate marriage for women with this characteristic.
ANSWER: widow [accept word forms such as someone who is widowed; accept descriptive answers indicating that the woman’s husband is dead]
<Quynh Phung, RMP - Jewish Practice> ~20517~ <Editor: Ganon Evans>
Summary
| 2023 PACE NSC | 06/10/2023 | Y | 15 | 12.67 | 40% | 47% | 40% |
Data
| Thomas Jefferson B | Barrington B | 10 | 0 | 0 | 10 |
| Chattahoochee A | Winston Churchill B | 0 | 10 | 0 | 10 |
| Dallas County | Rockford Auburn B | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Winnebago | Detroit Country Day | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Hunter A | Washington | 10 | 10 | 10 | 30 |
| Belmont | Lake Highland | 10 | 0 | 0 | 10 |
| Thomas Jefferson A | Lincoln-Way East | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Mexico | Detroit Catholic Central B | 0 | 10 | 10 | 20 |
| Mira Loma | Mercer County | 0 | 10 | 0 | 10 |
| Northmont A | Detroit Catholic Central C | 0 | 0 | 10 | 10 |
| Parkway West | Saint Joseph | 10 | 10 | 10 | 30 |
| University Lab | Thomas Jefferson D | 10 | 0 | 10 | 20 |
| Detroit Catholic Central A | Walter Payton | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Barrington A | West Point | 10 | 10 | 0 | 20 |
| New Brighton | Winston Churchill A | 0 | 10 | 10 | 20 |