Packet 5: Tossup 5

One of these locations designed by Peter Harrison is named for the Touro family of Newport. (15[1])Old items in these (-5[1])locations (15[1])may (15[1])be preserved (15[1])in (15[1])a genizah (15[2])(“guh-NEE-zuh”).. An object (15[1])in these locations (15[2])is covered by a curtain called a parochet (15[2]-5[2])(“parro-het”). People may be separated at (15[1])these (15[1])locations (15[1])by a partition (15[2]-5[1])called (-5[1])a mechitza (15[2]-5[3])(“meh-heet-zah”). In these locations, a chazzan (-5[1])(“hazzan”) may lead singing from a (-5[1])(*) bimah. (-5[1])A (10[1])lamp in these (-5[1])locations called (-5[1])the ner tamid is always (10[1])lit, (10[1])reflecting a holiday that saw one day’s (10[1]-5[1])worth (10[1])of oil (-5[1])burn for eight (-5[1])days. (10[3]-5[1])These locations (10[2])contain (10[1])an aron kodesh, which is an ark that holds the Torah. (10[2])For 10 points, Jewish congregations meet in what houses (10[2])of worship? (10[1])■END■ (10[9])

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