H. Hebrew Games

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H.11. Aleph to Taf

The leader calls out the first letter of the Hebrew alphabet. Anyone in the group can call out a word in Hebrew that starts with aleph. The first person to call out a word gets a point.

The game continues that way throughout the alphabet.

The game may be played in categories, e.g., names, food, places, fruit and vegetables.

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H.12. Shiriah

The leader prepares beforehand a list of words commonly found in Hebrew songs, e.g.,

The group is split into teams of 6-10 and they sit separate circles in the room.

The leader calls out a word and the first group sings a song with that word in it.

Once the first song is sung, the leader calls on the next group with the same word, and so on, until the groups don’t have any more songs to sing.

The last team to sing a song gets a point.

The leader goes on to the next word until songs with that word are exhausted, etc.

Variations:
Scoring can take many forms. E.g., if the whole team knows the song, more points are gained. If only one or a few, fewer or no points are given.
Alternatively, each team scores one point for every song sung.

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H.13. Etz, Pri, Perach

The group leader walks around the inside of the circle and points to one of the players and says either “Etz, Pri, Perach… Pri”; “Etz, Pri, Perach… Perach”; or “Etz, Pri, Perach… Etz.”

The leader then begins to count to five. The player must name either a fruit, a flower or a tree, depending on what the last word was, either pri, perach or etz respectively. If s/he manages this, s/he becomes the game leader. (Only flowers, fruits or trees found in Israel are allowed.)

Variation
Use another three groups of words (i.e., mispar, ot, shem -number, letter, name). This should also be played in Hebrew.

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H.14. Buzz

The game is played sitting in a circle and needs to be run at a fast pace.

The leader first reviews the Hebrew numbers from one to one hundred.

The first player begins to count; each player counts one number aloud, in Hebrew, but the seventh player does not say seven, s/he says “buzz.” Every time a number has a seven in it, “buzz” is substituted for the seven (i.e., buzzesray).

Any player who makes a mistake is eliminated.

Variation:
Substitute “buzz” for all sevens and multiples of seven.
In addition to using “buzz,” use “fizz” for the number five.

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