Packet 9: Tossup 2

Note to players: The answer to this question is a string of three consonants. A word formed from this root and juxtaposed with “zonah” in Hosea 4:14 and the Tamar (-5[1])and Judah story is controversial evidence for a type of sex work in Israel. (15[1])In 1916, Henrietta Szold wrote a letter refusing a friend’s offer to perform a practice named from this root on her behalf. Congregants rise on toes to repeat a word formed from this root (15[2])three times (15[1])during the third amidah (15[1])prayer, which quotes Isaiah (15[1]-5[1])6:3’s (15[2])vision of angels praising the enthroned Lord. This (-5[1])root forms the name of a (*) prayer (10[1])which can end by asking for peace with the “Oseh shalom (-5[1])bimromav” stanza. (10[1])This three-letter root names the blessing over wine and an (10[1])Aramaic (10[1]-5[1])prayer beginning (10[1])“yitgadal (10[1]-5[1])v’yitkadash,” (10[1]-5[1])which can be recited over (-5[1])a yahrzeit candle. (-5[1])For 10 points, what (-5[1])three-letter root meaning “holy” forms the name of a (-5[1])“Mourner’s” (-5[1])prayer? (10[3])■END■ (10[12]0[16])

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