Maariv

1. The proper time for nighttime Shema begins at ______ hakochavim.
4. Tzeit hakochavim is when the ______ come out.
8. English word for amud hashachar.
9. Chazal created an earlier deadline so people would not ______ saying Shema.
12. The korbanot were brought on this in the Beit HaMikdash.
13. Sefardim say pesukim beginning with “Hashem ______.”
18. Parts of the korbanot that continued burning throughout the night.
20. There are ______ berachot before Shema at Ma’ariv.
21. Shacharit and Minchah were connected to the daily korban ______ offerings.
23. If someone comes late to Ma’ariv, it is more important to daven the Amidah with the ______.
24. He established the Ma’ariv prayer.
25. Nighttime is associated with greater ______ (judgment).
26. The verses before Barchu begin with “V’Hu ______.”
27. Ashkenazim end Ma’ariv with Kaddish and ______.
28. Sefardim repeat this near the end of Ma’ariv.

2. Another theme discussed in the berachot after Shema.
3. On this day V’Hu Rachum is omitted.
5. The כנסת הגדולה ____ established the structure of Ma’ariv.
6. One theme discussed in the berachot of Shema.
7. Ma’ariv was originally considered more ______ than Shacharit and Minchah.
10. Ma’ariv marks the ______ from busy daytime into calmer nighttime.
11. The Rabbis said this is the ideal latest time to say nighttime Shema.
12. V’Hu Rachum asks Hashem for forgiveness and ______.
14. If someone says Ma’ariv too early, they must ______ Keriat Shema later.
15. The Torah commands us to recite this “when you lie down and when you rise up.”
16. The latest Torah-level time for Shema lasts until ______ hashachar.
17. The rules of interruption between Ge’al Yisrael and the Amidah are more ______ at Ma’ariv.
19. Another word for sunset.
22. Sefardim say Shir Ha______ after the Amidah.