Traditions
What do we eat on Rosh Hashanah?
Apples and honey
In what book are the holiday's prayers found?
Machzor
Personal Goal: take care of the environment
Family Action: recycle; compost; cut down on electricity; carpool; spread awareness
Shofar
Hollowed-out ram's horn sounded on Rosh Hashanah
What do the apples and honey that we eat on Rosh Hashanah represent?
A good and sweet new year
In English, what are the three steps to forgiveness?
2. Prayer
3. Charity
In total, how many blessings do we recite at Rosh Hashanah dinner?
Six
(candles, Kiddush, Shehecheyanu, washing hands, Hamotzi, apples/honey)
Family Action: practice together; attend Hebrew School; get help from parents/siblings
Machzor
Prayer book for Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur
What are the 3 sounds blown by the shofar on Rosh Hashanah?
Tekiah, Shvarim, & Truah
L'shana tovah
What prayer do we recite on both nights of Rosh Hashanah?
Shehecheyanu
Personal Goal: engage in more tzedakah
Family Action: volunteer; donate money; help out friends in need; share with others
Tefillah
Prayer
What's the other name for Rosh Hashanah?
Yom Hazikaron
In what Hebrew month do we prepare for Rosh Hashanah?
Elul
Who's birth do we read about in the Torah on Rosh Hashanah?
Isaac/Yitzchak
Personal Goal: learn more Hebrew
Family Action: practice Hebrew together
Zikaron
Remembrance
What is the Hebrew wish for the new year we say on Rosh Hashanah?
L'shana tovah umetukah
In Hebrew, what are the three steps to forgiveness?
1. Teshuvah
2. Tefillah
3. Tzedakah
What are the three parts of the kiddush for Rosh Hashanah?
1. Vayechulu (if Rosh Hashanah begins on a Friday)
2. Blessing over wine/juice
3. Blessing honoring the holiday
Personal Goal: be more involved in Judaism
Family Action: learn more about Jewish culture; do Mitzvot together; celebrate more holidays together; try out new Jewish rituals
Teshuvah
According to Jewish tradition, how does G-d review our deeds from the past year?
G-d reviews our deeds in a book that has a page for each of us and considers all we have done