Foods
What fruit do we eat to celebrate Rosh Hashanah?
Apples or Pomegranate
What instrument do we blow on Rosh Hashanah?
Shofar
What sweet food do we dip apples into?
Honey
Is Rosh Hashanah about the old year or the new year?
New Year
Rosh Hashanah is the Jewish ______.
New Year
Why do we eat apples and honey?
To hope for a sweet new year
What animal does a shofar usually come from?
A ram/sheep
What do we say to wish someone a good new year?
Shanah Tova
Name one thing you could try to do better in the new year.
Any appropriate answer
Is Rosh Hashanah a happy celebration, a sad celebration, or neither?
A happy celebration!
Name another round or sweet food people might eat on Rosh Hashanah
Round challah / pomegranate
What do we use to make the sound of the shofar: our hands, our feet, or our mouth?
Our mouth
What do some people throw into water during Tashlich?
Bread crumbs (or symbolically, mistakes)
If you hurt someone's feelings, what could you do differently in the new year?
Apologize and be kinder
Rosh Hashanah happens in what season: winter, spring, summer, or fall?
Fall
Why is Rosh Hashanah challah often round?
It reminds us of the year/cycle continuing
What are the short and long blasts we hear on Rosh Hashanah called?
Shofar sounds/blasts
During Tashlich, what are we thinking about letting go of?
Mistakes or things we want to do better
Give an example of a goal a kid could make for the new year.
Any appropriate goal
How many days are between Rosh Hashanah and the next holiday?
10 days
A pomegranate has lots of what inside it?
Seeds
Why do we blow the shofar on Rosh Hashanah?
To wake us up/remind us to think about the new year and our choices
If someone says “Shanah Tovah,” what are they wishing you?
A good new year
Rosh Hashanah gives us a chance to think about the year that ended. Name two things we might think about.
Our choices, how we treated people, what we're proud of, what we want to change, etc.
Rosh Hashanah begins a special time when we think about our choices and try to be better. What holiday comes at the end of that special time?
Yom Kippur