Shofar
Jewish Calendar
Rosh Hashana Foods
Rosh Hashana Tefillot
Mystery Questions
100

What is a shofar made of? 

A Ram's Horn

100

What Hebrew month are we right now?

אלול

100

Which Rosh Hashana food represents a happy, healthy, sweet new year? 

תפוחים בדבש
100

What is the name for the siddur we use on Rosh Hashana?

מחזור

100

How do we say Happy New Year in Hebrew

שנה טובה

200

Name and sound out the three sounds of the Shofar.

Tekiah
Shevarim
Teruah

200

What is the Hebrew date for Rosh Hashana?

א תשרי

200

What shape are our Rosh Hashana Challot and why?

Round - to represent the cycle of the year.

200

What is the name of the service we do by the lake?

תשליך

200

What does Rosh Hashana celebrate?

The beginning of the Jewish New Year.
300

Finish the Brocha we say on hearing the Shofar.

ברוך אתה ה אלקינו מלך העולם אשר קדשנו במצותיו וציונו...

לשמע קול שופר

300

What are the four holidays in the month of Tishrei

ראש השנה

יום כיפור

סוכות

שמחת תורה

300

Why do we eat pomegranates on Rosh Hashana?

They represent all the many mitzvot we hope to do.

300

What tefilla was inspired by Rabbi Akiva's prayer for water?

אבינו מלכנו

300

Can you sing one Rosh Hashana song?

Many possible answers

400

What is the name Rosh Hashana is called in the Torah? 

יום תרועה

400

In which Hebrew month do we celebrate Chanukah? 

Kislev

400

Why do we have a fish head on our Rosh Hashana table?

We want to be like a leader, not a follower.

400

What is the last sentence of אבינו מלכנו?

אבינו מלכנו חננו ועננו כי אין בנו מעשים
  עשה עמנו צדקה וחסד והושיענו

400

What does is mean to teshuva?

to say sorry for the things we've done in the past and commit to not doing them in the future.

500

What are two reasons we blow the Shofar?

  1. The Shofar sounds like an alarm clock-it wakes us up and reminds us to do Teshuvah

    2. Crowning G-d as king

3. Reminder of Har Sinai – Giving of the Torah

500

What are the 12 Hebrew months of the year? 

תשרי, חשון, כסלו, טבת, שבט, אדר, ניסן, אייר, סיון, תמוז, אב, אלול

500

List five foods we need for the Rosh Hashana table in Hebrew.

תפוחים, דבש, רימון, חלות עגולות, יין, ראש של דג

500

Which sefardic prayer has a sentence that starts with each letter of the Alef Bet?

אדון הסליחות

500

What does Rosh Hashana being Yom Hadin mean?

Hashem reviews all we have done and judges us, determines what type of year we'll have.

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