Hebrew Letters
שׁ
Shin / Sh
ת
Tav / T
Shalom
Hello / Goodbye / Peace
What is Rosh Hashanah?
The beginning of the Jewish New Year!
How to Jews mark time?
By the moon!
בּ
Bet / B
כּ
Kaf / K
Rosh
Head
What is Yom Kippur?
The Day of Atonement = The day we say that we are sorry for things we did during the year, the day that we forgive others, the day that we decide to be better in the new year!
What is the Torah?
The big scroll where lots of Jewish stories and laws are written. You read from it at your Bar or Bat Mitzvah!
ה
Hay / H
ל
Lamed / L
Z'man
Time
What is Rosh Chodesh?
The first day of the month!
What are two things that make a kosher s'chach (roof of the Sukkah)?
- Made from something natural, unprocessed, and disconnected from the earth
- More shade than sun, but can still see the stars
ר
Resh / R
כ
Chaf / Ch
Shanah
Year
What do we do on Sukkot?
Build a sukkah, dwell in the sukkah
Remember those things that we shake on Sukkot? One is a long palm branch, and one is a fruit that looks like a lemon. What are they called?
Lulav and Etrog
מ
Mem / M
בַּ
Bah!
Morah
Teacher
What is Simchat Torah?
The day we finish reading the Torah and then start over again!
What do the things we shake on Sukkot represent?
Eyes, Mouth, Spine, Heart
OR
Different elements/groups of people coming together to be better and stronger as one unit!