ELUL and TESHUVA
ROSH HASHANA
TEKIAS SHOFAR
YOM KIPPUR
LULAV and ESROG
100
After משֶּׁה רבֵּנוּ broke the first לוּחוֹת, what happened on ראשׁ חדשׁ אלוּל?
משׁה went up on הר סיני to get the second set of לוּחוֹת.
100
In what language should התּרת נדרים be said?
In a language that he/she understands.
100
Name the three sounds of the שׁוֹפר and describe each of these sounds:
"תּקיעָה" one long sound, "שׁבָרִים" - three consecutive short sounds, "תּרוּעָה" - nine consecutive shorter sounds.
100
How many things are אסוּר, or forbidden to do on יוֹם הכּפּוּרים?
5
100
Name each of the ארבע מינים (four species) that are taken together as part of the מצוה of נטילה לוּלב:
לוּלב, אתרוֹג, הדס, ערבה.
200
What is the name of the holiday that we observe on the day of כּפּרה for the חטא העגל?
יוֹם הכּפוּרים
200
What מנהג is usually done after מנחה of the first day of ראשׁ השׁנה by an outdoor natural water source?
We recite תּשׁליךְ.
200
How many sounds of the שׁוֹפר must one hear on ראשׁ השׁנה?
30
200
Why do we say בּרוּךְ שֵׁם כּבוֹד מלכוּתוֹ out loud on יוֹם הכפוּרים?
On יוֹם הכּפּוּרים we are compared to מלאכים and this is the way they say these words all the time.
200
What ברכה do we make on the ארבעה מינים every day of סוּכוֹת (that we take them)?
ברוּך אתה ד' אלקינוּ מלך העוֹלם אשׁר קדשׁנוּ במצותיו וציונוּ על נטילת לוּלב.
300
What is the connection between "אֲנִי לְדוֹדִי וְדוֹדִי לִי" and חדשׁ אלוּל?
The ראשֵׁי תֵּיבוֹת (first letters of each word) spell "אלוּל" and אלוּל is when we have a special closeness to ה' and can achieve the most complete atonement for our עבירוֹת.
300
Why do we try getting haircuts and bathing ourselves on ערב ראשׁ השׁנה?
To show our confidence that 'ה will judge us favorably.
300
On ראשׁ השׁנה, at what point in the davening do we begin blowing the שׁוֹפר?
Before תּפילת מוּסף.
300
What מצוה do we try to begin immediately after יוֹם הכּפּוּרים?
We begin building our סוּכּה.
300
On what day of סוּכוֹת do we not take the ארבעה מינים and why not?
שׁבת, because the חכמים are concerned that someone may carry them in רשׁוּת הרבים, (a public domain) and transgress the מלאכה of הוֹצאה.
400
In addition to the four steps of תשׁוּבה what else must a person do to in order to get a כּפּרה for עבירוֹת בּין אדם לחבירוֹ?
He/she must approach those who he/she has sinned against and ask for their forgiveness.
400
How do we greet a man after מעריב on the night of ראשׁ השׁנה?
לשׁנה טוֹבה תִּכָּתֵב וְתֵחָתֵם
400
Why did the חכמים not allow the שׁוֹפר to be blown when ראשׁ השׁנה comes out on שׁבּת?
Because they were concerned that someone might carry a שׁוֹפר in a רשׁוּת הרבים (public domain) and do the מלאכה of הוֹצָאָה.
400
What שׁמוֹנה עשרה) תפילה ) do we say on יוֹם הכפוּרים that we do not say on any other day of the year?
נעילה
400
During which phrases of הלל do we shake the לוּלב?
הוֹדוּ לה' כּי טוֹב and 'אנא ה
500
What are the four steps of doing תשׁוּבה (in their proper order)?
1. עזיבת החטא -stop doing the sin, 2. קבלה על העתיד - committing to not doing the sin again, 3. חרטה על העבר - feel sincere regret on having done the sin, and 4. וִידוּי - verbally confessing to 'ד what he did and verbally declaring all of the above 3 steps.
500
Why don’t we say הַלֵל on ראשׁ השׁנה or יוֹם הכּפוּרים?
Because of our fear of the judgment we undergo on these days.
500
Why do we not blow the שׁוֹפר on ערב ראשׁ השׁנה?
#1 We want to separate between the תקיעוֹת רשׁוּת, those which are optional (i.e. for the month of אלוּל which only have their source in מנהג) and the תּקיעוֹת חוֹבה, those which are required by the תוֹרה (and blown on ראשׁ השׁנה). Or #2, because we want to mix up the שָטָן (the accusing angel).
500
When do we say כל נדרי?
On the night of יוֹם הכּפּוּרים.
500
What are הוֹשׁענוֹת?
The special תּפילות that we say after מוּסף or הלל, depending on one’s מנהג, each day during סוּכּוֹת while making one circuit (הקפה) around the בּימה.
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