Elul
Names of Rosh Hashana
Shofar
General
Rosh Hashana Foods
100

What is the acronym of Elul?

אני לדודי ודודי לי

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How many names does Rosh Hashana have?

4

100

How many blows, in total, are sounded on Rosh Hashana?

100

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On which days of the month is Rosh Hashana? 

1st and 2nd of Tishrei

100

What do we eat on the first night of Rosh Hashana?
If you can also tell the blessing, you will get double the points!

An apple dipped in honey
Blessing: Baruch ata Adonai (....), Boreh Prei HaEtz

200

What is special about the 40 days from Rosh Chodesh Elul until Yom Kippur?

These are days of Divine Mercy:
When Moshe was on Har Sinai and Hashem forgave the Jewish People for the sin of the Golden Calf

200

What name represents Hashem judging us for the year

יום הדין
Day of Judgement

200

What is the minimum amount of sounds you MUST hear on Rosh Hashana?

30
Tekiah, Shevarim, Teruah, Tekiah, x3
Tekiah, Shevarim, Tekiah, x3
Tekiah, Teruah, Tekiah, x3

200

What should we increase in doing during the month of Elul?

Torah learning
Tefilla - prayer
Tzedaka - Charity and acts of kindness

200

Why do we have round Challah's on Rosh Hashana?

Symbolizes the cycle of life
and the crown with which we coronate Hashem every year

300

What is repentance?

Saying sorry to your loved ones before the new year starts.

300

What is the meaning of
יום תרועה?

The Day of Blowing

We Blow the שׁוֹפָר on this Day.

300

When does the Torah command us to blow the Shofar?

Only on Rosh Hashana

300

What is done in the afternoon of the 1st day of Rosh Hashana?

Tashlich:
Recite a prayer by water (with fish), to fulfil the verse "...and You shall throw into the depth all their sins..."

300

What do we eat on the 2nd day of Rosh Hashana? Why?

A new fruit, to recite the Shehechiyanu blessing

400

Which name represents Hashem remembering all the mitzvoth we did?

יום הזכרון
The Day of Remembering - Hashem takes into account all that we did this past year

400

On which days of Elul do we NOT blow the Shofar?

Shabbat and the last day before Rosh Hashana

400

True or false: According to Jewish tradition, all creatures, human and animal, are judged on Rosh Hashanah.

True

400

Why do we eat the 1) head of a fish and 2) pomegranates on Rosh Hashana

1) Fish head: We should be "a head and not a tail"
2) Pomegranates: Our merits should be many like the seeds of the pomegranate.

500

When is it an additional minhag of the Sages to blow the Shofar?

During the month of Elul
This is 1 reason why we don't blow on Erev Rosh Hashana; to separate between the two.

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