Fall Holidays
The Jewish New Year is called _______
What is Rosh Hashanah?
This holiday celebrates two miracles: the miracle of the oil lasting for eight days, and the miracle of the Maccabees' victory over the Syrian Greeks
What is Chanukah?
There are this many plagues in the Passover story
What are 10?
On Rosh Hashanah we eat
Apples and Honey to celebrate the sweetness of the new year!
Yom Kippur
We celebrate the holiday of Chanukah for this many days
What is 8?
The name of the book we use at the Passover seders
What is a Haggadah?
The name of the money or chocolate candy given to children during Chanukah
What is gelt?
On this holiday we celebrate by building and living in huts for 8 days
What is Sukkot?
The birthday of the trees
What is Tu Bishevat?
Passover lasts for this many days
What is 7 or 8?
We eat these cookies at Purim, named for Haman's ears/hat
What are Hamantaschen?
This holiday marks the end and the beginning of reading from the Torah AND we celebrate by dancing with the Torah
Simchat Torah
From the Purim story: Esther's cousin who was honored by King Ahashverosh
Who was Mordechai?
On Shavuot we celebrate when Moses received the ten commandments on Mount ________.
What is Mount Sinai?
We are commanded to eat this at Pesach
What is Matzah?
Rosh Hashanah falls on the first day of this month
What is Tishrei?
We observe this many mitzvot on Purim
What is 4?
This year's Yom Ha'Atzmaut (Israeli Independence Day) will mark the __th year since Israel became a country.
What is the 75th year?
Sufganiyot are eaten for this holiday
What is Chanukah?