Rosh HaShanah and Yom Kippur
Rosh HaShanah means what?
What does Sukkot mean?
Booths
What is the act of not eating on Yom Kippur called?
Fasting.
The name of the first Shofar blast
Tekiyah!
What is teshuva?
Fixing your mistakes
What does Yom Kippur mean in English?
(Hint Kippur means the same thing as Teshuva)
The "Day" of "atonement" or "forgiveness"
We shake this many species on Sukkot?
4
We eat this shape of Challah on Rosh HaShanah and why.
Round, to symbolize the cycle of the year.
Which is the most popular type of horn used to make a shofar which we blow on Rosh Hashana ?
Ram
What is the process of fixing your mistakes called?
Teshuva
What is the best way to make up for the things you did wrong to other people?
APOLOGIZE and actually change.
For how many days do we use our Sukkot?
7
MIZVAH
MITZVOT
which one is plural
MITZVOT
This is the final Shofar blast
Tekiyah Gedolah
What are the three steps to Teshuva?
Admit
Regret
change
On the afternoon of the first day of Rosh Hashana, it is customary to walk to a body of flowing water, say a special prayer, and symbolically empty our pockets into the river, casting off our sins. What is this custom called ?
Tashlich
How many Sukkot do you need to say sukkot instead of sukkah?
2
A fruit with many seeds, eaten on Rosh HaShanah and other Jewish holidays to symbolize the many good deeds we hope to do.
Pomegranate.
How many times is the shofar blown of Yom Kippur?
Once, at the very end.
If you messed something up with your parents, what's the first step in Teshuva
Sincerely Apologizing
On the first, second and tenth day of which Hebrew month are Rosh Hashana and Yom Kippur celebrated ?
Tishrei
Name the 4 species for Sukkot (triple points if all are named in Hebrew)
Lulav
Etrog
myrtle (hadas)
Willow (arava)
On what day of Tishrei is Yom Kippur?
10
How many blows is the shofar traditionally blown on Rosh Hashana?
100
What is Teshuva Gemurah?
Being in the same situation and making the right decision/Completely fixing your mistake.
Rosh Hashana this year celebrates the first day of the Jewish Year of
5786
The roof of a Sukkah is made of
Double for Hebrew as well
Triple if you can pronounce it
Stuff that grew from the ground
Schach
Where does the tradition of celebrating Sukkot come from? (Bonus points if you can name the other two pilgrimage or harvest holidays that come from the same source).
It is commanded in the Torah
Pesach and Shavuot
How many different notes are blown through the Shofar?
Double points if you can name 2
Tekiya
Shevarim
Truah
Tekiya Gedola
How many Mitzvot are necessary for the word to be Mitzvot, not Mitzvah?
2