On which holiday?
We eat Matzah
Passover
תַּפּוּחַ וּדְבַשׁ
Apple and honey
Rosh Hashanah
Tishrei
Matzah on Passover
Because the Jews leaving Egypt were in a hurry, and did not have time to let their bread rise
Chanukkah
Because of the miracle of the oil. It was only enough oil to burn for one day, but miraculously, it burned for eight days
The Shofar is blown on these holidays
Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur
רִמוֹן
Pomegranate
Chanukkah
Kislev
Head of the fish on Rosh Hashanah
Because we want to be “heads, not tails” in the new year, to be leaders, not followers
Sukkot
To remember that Jews (the Israelite people) live in sukkah in the desert when they got out of Egypt
We eat Jelly doughnut
Chanukkah
סְבִיבוֹן
Dreidel
Purim
Adar
Jelly doughnuts on Chanukkah
Because Jelly doughnuts are fried with oil. We eat fried food with oil to remember the miracle of one night of oil lasting for eight days
Pesach
To remember the story in the Torah where God freed the Israelites from slavery in Egypt
We dress up
Purim
חָמֵץ
Leaven bread
Pesach
Nissan
Charoset on Passover
Because it symbolizes the mortar and brick made by the Jews when they were enslaved by the Egyptians
Shavuot
It marks the time that the Jews received the Torah on Mount Sinai
We eat dairy food
Shavuot
רַעֲשָׁן
Groger
Shavuot
Sivan
Egg on Passover
Because it symbolizes cycle of life, rebirth, and renewal
Purim
To remember a time when the Jewish people living in Persia were saved from death by the courage of a young Jewish woman called Esther