SHOFAR SO GOOD
What is the name of the Rosh Hashana prayer book?
Machzor
What is a popular Minhag (custom) during Rosh Hashana?
Eating apples dipped in honey, a symbol of our wish for a sweet new year
On the afternoon of the first day of Rosh Hashana, (except a Shabbat), 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
Which is the most popular type of horn used to make a shofar which we blow on Rosh Hashana?
Horn of a Ram
What do the Hebrew words Rosh Hashana mean?
Head of the Year
What are the three different types of shofar sounds that we hear in the synagogue on Rosh Hashana?
Tekiah, Shevarim, Teruah
What shape of Challah (traditional Jewish bread) do we eat at the Rosh Hashana table?
Round Challah
Which group of foods is customary to eat on Rosh Hashana?
a. Potato Pancakes and jelly doughnuts
b. Apples, pears, peaches, grapes
c. Pomegranate, carrots, dates, head of a fish
d. Pomegranate, dates, peanuts, a large radish
C: Pomegranate, carrots, dates, head of a fish
How many hours is the Yom Kippur fast?
25 Hours
Over which fruit do we recite the phrase: "May it be your will.....that our merits be increased like (the seeds of) the _____"
Pomegranate
What do people wish each other on Rosh Hashana?
L'Shanah Tovah Tikatevuh" - may you be written in for a good year
What is the name of the nine short fast blasts we sound with the shofar?
Teruah
A tradition that many follow on Rosh Hashana is to eat a cooked dish which a is mixture of carrots, cinnamon, yams, prunes and honey. What is this mixture called?
Tzimmes
Yom Kippur atones only for sins between man and God. It is essential for sins between man and his fellow "to be righted." How is this done?
Asking forgiveness from the injured party
In temple times, the Kohen Gadol entered the Kodesh Hakodoshim only one day during the year. Which day was it?
Yom Kippur
Which of these is not correct about Rosh Hashana?
D: Rosh Hashana is celebrated on the first two days of the Hebrew month of Elul
What is the Shabbat between Rosh Hashana and Yom Kippur called?
Shabbat Shuva
In what language is Kol Nidrei written?
Aramaic
The Book of Jonah is read during the mincha service on Yom Kippur. How long was Jonah inside the fish (whale)?
3 days and 3 nights
How many times is the shofar blown on Yom Kippur?
Once
What are the other three names of Rosh Hashana?
Yom Hadin, Yom Hazikaron, Yom Truah
Which food is customary NOT to eat on Rosh Hashana because the Hebrew letters of the word have the same numerical value as the Hebrew word for sin?
a. Carrot (gezer)
b. Apple (tapuach)
c. Nut (egoz)
d. Date (tamar)
C: Nut (egoz)
It is customary on Rosh Hashana to eat a type of green bean vegetable (or black eyed pea) which in Hebrew means "to increase." We recite, "May our merits increase." What is the vegetable called in Hebrew?
Rubiyah
On what Hebrew day of the month is Yom Kippur?
The 10th day of the Hebrew month of Tishrei
The period between Rosh Hashana and Yom Kippur is called in Hebrew "Aseret Ymay Tshuva". How many days does this repentance period last?
10 days