Rosh Hashanah
For a sweet new year we dip this fruit in honey.
What are apples?
Yom Kippur is known as the day of this.
What is atonement?
Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur are holy days but not festivals. Five days after Yom Kippur however, we have this fall harvest festival.
What is Sukkot?
Because God reviews our actions over the past year, Rosh Hashanah is known as the day of this.
What is judgement?
To be worthy of forgiveness, we practice 10 days of repentance, which is known in Hebrew as this
What is teshuvah (literally "turning")?
Immediately after Sukkot, we complete the Torah reading, rewind it, and start it all over again on this holiday.
What is Simchat Torah?
On Rosh Hashanah, we read stories about these 2 patriarchs in the Torah.
Who are Abraham and Isaac?
During the course of the Yom Kippur day of worship, we hold a special memorial service for family ancestors called this
What is Yizkor? (Literally: Remember!)
In the winter, we celebrate a festival that first was held as a Sukkot substitute when the Maccabees remediate the Temple to God.
What is Chanukah
This is the Hebrew year that starts on October 3.
What is 5785?
At the end of the service, we say the Shema this number of times.
What is 3?
In the spring, in the first month of the Hebrew year, we celebrate our festival of freedom
What is Pesach?
Rosh Hashanah starts on the first day of this month, which actually is the 7th month on the Hebrew calendar.
What is Tishri?
Yom Kippur ends with a loud shofar blast, followed by the same 3 words that end a Passover seder.
What is Next Year In Jerusalem.
In the early summer, we celebrate receiving the 10 commandments during this festival.
What is Shavuot?