Teshuvah
What does the word "Teshuvah" mean?
"Return" or "Repentance," in regards to the High Holidays
What does Rosh Hashanah celebrate?
BONUS: What is the first Jewish month?
The Jewish New Year!
BONUS: Tishrei
What is Tashlich?
When we throw away our sins
What does the word "Hineni" mean?
I am here - present and ready!
What do we eat on Rosh Hashanah that symbolizes a sweet new year?
Apples and Honey
Each person in your group will say one goal they have for the new year
[Answers will vary]
What do most Jews do on Yom Kippur?
Fast
Where does tashlich usually take place?
Tashlich is done by a body of water
What does Moses say when he sees the burning bush?
Hineni - Here I am!
What do we hear sounded on the high holidays?
The shofar
What are the four steps of Teshuvah?
Recognize that you did something wrong, regret what you did, apologize and ask forgiveness, resolve to not do it again
How do you say "happy new year" in Hebrew?
Shana Tova!
What do we traditionally throw away to symbolize the throwing away of our sins?
Pieces of bread
Finish this quote by Rabbi Hillel: "If I am not for myself, who will be for me? Yet, if I am for myself, what am I? ____ ____ ____, _____?"
"If not now, when?"
Why is it important to hear the shofar on the high holidays?
It is used as a wake up call to reevaluate and improve yourself going into the new year
What is the Book of Life?
The book in which G-d records the names of people who have done Teshuvah for their sins (RRAR) and are prepared to go into the new year
Name 4 things we do on Rosh Hashanah
Blow the shofar, dip apples in honey, have a meal with family, go to temple, do tashlich
When does Tashlich take place?
Rosh Hashanah
How many times does Abraham reply "Hineni" to God in the Binding of Isaac story?
3 times
Forgiveness
What is the Hebrew word for "sin"?
Chet
What are the two holidays that follow Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur?
Sukkot and Simchat Torah
What does the world "Tashlich" mean?
To cast away
What is one lesson you learned from the video we watched on Anti-semitism?
[Answers will vary]
Name something traditionally done in the Sukkah on Sukkot
Shake the lulav and etrog, eat meals, sleep under the stars