SHOFAR SO GOOD
What is the name of the Rosh Hashana prayer book?
Machzor
What is the most popular of the simanim we do 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
What prayer do we say when we carrots for simanim
gezer - Hashem should remove any bad (decree) gezeira
Name one other event from the Torah that took place on Rosh Hashana?
בראש השנה נפקדה שרה רחל וחנה, בראש השנה יצא יוסף מבית האסורין, בראש השנה בטלה עבודה מאבותינו במצרים
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? (In hebrew)
L'Shanah Tovah Tikatevuh" - may you be written in for a good year
What type of Challah do I like the best?
1) Chocalate
2) Cinnamon and Sugar
3) Raisin
Raisin - YUM!!
What story from the Torah do we read the 1st day of Rosh Hashana?
Hashem remembering Sarah and becoming pregnant with Itzchak
What are 3 parts of musaf on Rosh Hashana?
Malchiot, Zichronot, Shofrot
What is the custom of swinging chickens over my head called?
Kapparot
How many days is Rosh Hashana celebrated in Israel? How many days in Chutz L'aretz
2
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 pesukim are mentioned in each section of Musaf?
10 - 3 from each book of Tanakh with explicit references and 1 extra from the Torah.
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)
Why must one recite a bracha on the simanim if it takes place after Hamotzi?
not generally consumed at the beginning of a meal (as an integral part of the meal)
On what Hebrew day of the month is Yom Kippur?
The 10th day of the Hebrew month of Tishrei
What days did Moshe go up and down from Har Sinai after the sin of the Golden Calf, which Hashem forgave?
Rosh Chodesh Elul an Yom Kippur