What is Rosh Chodesh?
The beginning of the month
What is the Jewish Calendar based on?
The moon
What is the Jewish new year called?
Rosh Hashana
What is the name of the fast day that occurs the day after Rosh Hashana?
Tzom Gedaliah
How many meals are you supposed to eat before Yom Kippur?
2
When is the moon biggest during the month?
The middle
Which 2 holidays have 2 days of YT followed by 4 days of Chol Hamoed and then 2 days of YT for 8 total days
Pesach and Sukkos
When do the 10 days of Repentance start?
On Rosh Hashana
What is the name of the prayer we say that we swing a chicken over our head?
Kapparot
Who blesses children before Yom Kippur?
Fathers
How many days are in the Jewish calendar?
354
When is the day of the year that Hashem finished creating the world?
Rosh Hashana
Name 2 of the 3 reasons for why we blow the Shofar
To wake us up to do Teshuvah. It sounds like cry of regret for any bad things we did during the year. As a sign of honor for introducing Hashem as king
When is the end of the 10 days of Repentance?
Yom Kippur
Why do we wear white on Yom Kippur
To be like the angels
Which month is added during a Jewish leap year?
Adar 2
What is Tashlich?
Going to a body of water to say a prayer and throw away our sins
When on Rosh Hashana do we usually say Tashlich?
The afternoon of the first day
Name 3 things we don't do on Yom Kippur
Eat/Drink, Wear Leather shoes, Shower, Put on lotions
What is Kreplach?
A food that people eat before YK that looks like a dumpling
Name 4 Jewish Months
Tishrie Cheshvan Kislev Teves Shvat Adar Nissan Iyar Sivan Tammuz Av Elul
Name 3 of the foods that we eat on Rosh Hashana and the reason why we eat them
Fish head (to be like the head and not the tail fish always have their eyes open like Hashem) Pomegranate (seeds like 613 mitzvot) Apple dipped in honey (sweet new year) Round Challah (so our blessing have no end) A new fruit (so we can make a special Bracha)
Name the 3 things we add extra of during the 10 days of Repentance
Prayer, Asking for forgiveness, Tzedakah
What is the name of the last prayer on Yom Kippur?
Neilah
What is the name of the long white coat that married men wear on Yom Kippur?