vidui - admission
charata - feeling sorry
kabala al ha'asid - accepting to try to never do it again
100
What is the main change in Shmoneh Esrei starting on Rosh Hashana?
haKeil Hakadosh to Hemelech haKadosh
100
What two brachos are said on the candles on Rosh Hashana?
Lehadlik ner shel Y"T and shehecheyanu
100
What and When are the Yimei Ratzon?
40 days, best time for teshuva....r"ch Elul until Yom Kippur
200
We eat the head of a __________ because _____________
ram/cow/fish.....we should be the head and not the tail
200
What three things remove a bad decree?
teshuva, tefilla, tzedaka
200
When do we way lidovid Hashem? Why?
R'ch Elul until Smini Atzeres....Ori is Rosh Hashana since Hashem bring s our judgement to light
Yishi is YomKippur since Hashem saves us with forgivness
Bisukko is Sukkos
200
What are the four names of Rosh Hashana?
Rosh Hashana, Yom Hadin, Yom Terua, Yom Hazikaron
200
What do we add in bentching on Rosh Hashana?
Yaaleh viyavo
300
We eat carrots. Why?
Merin is Yiddish for carrot and multiply and we want our children and merits to multiply
300
How is teshuva a real chessed from Hashem?
He changes reality and aveira can even become a mitzva - mashal of video of life
300
Who first said Avinu Malkeinu and when don't we say it?
R' Akiva....Shabbos
300
What tefilla do we say before kedusha of mussaf that tells the angels it's judgement time?
unisaneh tokef
300
What is the kriyas haTorah on Rosh Hashana?
Yitzchak's birth, Akeidas Yitzchok
Haftorah: Shmuel's birth and Yirmiyahu about geula
400
We don't eat ________ on Rosh Hashana because:
nuts....egoz is cheit in gematriya
400
What are slichos? What are the Yud gimmel middos of rachamim?
1. tefillos asking Hashem to forgive us
2. Hashem's 13 ways of mercy and if said properly guarantee forgivness
400
What are the three added parts of Mussaf on Rosh Hashana? Why these three?
Malchiyos - Hashem is King, zichronos - Hashem remembers all our deeds and Shofaros - we blow Shofar
400
What is tashlich and why do we say it in a place with fish?
tefilla asking Hashem forgiveness, fish multiply and so should we and fish eyes are always open so Hashem should always protect us