Food
What symbolic foods do you eat on Rosh Hashanah? (4 types)
Apples and honey, fish heads, dates, pomegranate seeds
What animal horn are shofars typically made from?
A Rams Horn
How do you wish people a happy new year in Hebrew?
Shana Tova
What is Rosh Hashanah the birth of?
The earth
What does Rosh Hashanah represent?
The new year!
What does Apples and Honey Represent?
Apples and Honey represent a sweet new year
How many times is the shofar blown?
100 times
What Hebrew month does Rosh Hashanah fall in?
Tishrei
God inscribes names in what 2 books?
The books of life and death
How many days apart are Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur?
10 days
What does the fish head symbolize?
Rosh Hashanah translates to "head of the year"
Which animal horn is NEVER used to make a shofar for Rosh Hashanah?
A bull
What are you supposed to do in the 10 days between Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur?
Reflect on your year and apologize for anything bad you've done
What's one reason ancient Jews ate apples?
Because the believed apples had healing properties
Why is the Challah we eat on Rosh Hashanah round?
it symbolizes the cycle of time
Why are Pomegranates eaten on Rosh Hashanah?
Because the many seeds remind us of the 613 Mitzvot in the Torah
What modern instrument does the shofar most resemble in sound and structure?
The bugel
What are the three sounds of the shofar?
Tkiah, Teruah, Sh'varim
How many different New Years were originally on the Jewish Calendar?
4
What is the Shabbat between Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur called?
Shuva
Which food is customarily not eaten on Rosh Hashanah?
Nuts
Nuts tend to increase saliva making it difficult to pray.
What was the shofar originally used for?
It was used to summon troops to battle
What is another Hebrew name for Rosh Hashanah? (Hint: theres 2!)
Yom Hazikaron and Yom Teruah
When and in what book does the phrase "Rosh Hashanah" appear for the first time?
Mishna in 200 AD
How many scrolls are taken from the ark for the reading of the torah on Rosh Hashanah?
2