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100

The animal most commonly used for a shofar

What is a ram

100

The apple is dipped into (and why)

What is honey, for a sweet new year

100

The meaning of "Rosh Hashanah"

What is "Head of the New Year"

100

The colour of the Torah covers on RH

What is white

100

The number of days RH is celebrated in Israel

What is one

200

The three types of shofar blasts

Teruah (9 quick blasts), Shevarim (3 medium blasts), Tekiah (1 long blast)

200

The reason we eat pomegranates 

What is to remember the 613 mitzvot and/or as a new fruit of the year to start fresh

200

The Hebrew new years greeting 

What is Shana Tova

200

The prayer book we use on RH and YK

What is a Machzor

200
The number of days in between RH and Yom Kippur
What is ten
300

The number of shofar blasts we should hear on RH

What is 100

300

The animal on the plate at the dinner table

What is fish/ fish head, for the head of the new year and to start the year off as leaders

300

The Hebrew month RH falls on

What is Tishrei

300

The special service held at midnight the "Saturday before" RH

What is Selichot 

300

The number of other names for RH 

What is four: Yom Hazikaron (Day of Remembrance), Yom Teruah (Day of Sounding the Shofar), Yom HaDin (Day of Judgement)

400

The day on which if RH falls we cannot blow the shofar

What is Shabbat

400

The shape of challah on RH

What is round, for the circle of life and cycle of a new year

400

The word "Teshuvah" means

What is "repentance" or "turn/ to return"

400

The Torah reading on the first day of RH is about the birth of

What is Isaac

400

The year we are going into

What is 5781

500

The reason we blow the shofar

What is to remind us of the Akeidat and that RH is coming and we need to apologise

500

The vegetable we eat on RH

What is a carrot, the Hebrew word (gezer) sounds very much like g'zar (decree). Eating them express our desire that Gd will nullify any negative decrees against us

500

The word "Tashlich" means

What is "to cast out"

500

The name of the woman who prays to Gd for a child and we read this in the Haftarah 

What is Hannah

500

The number of holidays in this month 

What is five: RH, YK, Sukkot, Shemini Atzeret, Simchat Torah

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