Shofar
Hebrew Terms
Rosh Hashanah Customs
Rosh Hashanah Facts
Odds & Ends
100
The animal most commonly used for a shofar
What is a ram
100
It is the literal meaning of the words Rosh Hashanah
What is Head of the Year
100
It is something we eat that symbolizes a sweet year
What is apples and honey
100
The number of days we celebrate Rosh Hashanah
What is 2
100
The birthday that Rosh Hashanah celebrates
What is the world
200
It's when we are NOT allowed to blow the shofar on Rosh Hashanah
What is Shabbat
200
It is the Hebrew new year's greeting
What is Shanah Tovah
200
It is what we send to friends and relatives to wish them a good year
What is New Year's cards
200
The color of the Torah covers on Rosh Hashanah
What is white
200

The fasting holiday that follows Rosh Hashanah.

What is Yom Kippur

300
It is the name for one long blast of the shofar
What is Tekiah
300

It is the Hebrew month in which Rosh Hashanah falls

What is Tishrei

300
It is something special about the challah we serve on Rosh Hashanah
What is that it is round
300
The number of days from Rosh Hashanah to Yom Kippur
What is 10
300

The names of 3 Hebrew months

What are Tishrei, Heshvan, Kislev, Shevat, Adar, Nisan, Iyar, Sivan, Tammuz, Av, Elul

400
It is the name for 3 short blasts on the shofar
What is Shevarim
400
It is what the word "Teshuva" means
What is repentance (turn or return)
400
It is the ceremony in which we symbolically throw away our sins
What is Tashlich
400
The name of the special prayer book we use on Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur
What is Machzor
400

What is the number of mitzvot symbolized by the pomegranate seeds?

613

500
It is the name for 9 very short blasts on the shofar
What is Teruah
500

What does rimon in Hebrew mean?

pomegranate

500
It is the name of the service held at midnight on the Saturday before Rosh Hashanah
What is Selichot
500

The Hebrew year that we will celebrate this year

What is 5786.

500

The Torah reading on the first day of Rosh Hashanah is about his birth

Who is Isaac

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