Dates and Times
Why?
What's the siman in English?
Numbers
Who am I?
100
The date of Rosh HaShanah...
Aleph and Bet Tishrei
100
Why do we blow the shofar on Rosh HaShanah? (Rambam)
To wake us up to do Teshuva
100
יְהִי רָצוֹן מִלְּפָנֶיךָ יְהֹוָה אֱלֹהֵינוּ וֵאלֹהֵי אֲבוֹתֵינוּ, שֶׁתַּרְבֶּה זְכֻיּוֹתֵינוּ כְּרִמּוֹן
Pomegranate seeds
100
Give the four names of Rosh HaShanah
Yom HaDin, Yom HaZikaron, Yom Teruah, Rosh HaShanah
100
I am the siddur you use on holidays
Machzor
200
The date of Tzom Gedalia...
Gimmel Tishrei
200
Why was Rosh HaShanah chosen to be Yom HaDin? (Give one out of two answers)
a) Because the world was created on Rosh HaShanah, and based on Din b) Because Adam did teshuva and was forgiven on Rosh HaShanah
200
יְהִי רָצוֹן מִלִּפְנֵי אָבִינוּ שֶׁבַּשָּׁמַיִם, שֶׁנִּהְיֶה לְרֹאשׁ וְלֹא לְזָנָב.
Sheep/fish head
200
Give the five inuyim of Yom Kippur
Eating and drinking, sichah (creams), wearing leather shoes, washing, laws of Shabbat
200
I am the name for a religious poem
Piyut
300
The time of hadlakat nerot on Rosh HaShanah...
18 minutes before sunset
300
Why do we do tashlich?
To remind ourselves that getting rid of our sins and doing teshuva is always possible
300
יְהִי רָצוֹן מִלִּפְנֵי אָבִינוּ שֶׁבַּשָּׁמַיִם, שֶׁיִּכָּרְתוּ שׂוֹנְאֵינוּ
Leek
300
Give three out of five minhagim of erev Rosh HaShanah
Not saying Tachanunim, fasting, not blowing the shofar publicly, kevod yom tov, visiting the grave of a tzadik, washing in a mikveh (men)
300
I was the first person to do teshuva
Adam
400
The time of Tashlich on Rosh HaShanah...
After minha on the first day of Rosh HaShanah
400
Why do we fast on Tzom Gedalia?
To mourn the tragedy of his murder, AND the end of Jewish life in Eretz Yisrael
400
יְהִי רָצוֹן מִלִּפְנֵי אָבִינוּ שֶׁבַּשָּׁמַיִם, שֶׁיִּסְתַּלְּקוּ אוֹיְבֵינוּ
Swiss Chard
400
Give the three new sections of tefillah on Rosh HaShanah
Malchuyot, Zichronot, Shofarot
400
I was the governor of the remaining Jews in Israel
Gedalia ben Achikam
500
The time of the "closing of the Gates of Heaven" on Yom Kippur...
Ne'ilah
500
Why do we read about the births of Yitzchak and Shemuel on Rosh HaShanah?
To remind ourselves that Hashem answers tefillot, and to ask Hashem to answer our tefillot in the same way He answered Sarah and Chana
500
יְהִי רָצוֹן מִלִּפְנֵי אָבִינוּ שֶׁבַּשָּׁמַיִם, שֶׁתִּקְרַע רוֹעַ גְּזַר דִּינֵנוּ, וְיִקָּרְאוּ לְפָנֶיךָ זְכֻיּוֹתֵנוּ
Gourd
500
Give the two Torah and two Haftara readings of Rosh HaShanah
The birth of Yitzchak, the birth of Shemuel (haftara), akeidat Yitzchak, the nevuah of Yirmiyah (haftara)
500
I plotted against the governor of the remaining Jews in Israel
Yishmael ben Netanya
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