Simanim (special 'sign' foods)
Teki'ah Gedolah
Rosh Hashanah Trivia
Torah & Haftorah
Rosh Hashanah random
100

What does almost every Jew in the world eat to symbolise a sweet new year?

Apples and honey

100
What is the name of instrument we use on Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur?
What is shofar
100

For how many days is Rosh Hashanah is Israel?

Two

100

What is the Torah reading about on 1st Day of Rosh Hashanah?

Sarah (Avraham's wife) giving birth

100

How is Rosh Hashanah referred to in the Torah?

Yom Teruah - a day of blowing the shofar

200

What are some traditions about what is put on the Rosh Hashanah table to symbolise being the 'head' of the new year?

Fish head (Ashkenazi) & Sheep head 

200

What is a shofar made out of?

The horn of any kosher animal

200

What three things can help secure a good judgement on Rosh Hashanah?

Teshuvah (repentance), Tefillah (prayer), Tzedakah (doing the right things)

200

What is the Torah reading about on the second day of Rosh Hashanah?

The Akeidah

200

What is Rosh Hashanah the anniversary of?

Creation of humans

300

Why do we eat round challah on Rosh Hashanah? (There are multiple right answers)

To symbolise the cycle of the year

300

Name four reasons why the shofar is blown.

1) To coronate Hashem as King of the world, 2) To warn us to do teshuva, 3) Remembering Avraham and the Akeidah, 4) Reminder of the Mashiach

300

What is the day after Rosh Hashanah called (if it is not Shabbat)?

Tzom Gedaliah (Fast of Gedaliah)

300

What is the story described in the Haftorah of the 1st day of Rosh Hashanah?

The prophet Shmuel being born to Chana & Elkanah

300

Why is Rosh Hashanah not in Nisan, the first month of the Jewish year?

Nisan is when the Jews came out of Egypt and became a nation. Rosh Hashanah is in Tishrei when G-d created the world.

400

Do you have to eat the simanim, or can you just look at them?

Best to look at and eat them, but if you don't enjoy them or are worried about insects you can look at them.

400

Is the mitzvah to blow the shofar or to listen to it?

To listen to it

400

On which three days can Rosh Hashanah NOT begin?

Sunday, Wednesday or Friday

400

What is the story described in the Haftorah of the 2nd day of Rosh Hashanah?

The ingathering of the exiles

400

What are the Aseret Yemei Teshuvah?

10 Days of repentance (beginning on Rosh Hashanah and ending on Yom Kippur)

500

Why do we say a bracha on apple and honey if we have already made hamotzi on bread?

Because apple and honey is not considered a typical meal food, and so needs its own bracha.

500

How many sounds of the shofar in total are customarily sounded on Rosh Hashanah?

100

500

What is the name of the traditional white robe worn by many on Rosh Hashanah?

A Kittel

500

How many people are called up to the Torah on Rosh Hashanah (excluding maftir)?

5

500

What is this recipe traditionally called: Carrots, honey apricots, raisins, cinnamon, orange juice, brown sugar, prunes, stew meat?

Tzimmus

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