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Teki'ah Gedolah
Rosh Hashanah 101
Fasting: Fun without Food
Random Facts
100
What do we eat the symbolizes a sweet new year?
What is apples and honey
100
What is the name of instrument we use on Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur?
What is shofar
100

What is Rosh Hashanah? what does its name translate to?

What is the beginning of the Jewish new year. Head of the year

100
What is the holiest holiday in Judaism?
What is Yom Kippur
100
Why do we put honey on our food on Rosh Hashanah?
What is to symbolize a sweet new year
200

What do we put on the Rosh Hashanah table to symbolize the holiday being the 'head', not the tail of the new year?

What is fish

200
What is a shofar made out of?
What is a rams horn
200

How do you wish people a happy rosh hashanah in Hebrew? Hint: Translates to 'Have a sweet (and happy) new year'

What is Shanah Tova Umetukah. Or Shanah tovah

200

What is the tradition of tashlich? Why do we do it?

What is throwing bread into a moving body of water to symbolize getting rid of our sins

200

Name one thing you cannot do on Yom Kippur

What is eating, drinking, wearing leather, putting on perfume etc.

300

Do we fast on Rosh Hashanah

no
300
Name one of the three sounds a shofar makes
What is Tkiah, Teruah and Sh'varim
300

What are you supposed to do in the 10 days between Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur?

What is reflect on your year and apologize for anything bad you have done in the past.

300
How long does the Yom Kippur fast last?
What is from sunset to sunset (25 hours!)
300

At the end of Yom Kippur its tradition to do this with family and friends

What is break the fast

400
Why do we eat round challah on Rosh Hashanah? (There are multiple right answers)
What is creation of the world/ cycles of the year
400
Why do we blow the shofar? (there are multiple answers)
What is the way holiday's were announced during biblical times OR the loud sound is a wake up call for our souls
400
The Days between Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur are called the Days of...?
What is Days of Awe
400
Why do we fast on Yom Kippur?
What is concentrating on the past year and your relationship with G-d
400

How many types of Shofar calls are there

What is 4

500

How many seeds do we say that a pomegranate has? Hint: It is the number of mitzvot or good deeds that a person can do throughout their lifetime.

What is 613

500
What animal's horn cannot be used to make a shofar?
What is a cow/bull
500

What does the root in the word teshuva mean? 

What is Return or returning

500
What is the prayer we say on Yom Kippur called?
What is Kol Nidrei
500
What color clothes do you traditionally wear on Yom Kippur?
What is white
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