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Rosh Hashana 101
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What do we dip apples in?

Honey

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What is the name of the bread we eat?

Challah

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What is the name of the instrument we use on Rosh Hashana and Yom Kippur?


A Shofar

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What is Rosh Hashana?

The beginning of the Jewish New Year

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What do we eat to symbolize a sweet New Year?

Apples and honey

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What shape is the bread we eat on Rosh Hashana?

Round

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What is a Shofar made out of?

A rams horn

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What do you say to others on Rosh Hoshana in Hebrew?

Shana Tova

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Why do we eat sweet things on Rosh Hashana?

For a sweet New year

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

To represent the creation of the world/cycles of the year/continuity of life

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How many shofar blasts are there?

3

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What does Shana Tova mean?

Have a good year

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What do some people put on the Rosh Hashanah table to symbolise the holiday being the 'head' of the new year?

A Fish Head

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What fruit represents the 613 mitzvot?

A Pomegranate

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Why do we blow the Shofar? (there are multiple answers for this)

The way holidays were announced during biblical times OR the loud sound is to wake up a call for our souls

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What do we do on Tashlich?

Throw bread into water

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What does Rosh Hoshanna mean?

The Head of the New Year

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Why do people eat pomegranates on Rosh Hashanah?

There are the same amount of pomegranate seeds as there are mitzvot (good deeds) in the Torah. 613 to be exact!

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Name one of the three sounds a shofar makes

Tkiah, Teruah, Sh'Varim

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What does "Teshuva" mean? (hint: It's one of the things you are supposed to do between Rosh Hashanna and Yom Kippur)

To ask for forgiveness or apologize

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