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100

The age at which you are required to start fasting.

What is 12 and 13?

100
The name of the prayer book we use on Yom Kippur.
What is Machzor?
100

The kind of shoes we don't wear on Yom Kippur.

What are leather shoes?

100

If you are old or sick you do not need to do this on Yom Kippur.

What is Fast?

200
The number of prayers services on Yom Kippur.
What is 5?
200

The name of the book from the Torah we read on Yom Kippur.

What is Jonah?

200

This is the color some people wear on Yom Kippur.

What is white?

200

The name of the war that took place on Yom Kippur in Israel.

What is the Yom Kippur war?

300

The day of the Hebrew month Yom Kippur is celebrated.

What is 10?

300

The name of the prayer we say on the eve of Yom Kippur.

What is Kol Nidrei?

300

This is wear most people spend their day on Yom Kippur.

What is synagogue?


300

Major League Baseball player who did not play in Game 1 of the World Series because the game was on Yom Kippur.

Who is Sandy Koufax 

400
The number of hours we don't eat or drink for.
What is 25?
400
This is what you may hear at the end of the day on Yom Kippur.
What is shofar?
400

The common greeting on this holiday.

What is "have an easy fast" or "gmar chatima tova"?

400

The name of the meal you eat after Yom Kippur.

What is Breakfast?

500
The time of day that Yom Kippur begins.
What is before sundown?
500
The final words we say after the shofar blast.
What is "Next Year in Jerusalem?"
500

Yom Kippur is the only time during the year that this is worn at NIGHT.

What is a Tallit?

500

This is the name of the ceremony where we cast away our sins into a body of water.

What is Tashlich?

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