Teshuvah
This is the English word we might use to explain or define Teshuvah.
What is "repentance" or "return?"
The name of the prayer service on the evening that Yom Kippur begins.
What is Kol Nidrei?
We read this man's story from the Torah in the afternoon on Yom Kippur.
Who is Jonah?
The color people traditionally wear on Yom Kippur.
What is "white?"
What is "All Vows?"
We read a story about a certain man on Yom Kippur (his name is the answer of the question above). This creature swallows him whole.
What is a big fish? (not a whale!)
At the end of the day on Yom Kippur, this ritual is done one last time to signal the end of the holiday.
When we do teshuvah, we can't just apologize to God. We also have to apologize to ______.
Who is "whatever person we hurt with our actions or words?"
The name of the Hebrew prayer in which people traditionally beat their chests with their fists while they ask for forgiveness.
What is the Vidui?
The animal the priests were supposed to lead into the wilderness as a way of atoning for our wrongs.
The literal meaning of "chatimah tova."
What is "a good signature?"
These people are allowed to eat and drink on Yom Kippur (name at least two types of people).
What are people who are pregnant, people who are sick, people who need to take medicine with food, people who have not had their bnei mitzvah yet, or anyone who it will hurt/for whom it is dangerous to fast?
These are prayers we say before the holidays begin, asking for forgiveness. Sometimes, there is a special night time service before Rosh Hashanah with the same name.
What are "selichot?"
The prophet in the Yom Kippur haftarah that tells us God does not want a fast just for show, but wants us to "share [our] bread with the hungry," and "take the wretched poor into [our] home[s]."
Who is Isaiah?
When we wish someone a chatimah tova or gmar chatimah tova, we are saying we hope this happens to them.
What is "their name is written in the Book of Life for good?"
BONUS: Some orthodox Jews use this animal for a special ritual called "Kapparot" on the evening before Yom Kippur.
What is a chicken?
BONUS: A special kind of prayer/poem that involves using letters of the alphabet in order; one of the prayers above is this kind of prayer/poem.
What is an Acrostic?
BONUS: When that animal was sent into the wilderness above, it went to this named place specifically.
Azazel.
BONUS: The name for a special outfit that resembles what we might be buried in or what we imagine angels look like, which many Jews wear on Yom Kippur.
What is a kittel?