רֹאשׁ הַשָּׁנָה
The High Holidays and the Hebrew New Year both begin on this day.
What is Rosh Hashanah?
All the fried foods on Chanukah owe to this prayer and sanctification ingredient lasting for a week longer than expected.
What is oil?
What is Shabbat?
Adar 14th was a random day until Haman cast these, hence the name of the holiday being Purim.
Before Moses encountered God in the Burning Bush, and before he left Egypt at all, he was raised by this royal family member.
Who is the Pharoah's daughter?
The shofar, unlike most modern horn instruments, is actually the horn of this animal.
What is a ram?
Chanukah means dedication, referring to the re-dedication of the Temple to God from this sacrilegious Greek God.
Who is Zeus?
The אוֹר that we bask in from the Shabbat candles.
Hamentaschen are said to look like this part of Haman's head.
What are ears?/What is a hat?
Like the Kaddish and Kol Nidre, the Pesach Haggadah is written in this Semitic Language.
What is Aramaic?
Special astronomers at the Temple were tasked with watching the skies for this one sure sign of the start of the New Year.
What is a New Moon?
American Jews tend to give out presents on Chanukah to coincide with the gift giving on Christmas. In Israel, they give these out instead.
After six days of doing this, God had to take a break and celebrate the first Shabbat.
What is creating the Earth?
Pakistani Jews started doing Henna to look like Esther in this century, around the same time as Ford started producing automobiles.
What is the 20th century?
Jewish prayer books (סִדּוּר) and a Passover Seder (סדר) share this quality in both name and structure.
What is order?
There are many ways to symbolize a New Year. A sweet and fruitful New Year aside, people eat this dish to celebrate new beginnings.
What are head-on fish?
You place the candles on chanukiot in the direction you read in this language.
What is Hebrew?
When we say Kiddush (קידוש) over the wine, Shabbat becomes this sort of day.
What is Holy?
Though many people love chocolate and poppy seeds, this filling type is easily the preferred center of hamentaschen.
What is jam?
Passover Cimmis and American Thanksgiving casseroles both use this starchy tuber for some extra fiber and sweetness at the table.
What is sweet potato?
Though it exists alongside the Tav-tenets of returning to the self and praying to God, Jews give back to their community by following this Tzadi-tenet.
What is tzedakah?
Maoz Tzur, a common Chanukah hymn, is the Hebrew text of this Christian poem which inspired a Def Leppard classic.
What is Rock of Ages?
Many traditional Jews refrain from using electronics on Shabbat because it's too similar to this survival practice.
What is lighting a fire?
What are costumes?
What is New Years?