Teshuvah Month
What is the Hebrew name of the month we are in now?
אלול
What is the date of Rosh Hashanah?
Aleph and bet Tishrei
What special thing do some people do with the challah on Rosh Hashanah?
make it in the shape of a circle
or
dip it in honey instead of salt
What are the three types of blasts we blow on rosh hashana? Please act it out.
tekia -------------------------------
shevarim -------- ---------- ----------
terua -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
What special prayer do we add to both the Shemonah Esrei and Birkat Hamazon on Rosh Hashana?
Yaaleh veyavo
What does each letter of the word Elul stand for?
אני לדודי ודודי לי - I am for my beloved as my beloved is for me
Rosh Hashana is the day the _______ was created.
world
Name four simanim that we eat on Rosh Hashanah.
apple, honey, pomegranate, dates, leaks, carrots, head of a fish etc...
How many Kolot do we blow on Rosh Hashanah?
100
What do we express at tashlich?
emptying ourselves of our sins
What do Ashkenazim say during the month of Elul at the end of Davening?
לדוד ה' אורי וישעי
List one other name for Rosh Hashanah?
Yom Hadin
Yom Hazikaron
Yom Teruah
Hayom Harat Olam
We try not to __________ on Rosh Hashanah.
sleep
What should we not do between the first sound of the shofar to the last?
Talk
During Aseret yemei teshuva we switch from Ha'el Hakadosh to ________ ?
Hamelech Hakadosh
What do we add before Davening during this time of year?
סליחות
What are the 10 days from Rosh Hashanah to Yom Kippur called?
Aseret Yemei Teshuva
Since we have a doubt if we should recite Shehechiyanu on the second day of Rosh Hashanah, we do our best to have a new __________ to say shehechiyanu on.
fruit
Which animal's horn do we use as a shofar AND WHY?
Rams horn
Akeidat Yitzchak
What is the Halacha if someone didn't switch to Hamelech Hakadosh in their Shemona Esrei?
repeat Shemona Esrei
When do Ashkenazim begin Selichot?
Motzei Shabbat before Rosh Hashanah
Shana Tova U'Metuka
Ketivah V'Chatima Tova
On which day of Rosh Hashanah do we usually say tashlich?
the first day of Rosh Hashanah...unless it is shabbos in which case we say it on the second day (which is what will happen this year)
What bracha do we make on shofar blowing?
Lishmoa Kol Shofar
What are the names of the three special sections of mussaf on Rosh Hashana?
מלכיות
זכרונות
שופרות