Rosh Hashanah
Yom Kippur
Sukkot
Random Shofar Facts
Shemini Atzeret/Simchat Torah
100

This is a popular food we eat on Rosh Hashanah

Apples and Honey

100

Yom Kippur is the Day of Atonement. It is essential for sins between man and his fellow "to be righted." How is this done?

Ask them for forgiveness

100

How many days do we celebrate Sukkot?

7 days in Israel or 8 days outside of Israel. 

100

What is the most popular type of horn used to make a shofar which we blow on Rosh Hashanah?

Ram

100

What do we celebrate on Simchat Torah

The completion of reading the Torah 

200

What shape of Challah do we eat at the Rosh Hashanah table?

Round

200

How many hours is the Yom Kippur fast?

25 

200

What does the word Sukkah mean?

Booth or Hut

200

How many times is the Shofar sounded during each day of Rosh Hashanah?

100

200

Om Simchat Torah, we circle the synagogue with this item

Torah

300

On the first and second day of which Hebrew month is Rosh Hashanah celebrated? 

Tishrei

300

We avoid wearing this material of clothing on Yom Kippur 

Leather

300

How many walls must a Sukkah have?

3

300

How many times is the shofar blown on Yom Kippur?

Once

300

Which two books do we read on Simchat Torah?

Devarim (Deuteronomy) and Beresheit (Genesis)

400

This custom is performed on the afternoon of Rosh Hashanah. It involves casting away one's sins, symbolically represented by throwing pieces of bread or other food into a body of water.

Tashlich

400

What is the first major prayer of Yom Kippur called?

Kol Nidre 

400

Which citrus fruit do we hold and bless with during Sukkot?

Etrog 

400

This is the final shofar blast

Tekiyah Gedolah

400

What special weather related event do we pray for on Shemini Atzeret?

Rain

500

This period between Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur is called in Hebrew "Aseret Ymay Tshuva." How many days does this repentance period last?

10

500

What is the final prayer of Yom Kippur called? 

Neilah

500

In how many different directions do we shake the Lulav and Etrog?

6

500

What is the name of the nine short blasts we sound with the shofar?

Teruah

500

Who gets called to the Torah reading on Simchat Torah?

Every person in the congregation