Rosh Hashanah
What does Rosh Hashanah mean in English?
Head of the year.
What do adults do on Yom Kippur? Bonus: how long do they do it for?
Fast. The Yom Kippur fast lasts 25 hours, from sundown before Kol Nidrei until after havdalah the next day.
What are the names of the two things we shake on Sukkot? Describe them.
Lulav and etrog; a lulav is a stick-like sheath of three types of branches and an etrog is a citron that looks like a bumpy lemon.
What does Simchat Torah mean in English?
Rejoicing in the Torah.
וַו
vav
What's another name for Rosh Hashanah?
Can G-d forgive you for wrongs you've done to other people?
No. You have to ask the actual person you've wronged for forgiveness.
What does "Sukkot" mean in English?
booths; Sukkot is the festival of booths
What are we celebrating on Simchat Torah?
Finishing reading the Torah and then beginning it again.
מָכַר
mah-char, he sold
What's the prayer book that we use for the High Holy Days (Yamim Noraim) called?
A machzor.
What is teshuvah and what does it mean?
Teshuvah literally means "returning" and it's the process we go through during the High Holy days where we try to apologize, to make up for what we did wrong, and return to our best selves.
What do you call the branches and leaves that go on the top of a sukkah?
Skakh, סכך
What is one thing we do to celebrate Simchat Torah?
Dance with the Torah. We also do seven "circuits" around the sanctuary called Hakafot.
אַדְוָה
What is the Hebrew date of Rosh Hashanah?
The 1st of Tishrei.
What is the Hebrew date of Yom Kippur?
the 10th of Tishrei.
Seven in Israel, eight outside of Israel.
What's the name of the first book (and first Parsha) of the Torah?
הָלַכְתָּ
ha-lach-tah, you walked
What are the names of the three notes we play on the shofar?
Tekiyah, shevarim, teruah.
What are the three things you're supposed to do in order to be signed into the book of life on Yom Kippur?
Teshuvah, tefillah, and tzedakah: apology/atonement, prayer, and acts of justice (money for those in need).
What are the four species?
The lulav- i.e., myrtle, willow, and palm- and the etrog- citron.
What is the name of the last book of the Torah? Bonus: how many books are there in the Torah?
Devarim ("names") or Deuteronomy. There are five books, known as the five Books of Moses.
הַבְדָלָה
havdalah (separation)