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The Fall
Honey, Honey
100

This is the reason we eat circular challah

To symbolize the cycle of life

100

"Feast of ....." is the Rosh Hashanah's nickname

"Feast of Trumpets"


100

Because this percentage of an apple's volume is air, it causes the fruit to float in water

25%

100

Home to the world’s tallest waterfall, Angel Falls, this South American country boasts dramatic natural landscapes.

Angel Falls in Venezuela


100

A beeswax cell naturally takes this geometric, efficient shape, forming the structure where bees store honey and brood.

honeycomb

200

This root is what Ashkenazi's eat on Rosh

Carrots -  Ashkenazi Jews eat carrots on Rosh Hashanah because the Hebrew word for carrot, gezer, sounds like gazar or gzeira, meaning "decree," symbolizing a hope that negative decrees will be nullified. Additionally, the Yiddish word for carrot, meren or mer, sounds like the word for "increase," representing a desire for increased blessings and prosperity in the coming year.

200

These three are the major themes of Rosh?

Kingship, memory and the sound of the shofar

200

Apples belong to this flowering plant family

Rosaceae the rose family

200

This specific phobia refers to the fear of falling, even when there's no real danger of it.

Basophobia

200

The color and flavor of honey vary widely, primarily due to this factor related to what the bees are feeding on.

What is the type of flower nectar

300

This specific Veggie is what jews eat on Rosh Hashanah to invoke the removal of enemies

Leeks - Hebrew word for leek is karti, is similar to yikartu, meaning "cut off"

300

These are the foods you are supposed to avoid during Rosh Hashanah

forbidden foods include sour or bitter foods, salt, black foods, buts (due to their numerical value for "sin" and potential to cause phlegm. and some avoid grapes


300

This is the scientific name for the apple tree

Malus Domestica

300

"help ive fallen and I can't get up" is the motto for this tv product

Life alert

300

the honeybee produces this much honey in its entire lifespan

1/12 of a teaspoon

400

A pomegranate has this many seeds and symbolizes this.

613 and they commemorate the 613 mitzvoth in the torah

400

The fish head symbolizes this on Rosh Hashanah

symbolizes the inability of fish to survive without water, representing the idea that jews cannot survive without the torah

400

This branch of botany focuses on the cultivation, study, and production of fruit, especially apples

Pomology

400

The American English word 'fall' for the autumn season comes from this older phrase referring to the seasonal shedding of foliage. 

"fall of the leaf" 

400

To produce just one pound of honey, a single bee would need to visit approximately this many flowers.

2,000,000 flowers

500

Sometimes served as a sweet accompaniment, this rare honey substitute made from date syrup is popular in Sephardic Rosh Hashanah celebrations

Silan

500

During Rosh Hashanah, this rare shofar blast pattern, consisting of a long, drawn-out note followed by two shorter blasts, is traditionally sounded to awaken spiritual introspection and repentance.

What is Tekiah Gedolah?

500

Sequenced in 2010, the apple’s genome contains approximately this many genes, making it one of the largest among fruit crops.

What is about 57,000 genes

500

This phrase, using the word “fall,” originated in 17th-century England as a metaphor for moral or spiritual decline, often referring to someone who lost divine favor.

What is “fall from grace”

500
the term "honeymoon" came from this tradition

in ancient times, people would give newlyweds a months supply of mead (honey wine) to promote fertility