Rosh Hashanah
What does "Rosh Hashanah" mean in English?
Head of the Year
What does Yom Kippur mean?
Day of Atonement
What is the prayer said for remembering loved ones?
Yizkor
What fruit dipped in honey do we eat for a sweet new year?
Apples dipped in honey
Who is tested by God with the binding of Isaac, read on Rosh Hashanah?
Abraham
How many days long is Rosh Hashanah
2 days
How long do people fast on Yom Kippur?
25 hours
What special prayer service opens Yom Kippur?
Kol Nidrei
What round bread do we eat on Rosh Hashanah?
Round challah
What animal is caught in the thicket in that story?
A ram
What instrument is blown on Rosh Hashanah?
The shofar
What prayer lists the sins we confess together?
The Vidui
What are the three themes of the High Holidays: Teshuvah, Tefillah, and...?
Tzedakah
Pomegranates are eaten because of what?
Their many seeds, symbolizing many mitzvot
Who is Jonah running away from in the Yom Kippur reading?
God
What do we say to wish someone a “good year”?
Shanah Tovah
What white garment do many wear on Yom Kippur?
A kittel
What is the final, very long shofar blast called?
Tekiah Gedolah
What food do some people avoid because it can be “sharp”?
Nuts
What city does Jonah finally preach to?
Nineveh
What book do we symbolically ask God to write our names in?
The Book of Life
What book of the Bible is read on Yom Kippur afternoon?
The Book of Jonah
What body of water ritual do people do on Rosh Hashanah to cast away sins?
Tashlich
Apples in honey symbolize sweetness—what does the head of a fish symbolize?
Being “like the head, not the tail”
What sea creature swallows Jonah?
A big fish