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Rosh Hashanah
Yom Kippur
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Which 2 holidays make up the high holidays?

Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur

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What is the literal translation of the phrase "Shanah Tovah"?

Good New Year

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Yom Kippur is also known as...

Day of Atonement

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The heartthrob of High School Musical

Zac Efron

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Which comes first, Rosh Hashanah or Yom Kippur?

Rosh Hashanah

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Why do we eat apples and honey on Rosh Hashanah?

Hope for a sweet new year.

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Which five activities are forbidden on Yom Kippur?

  • Fasting (no eating and drinking)
  • No wearing of leather shoes.
  • No bathing or washing.
  • No anointing oneself with perfumes or lotions.
  • No conjugal relations.
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Famous American Idol judge

Paula Abdul

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Which bread is eaten during this season?

Round Challah

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What is the Shofar made from?

Rams Horn

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How many times is the Shofar horn blown on Yom Kippur?

100 to 101 times

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Born as Alecia Beth Moore, she is a singer, songwriter, and dancer

Pink

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What is the central observance of Rosh Hashanah?

Hearing the Shofar

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What is is the Tashlich ritual?

A ceremony observed on the afternoon of the first day of Rosh Hashanah, in which sins are symbolically cast away into a natural body of water.

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Traditionally, many people dress in what special way on Yom Kippur?

In all white or light colours, to symbolize purity

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This individual is the start of Harry Potter

Daniel Radcliffe

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What are the days between Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur called?

Aseret Yemei Teshuvah

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Why do we eat round challah on Rosh Hashanah?

To symbolize the sweetness of the new year and the circular passage of time through the calendar.

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What brings the end of the Yom Kippur fast?

Nightfall and the recitation of the Havdalah

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Indiana Jones

Harrison Ford