Rosh Hashannah
The English translation of Rosh Hashannah.
What is The head of the year?
Yom Kippur means this.
What is The day of atonement?
The greeting used during the High Holy days.
What is Shanah tovah and L'shanah tovah tikatevoo v'techatemoo, "May you be inscribed and sealed for a good year."?
This is literally translated to mean "booths"
What is Sukkah?
Simchat Torah.
What festival do you finish and restart reading the Torah?
Rosh Hashanah celebrates this anniversary.
What festival remembers the creation?
Adults are allowed to eat this on Yom Kippur.
What is nothing?
How Jewish people atone for their sins against other people during the days of Awe.
What is Seeking reconciliation with people you have wronged?
The number of walls a sukkah must have
What is 3 1/2
The first book of the Torah.
What is Bereshit?
We dip apples in this to symbolize a sweet new year.
What is honey?
The prayer and service before sunset on Yom Kippur eve
What is Kol Nidre?
Shabbat Shuva
What is the Saturday that falls in between Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur called?
Something you must be able to see through the roof of your Sukkah
What is sky/stars?
Dancing around the bimah holding the Torah, singing and drinking.
How do people celebrate Simchat Torah?
Tekiah, Teruah, Shevarim, Tekiah G'dolah
What are sounds of the shofar?
The colour traditionally worn by Rabbis, Cantors and others on Yom Kippur
What is White?
The time from Rosh Hashanah till Yom Kippur is Yamin Noraim.
What are the Days of Awe?
The branches of three plants grouped together and shaken with a citrus fruit.
What is a Arba Minim?
The festival for finishing the Torah and the Festival for receiving the Torah.
What is the difference between Simchat Torah and Shavuot?
The ritual of casting away sins by symbolically throwing them in the water
What is Tashlich?
The four values of Yom Kippur
What are Justice, Judgement, Forgiveness and Repentance?
The Ten Days of Teshuvah.
What is the time for when Jewish people pray and repent, asking for forgiveness?
A yellow citrus fruit used in the Arba Minim.
What is an etrog?
Simchat Torah and Yom Ha'atzmaut have this in common.
What are 'children waving flags?'