Holiday Foods
Latkes (potato pancakes) and Soufganiot (jelly donuts)
What foods are associated with Chanukah?
We blow the shofar
What do we do on Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur?
Jewish New Year
What is Rosh Hashanah?
Shabbat Shalom
What do we say on Shabbat (may you have a peaceful rest)?
This holiday takes place around the winter solstice
What is Chanukah?
Matzah and Charoset
What foods are associated with Passover?
We light the menorah
What is Chanukah
Rededication of the Holy Temple
What is Chanukah?
Shanah Tovah
What do we say on Rosh Hashanah ("happy new year")
This holiday takes place in the fall after the harvest
What is Sukkot?
Apples and honey
What foods are associated with Rosh Hashanah?
We don't eat from sunset to sunset
What is Yom Kippur?
Esther saves the Jews
What is Purim?
Shavua Tov
What do we say at the end of Shabbat (have a good week")?
This holiday takes place in early spring
What is Passover?
Hamentaschen
What food is associated with Purim
We dress up in costumes and we give mishloach manot (gifts of food and drink) to family and friends)
What do we do on Purim?
Israel's Independence Day
What is Yom Ha'atzma'ut?
Chag Sameiach
What do we say on the three festivals of Passover, Shavuot and Sukkot - though it can be said on any holiday (happy festival")?
This holiday takes place in late spring after the first harvest
What is Shavuot?
Blintzes and Cheesecake
What foods are associated with Shavuot?
We throw bread into the water to symbolically throw our sins away
What do we do for Tashlich?
Remembering the Holocaust
What is Yom Hashoah?
G'mar Chatimah Tovah
What do we say on Yom Kippur ("may you be sealed for a good year")
This holiday which celebrates the birthday of the trees takes place in January or February
What is Tu B'shvat?