Rosh Hashanah
What does Rosh Hashanah mean?
Head of the year- Jewish new year
What is the special bread we eat during Rosh Hashanah?
challah
What is the Hebrew word for apple and honey?
tapuach and d'vash
What is something that we do to observe Yom Kippur?
can fast, go to services
The Hebrew word for head?
rosh
What is blown during the Rosh Hashanah service?
shofar
What special foods do we eat for a sweet new Year?
Apples and honey- tapuchim and d'vash
What is the Hebrew word "to listen"
'lishmoah"
What is something we can do to help others during Yom Kippur?
Give Tzedakah
The Hebrew word for blessing
bracha
What is the special prayer book we read from during Rosh Hashanah?
machzor
What is the Hebrew word for juice?
mitz
What is the Hebrew phrase "to place on the table"
lasim al shulchan
What does the word Yom Kippur mean?
day attone- to try to improve our behavior, and ask for forgiveness for the things we have done wrong
What is the Hebrew word for year?
shanah
Name two traditions that we observe during Rosh Hashanah?
eating apples and honey, blowing shofar, going to services, new clothing, a special meal
What blessing do we recite before we eat the challah or other bread?
Motzi
What is the Hebrew phrase "to lift the prayerbook"
l'horim ha siddur"
What is the special story we often read during Yom Kippur?
Jonah and the Whale
The Hebrew word for pomegranate?
rimon
What is the special service we attend when we go to a body of water and throw bread crumbs?
Tashlich
What is the special fruit we eat during Rosh Hashanah that reminds of all the mitzvot we need to do?
Pomegranate or rimon
What is the Hebrew phrase "to eat challah"
l'echol challah"
What is the special service we attend the first evening of Yom Kippur?
Kol Nidre
The Hebrew word for the special prayerbook we use during Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur?
Machzor