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)?
It's a "cheesecake" holiday
What is Shavuot
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")
The giving of Torah
What event does Shavuot celebrate?
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")?
because the Israelites fell asleep while God gave the Torah
Why do we stay up all night on Shavuot?
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")?
These are the people who agreed to receive the Torah
Who are the Jewish people?
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")
Because the Torah is as sweet as honey and milk
Why do we eat dairy foods made of milk on Shavuot?