Rosh Hashanah
Yom Kippur
Other Holidays
100

 For a sweet new year we dip this fruit in honey.

What are apples?

100

Yom Kippur is known as the day of this.

What is atonement?

100

Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur are holy days but not festivals.  Five days after Yom Kippur however, we have this fall harvest festival.

What is Sukkot?

200

 Because God reviews our actions over the past year,  Rosh Hashanah is known as the day of this.

What is judgement?

200

To be worthy of forgiveness,  we practice 10 days of repentance,  which is known in Hebrew as this

What is teshuvah (literally "turning")? 


200

Immediately after Sukkot,  we complete the Torah reading, rewind it, and start it all over again on this holiday. 


What is Simchat Torah?

300

On Rosh Hashanah,  we read stories about these 2 patriarchs in the Torah.

Who are Abraham and Isaac?

300

During the course of the Yom Kippur day of worship,  we hold a special memorial service for family ancestors called this



What is Yizkor?  (Literally: Remember!)


300

In the winter, we celebrate a festival that first was held as a Sukkot substitute when the Maccabees remediate the Temple to God. 


What is Chanukah

400

This is the Hebrew year that starts on October 3.


What is 5785?

400

At the end of the service, we say the Shema this number of times.

What is 3?


400

 In the spring, in the first month of the Hebrew year,  we celebrate our festival of freedom 


What is Pesach?

500

Rosh Hashanah starts on the first day of this month, which actually is the 7th month on the Hebrew calendar. 


What is Tishri?

500

Yom Kippur ends with a loud shofar blast, followed by the same 3 words that end a Passover seder. 


What is Next Year In Jerusalem.

500

In the early summer, we celebrate receiving the 10 commandments during this festival. 


What is Shavuot?