Rosh Hashana Food
What do we dip in Honey?
An Apple!
What do we hear blown on Rosh Hashana?
A shofar
What do we eat honey with other than apples?
What do all adults do on Yom Kippur?
Fast
What do we light before Rosh Hashana starts?
Candles
Why do we eat Apple in Honey?
So we should have a sweet New Year
What are the three shofar tones called? Bonus points if you can imitate each one
sh'kiah, she'varim and t’ruah.
What is the candle blessing we recite on Rosh Hashanah?
HEBREW TEXT
בָּרוּךְ אַתָּה, יְיָ אֱלֹהֵינוּ, מֶלֶךְ הָעוֹלָם,
אֲשֶׁר קִדְּשָׁנוּ, בְּמִצְוֹתָיו וְצוָּנוּ,
לְהַדְלִיק נֵר שֶׁל [שַׁבָּת וְשֶׁל] יוֹם טוֹב.
TRANSLITERATION
Baruch atah Adonai, Eloheinu Melech haolam, asher kid'shanu b'mitzvotav v'tzivanu l'hadlik ner shel [Shabbat v'shel] Yom Tov.
TRANSLATION
Blessed are You, our God, Ruler of the world, who sanctifies us with mitzvot and calls upon us to kindle the lights of [Shabbat and] the Festival day.
What kind of shoes are we not allowed to wear?
Leather
What type of candle do we often light in addition to the two holiday candles Yom Kippur?
Yartzeit candle
The two holiday candles burn down in a few hours, but the yahrzheit candle should burn through the entire 25 hours of the holiday.
What shape is the Challah that we eat?
Round
What time of day does Rosh Hashanah start?
Sundown
What do we wish people on Rosh Hashana
Shana Tova
Which famous Haftorah is read on Yom Kippur?
The Story of Yonah
How many days is Rosh Hashana
2 days
What does Rosh Hashana translate to in English?
Head of the year
What animal does a shofar come from?
Ram
Where do we go to symbolically throw away all our sins?
To a place of natural water
The ceremony is classed Tashlich
What color clothing do we wear on Yom Kippur?
White clothing
Bonus if you know that some people wear a special white coat called a Kittel
What are the 10 days between Rosh Hashana and Yom Kippur called?
Aseret Yimai Teshuva
10 days of repentance
What red fruit with many seeds do we eat on Rosh Hashanah
A pomegranate: it has many seeds like the 613 Mitzvot and we eat a pomegranate to remind us that we are full of Mitzvot like the seeds in a pomegranate
What is the purpose/meaning of Rosh Hashanah
Day of accounting
Day of Judgment
Day of tshuvah (returning)
On Rosh Hashanah, we have a symbolic Book of Life and we become advocates for our personal inscription in it. We review the choices we have made over the past year, our actions and our intentions, as we attempt to honestly evaluate ourselves.
Name a Rosh Hashanah greeting other that shana tov:
L’shana tovah u’metukah (good and sweet year)
L'Shana Tovah tikatevu which means, May you be inscribed for a good year
chag sameach
(We eat honey with challah
What is the first prayer of Yom Kippur called (the erev of Yom Kippur)?
Kol Nidrei
What month is Rosh Hashana in?
Tishrei