Shofar
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More Random Super Fun Facts (may or may not be about Rosh Hashanah)
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The animal most commonly used for a shofar
What is a ram?
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The meaning of the words "Rosh Hashanah"
What is "Head of the Year"?
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Something we eat to symbolize a sweet year
What is apples and honey?
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The number of days we celebrate Rosh Hashanah
What is 2?
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The Torah reading on the first day of Rosh Hashanah is about his birth
Who is Isaac?
200
The name of the longest shofar blast
What is Tekiah Gedolah?
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The greeting said on Rosh Hashanah
What is "Shanah Tovah"?
200
What we send to relatives and friends to wish them a good year
New Year's cards (easy peasy)
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The color of the Torah covers on Rosh Hashanah
What is white?
200
The Haftarah on the first day of Rosh Hashanah is about THIS woman who prays for her child
Who is Hannah?
300
The name of the 3 short blasts of the shofar
What is Shevarim?
300
The Hebrew month that Rosh Hashanah falls in
What is Tishrei?
300
Something special about the challah that is served on Rosh Hashanah
What is the fact that it is round?
300
The number of days in between Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur
What is
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The main person who wrote the US Declaration of Independence and the year he wrote it
Who is Thomas Jefferson in 1776?
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The blessing said before the shofar blast
What is the Shehecheyanu?
400
The meaning of the word "Teshuva"
What is "repentance"?
400
The ceremony to symbolically throw away our sins
What is Tashlich?
400
The name of the special prayer book used on Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur
What is Machzor?
400
The Hebrew word for apple
What is tapu'ach?
500
What does the shofar symbolize?
A reminder that Abraham offered a sacrifice instead of his son Isaac
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2 other names for Rosh Hashanah
What is Yom Hazikaron or Yom Teruah?
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The color that is traditionally worn by the rabbi and cantor during the holidays
What is white?
500
The Hebrew year being celebrated this year
What is 5785?
500
The amount of times more that a giraffe is most likely to get struck by lightning
What is 30x more likely to happen?