Food
What snack is eaten to wish a sweet new year?
Apples and honey
What do you wish people at Rosh Hashanah? (in Hebrew)
Shana Tova Umetukah
What is the number of days we celebrate Rosh Hashanah?
Two days
What are you supposed to do in the 10 days between Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur?
You should reflect on your year and apologize for anything bad you have done in the past.
Why do we eat fish heads?
Because we want to be the head and not the tail.
When is Rosh Hashanah celebrated?
At the first two days of Tishrei.
What is the number of days from Rosh Hashanah to Yom Kippur?
Ten days
What do we celebrate at Rosh Hashanah?
the creation of the human race
Why are pomegranates eaten?
Because there are the same amount of pomegranate seeds as there are "mitzvahs" in the Torah.
What is the name of the ceremony in which we symbolically throw away our sins?
Tashlich
What are the names of all the Hebrew months? (There are 12 months)
Tishri, Cheshvan, Kislev, Tevet, Shevat, Adar, Nisan, Iyar, Sivan, Tammuz, Av, and Elul
How many hours does the Yom Kippur fast last?
25 hours! - from sunset to sunset
Why do we put honey on our food on Rosh Hashanah?
To symbolize a sweet new year
How many days of repentance (ימי תשובה) are there?
10 days of repentance
What is the name of the fast (צום) day that occurs the day after Rosh Hashanah?
Tzom Gedalia
When are we NOT allowed to blow the shofar on Rosh Hashanah?
Shabbat
How many seeds does a pomegranate have?
613
Why do we blow the shofar?
This is the way holidays were announced during biblical times.
The loud sound of the shofar is a wake-up call for our souls.
What is the Hebrew year that we will celebrate this year? (number)
5784
On the first day of Rosh Hashanah, we read from the Torah about his birth ...
Isaac