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Shofar
Hebrew Terms
Rosh Hashanah Customs
Rosh Hashanah Facts
Odds & Ends
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The animal most commonly used for a shofar
What is a ram
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It is the literal meaning of the words Rosh Hashanah
What is Head of the Year
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It is something we eat that symbolizes 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 birthday that Rosh Hashanah celebrates
What is the world
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It's when we are NOT allowed to blow the shofar on Rosh Hashanah
What is Shabbat
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It is the Hebrew new year's greeting
What is Shanah Tovah
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It is what we send to friends and relatives to wish them a good year
What is New Year's cards
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The color of the Torah covers on Rosh Hashanah
What is white
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The Torah reading on the first day of Rosh Hashanah is about his birth
Who is Isaac
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It is the name for one long blast of the shofar
What is Tekiah
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It is the Hebrew month in which Rosh Hashanah falls
What is Tishrei
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It is something special about the challah we serve on Rosh Hashanah
What is that it is round
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The number of days from Rosh Hashanah to Yom Kippur
What is 10
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The names of 3 Hebrew months
What are Tishrei, Heshvan, Kislev, Shevat, Adar, Nisan, Iyar, Sivan, Tammuz, Av, Elul
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It is the name for 3 short blasts on the shofar
What is Shevarim
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It is what the word "Teshuva" means
What is repentance (turn or return)
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It is the ceremony in which we symbolically throw away our sins
What is Tashlich
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The name of the special prayer book we use on Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur
What is Machzor
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The minor fast day that occurs the day after Rosh Hashanah
What is Tzom Gedalia (the fast of Gedalia)
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It is the name for 9 very short blasts on the shofar
What is Teruah
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It is another Hebrew name for Rosh Hashanah
What is Yom Hazikaron or Yom Teruah
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It is the name of the service held at midnight on the Saturday before Rosh Hashanah
What is Selichot
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The Hebrew year that we will celebrate this year
What is 5778
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The haftarah on the first day of Rosh Hashanah is about this woman who prays for a child
Who is Hannah