Fun with Food
Teki'ah Gedolah
Rosh Hashanah 101
Fasting: Fun without Food
100
What do we eat as a wish for a sweet new year?
Apples and honey
100
What is the main mitzvah of Rosh Hashana?
Hearing the shofar
100
What is Rosh Hashanah?
What is the beginning of the Jewish new year
100
What are 2 things we do not do on Yom Kippur? (multiple answers)
eat
drink
wear leather shoes
put on creams
200
What do we put on the Rosh Hashanah table to symbolize the holiday being the 'head' of the new year?
HEAD of fish or lamb
200
What is a shofar made out of?
Horn of a ram animal
200
What is the name of the special siddur we use to daven on Rosh Hashanah?
Machzor
200
What do we do for tashlich?
Say a tefillah near water (some people throw bread in the water)
300
This is a red fruit with many seeds that we eat on Rosh Hashanah as a wish for doing more mitzvos
Pomegranate
300
Name one of the three sounds a shofar makes
Tkiah, Teruah and Sh'varim
300
What are you supposed to do in the 10 days between Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur?
Do teshuvah and fix mistakes.
300
How long does the Yom Kippur fast last?
1 whole day
400
Which of the following are one of the fruits that grow in Eretz Yisrael?
a) Oranges
b) Grapes
c) Bananas
Grapes
400
What cannot be done during shofar blowing?
Talking/ making noise
400
How many days is Rosh Hashanah?
2 days
400
What do some men wear on Yom Kippur?
A kittel
500
What is different about the shape of challah we eat on Rosh Hashana?
It is round/ circle
500
What can one do if he missed the shofar blowing in shul?
Ask his Rabbi or father where he can hear it (people blow shofar lots of times on Rosh Hashanah!)
500
The Days between Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur are called ...?
Aseres Yemei Teshuvah
500
Why do we fast on Yom Kippur?
Because Hashem told us to