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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
100
It is the literal meaning of the words Rosh Hashanah
What is Head of the Year
100
It is something we eat that symbolizes a sweet year
What is apples and honey
100
The number of days we celebrate Rosh Hashanah
What is 2
100
The birthday that Rosh Hashanah celebrates
What is the world
200

What is the name of the shofar blast that is done 9 short times?

What is Teruah

200
It is the Hebrew new year's greeting
What is Shanah Tovah
200
It is what we send to friends and relatives to wish them a good year
What is New Year's cards
200
The color of the Torah covers on Rosh Hashanah
What is white
200

What is the Torah reading on the first day of Rosh Hashanah?

What is Isaac's birth?

300

What is the shofar call that is three blasts?

What is Shevarim

300
It is the Hebrew month in which Rosh Hashanah falls
What is Tishrei
300
It is something special about the challah we serve on Rosh Hashanah
What is that it is round
300
The number of days from Rosh Hashanah to Yom Kippur
What is 10
300
The names of 3 Hebrew months
What are Tishrei, Heshvan, Kislev, Shevat, Adar, Nisan, Iyar, Sivan, Tammuz, Av, Elul
400

It's when we are NOT allowed to blow the shofar on Rosh Hashanah

What is Shabbat

400
It is what the word "Teshuva" means
What is repentance (turn or return)
400
It is the ceremony in which we symbolically throw away our sins
What is Tashlich
400
The name of the special prayer book we use on Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur
What is Machzor
400

What is the mitzvah of the shofar?

What is to hear it blown on Rosh Hashanah, Yom Kippur and daily during Elul (the month previous)

500

What is the only blast that is heard once?

What is Tekiyah Gedolah

500
It is another Hebrew name for Rosh Hashanah
What is Yom Hazikaron or Yom Teruah
500
It is the name of the service held at midnight on the Saturday before Rosh Hashanah
What is Selichot
500

The Hebrew year that we will celebrate this year

What is 5786

500
The haftarah on the first day of Rosh Hashanah is about this woman who prays for a child
Who is Hannah