Customs
How do we greet our friends and family on Rosh Hashana?
Shana Tovah Umetukah
Why do we eat apples and honey?
For a sweet new year!
This iconic prayer's first word is "Avinu"
Avinu Malkeinu
Name two other holidays in the month of Tishrei
Yom Kippur
Sukkot
Simchat Torah
What animal does the shofar come from?
Ram's horn
True or False: Jews wear a tallit on Yom Kippur evening services
True
What shape is the challah we eat on Rosh Hashana?
Round
The name of the special siddur we use on Rosh Hashana
Machzor
What Hebrew month is Rosh Hashana in?
Tishrei
Which circumstance would a shofar not be blown on Rosh Hashana?
Shabbat
Why wear the color white on Rosh Hashana
To symbolize purity or a clean slate
What animal heads might we eat on Rosh Hashana?
Ram or fish
Which service near a body of water do we attend to throw away our sins?
Tashlich
What Hebrew month comes after Tishrei?
In total on Rosh Hashana, how many times is the shofar blown in orthodox communities?
100x
Name two things we don't do on Yom Kippur.
Wear leather shoes
Eat or Drink
Put on perfume
Why do we eat a pomegranate?
To symbolize fulfilling the 613 mitzvot
What is the first service of Yom Kippur called?
Kol Nidrei
How many months are in the Hebrew calendar?
Typically 12 months
13 months on leap years
What are the three sounds of the shofar?
For fun- make the sounds!
Tekiah _____________________
Shevarium ____ ____ ____ ____
Teruah _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
What are the 3 T's we do during the month of Elul?
Teshuva
Tefilah
Tzedaka
Name two Mediterranean foods sephardic communities eat in a "Rosh Hashana Seder"
dates, pumpkins, squash, leeks, onions
Collectively as a group, name 3 sins you've committed in the past year
Reasonable answers only
Yom Kippur always starts on the __ of Tishrei
(hint: #)
10
Excluding a ram- Name 3 exotic kosher animals shofars can be made from
Goat, antelope, gazelle, ibex, kudu, oryx, eland