Fun Facts
Yom Kippur
Rosh Hashanah
Sukkot
FOOD
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What is the minimum number of walls a sukkah needs to be kosher?

2 full wall and 1 half wall

100

What shouldn't you wear on Yom Kippur

Leather

100

What food do we eat for a sweet year?

Apple and honey

100

What is the name of the structure we build for Sukkot?

Sukkah

100

It is a Mitzvah to hear this on the High Holidays

the blowing of the shofar

200

What is the shofar is made of?

Ram's horn

200

How long is the Yom Kippur fast?

25 hours

200

What is Rosh Hashanah called in the Torah?

Yom Teruah

200
What do we shake on Sukkot?

Lulav and Etrog

200

What type of challah do you eat on the high holidays?

Round Challah

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What type of tree is a lulav from?
Palm tree
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What instrument is used on Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur?

Shofar

300

What color of clothes do we wear on Rosh Hashanah?

White

300

What is sukkot the festival of?

pilgrimage

300

What fruit is said to have 613 seeds?

pomegranate

400

What is the name of the stuff used to cover the roof of the sukkah?

schach (סכך)

400

What are the "Aseret Yemei Teshuvah" (עשרת ימי תשובה)?

10 days of repentance

400

What hebrew month does Rosh Hashanah end and start?

Ends - Elul

Starts - Tishrei

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What are the Shalosh Regalim(שְׁלֹשׁ רְגָלִים)?

the three pilgrimage holidays - Pesach, Shavuot, and Sukkot

400

Name in hebrew for the high holidays

ימים נוראים

500

How many people can get an aliyah from the Torah on Simchat Torah?

Everyone!

500

The name of the meal before Yom Kippur

Seudah mafseket

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Why do some people eat fish head on Rosh Hashanah?

So their year is that of a head and not the tail

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How many days of CH"M are there?

4 and Hoshana Rabah

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When is food permissible to eat on Yom Kippur?

ONLY in life threatening situations