Hebrew Words
Holiday Food
Mitzvot
Holiday Basics
100

This is the horn of a ram.

What is a Shofar?

100

This is what we eat to symbolize having a sweet new year

What are Apples and honey for?

100

Hadassim and Aravot (willow & myrtle)

What 2 items do we attach to the lulav?

100

This is 2 days

How long is the holiday of Rosh Hashanah?

200

S’chach

What is the roof of a Sukkah called?

200

Boys over 13 and girls over 12

Who fasts on Yom Kippur?

200

Baruch atah…asher kidishanu…Al netilat Lulav.

What is blessing for shaking the lulav and etrog?

200

This lasts for 8 days

How long is the holiday of Sukkot?

300

This song means ‘Our Father, Our King’

What is Avinu Malkeinu?

300

To symbolize that just as a pomegranate is so full of seeds, so too every Jew is full of Mitzvos.

Why do we eat pomegranates on Rosh Hashanah?

300

We dance with the Torah.

What do we do on Simchat Torah?

300

This is when we start reading the Torah all over again!

What is Simchat Torah?

400

Tashlich

What is it called when we go to a body of water and symbolically throw away our sins?

400

Because we should act like a head and not a tail.

What is a fish HEAD for on Rosh Hashanah?

400

3 walls

At least how many walls does a Sukkah have to have?

400

This is the birthday of Adam & Eve

What happened on Rosh Hashanah?

500

It is the prayer book used on Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur

What is a Machzor?

500

It is a Mitzva to do this on the day before Yom Kippur.

Why do we eat?

500

This is to show we’re crowning G-d as king and to remind us to feel sorry for our sins

What is the Shofar blown for?

500

Kol Nidrei

What is the first prayer we start with on Yom Kippur eve?