Teshuvah
Tefillah
Torah
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100

This is the English word we might use to explain or define Teshuvah.

What is "repentance" or "return?"

100

The name of the prayer service on the evening that Yom Kippur begins.

What is Kol Nidrei? 

100

We read this man's story from the Torah in the afternoon on Yom Kippur. 

Who is Jonah?

100

The color people traditionally wear on Yom Kippur.

What is "white?"

200
The word for the practice of not eating or drinking for the day.
What is "fast(ing)?" 
200
The name of the evening service as Yom Kippur begins means this in Hebrew. 

What is "All Vows?" 

200

We read a story about a certain man on Yom Kippur (his name is the answer of the question above). This creature swallows him whole.

What is a big fish? (not a whale!) 

200

At the end of the day on Yom Kippur, this ritual is done one last time to signal the end of the holiday.

What is "blowing the shofar?"
300

When we do teshuvah, we can't just apologize to God. We also have to apologize to ______.

Who is "whatever person we hurt with our actions or words?" 

300

The name of the Hebrew prayer in which people traditionally beat their chests with their fists while they ask for forgiveness.

What is the Vidui?

300

The animal the priests were supposed to lead into the wilderness as a way of atoning for our wrongs. 

What is a goat?
300

The literal meaning of "chatimah tova."

What is "a good signature?"

400

These people are allowed to eat and drink on Yom Kippur (name at least two types of people). 

What are people who are pregnant, people who are sick, people who need to take medicine with food, people who have not had their bnei mitzvah yet, or anyone who it will hurt/for whom it is dangerous to fast?  

400

These are prayers we say before the holidays begin, asking for forgiveness. Sometimes, there is a special night time service before Rosh Hashanah with the same name.

What are "selichot?" 

400

The prophet in the Yom Kippur haftarah that tells us God does not want a fast just for show, but wants us to "share [our] bread with the hungry," and "take the wretched poor into [our] home[s]."  

Who is Isaiah? 

400

When we wish someone a chatimah tova or gmar chatimah tova, we are saying we hope this happens to them.

What is "their name is written in the Book of Life for good?"

500

BONUS: Some orthodox Jews use this animal for a special ritual called "Kapparot" on the evening before Yom Kippur.

What is a chicken?

500

BONUS: A special kind of prayer/poem that involves using letters of the alphabet in order; one of the prayers above is this kind of prayer/poem. 

What is an Acrostic?

500

BONUS: When that animal was sent into the wilderness above, it went to this named place specifically. 

Azazel.

500

BONUS: The name for a special outfit that resembles what we might be buried in or what we imagine angels look like, which many Jews wear on Yom Kippur. 

What is a kittel?