Rosh Hashanah & Yom Kippur

The Feast of Trumpets is also known as...

• Day of Atonement

• Rosh Hashanah

• Jewish New Year

• Yom Kippur

The Jewish New Year begins with the blasting of a _______________.

The purpose of the blasting of the [answer to question 2] is to...

• mark the middle of the Jewish year

• signify the time for the sacrifice

• signal the end of the growing season & start of Jewish new year

• remind the people to pray

The focus of the Feast of trumpets is...

• renewal

• actions of service

• working the harvest

• repentance

The [answer to #2] blasts ___________ times during traditional services.

Rosh Hashanah begins a _______ - day period of waiting for the Day of Atonement.

Why is a ram's horn used for the shofar?

• Reminder of God's faithfulness

• It was the only horn instrument used back then

• God providing a ram as a substitute in place of Abraham's almost-sacrifice of his son, Isaac

• Symbolism of Jesus providing a sacrifice in our place

True or False: Jews don't work on Rosh Hashanah.

• True

• False

What is the significance of throwing lint pieces or breadcrumbs into the water at the end of Rosh Hashanah?

• represent prayers for our enemies

• act of honoring those who died that year

• represents God's forgiveness of our deepest sins

After this period of repentance during Rosh Hashanah, another feast arrives, __________________, also called the Day of Atonement, that is the most important day for Jewish people.