Fall holidays

Which holiday is known as the Jewish New Year?

• Shavuot

• Purim

• Sukkot

• Rosh Hashanah

What is the name of the instrument that plays an important part in the High Holidays?

• Tamborine

• Shofar

• Trumpet

• Harp

Why do we eat honey on Rosh Hashanah?

Sprinkling breadcrumbs into a body of water is part of which holiday?

• Rosh Hashanah

• Yom Kippur

• Simchat Torah

• Tisha B'Av

What is the "Day of Atonement" or "I am sorry day "?

• Rosh Chodesh

• Yom Kippur

• Rosh Hashanah

True or false: Kol Nidrei is the service beginning Yom Kippur?

During which holiday is it traditional to build a booth or hut?

• Shabbat

• Purim

• Sukkot

• Rosh Hashanah

Why do we use 'skakh,' or tree branches, to build the roof of the sukkah?

• Because tree branches are cheap and easily available.

• Because it allows the stars to shine through, as required by the Torah.

• Because leaves are good for insulation.

• Because the earthy smell represents the harvest.

What two objects are we required to use on Sukkot?

• Lulav and Etrog.

• Lulav and Challah.

• Dreidel and Etrog.

• Apple and a Ram's Horn.

What are we celebrating on Simchat Torah?

• The anniversary of when the Jewish people received the Torah on Mt. Sinai.

• The writing of a new Torah scroll.

• Finishing reading the Torah and beginning it again.

• Completing 100 aliyot chanted this year.