Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur

How do we prepare for Rosh Hashanah?

• Teshuvah

• Tefillah

• Tzedakah

• Tashlich

Elul stands for: אני (a)   ודודי לי

When is it a custom to blow the shofar?

• Rosh Hashanah

• Every single day of Elul

• From the first day of Rosh Chodesh Elul to Erev Hashanah

• From the second day of Rosh Chodesh Elul to Erev Rosh Hashanah

Choose the correct custom for Selichot:

• Ashkenazim say Selichot for a minimum of four days before Rosh Hashana

• Ashkenazim always start Selichot on Motzei Shabbat

• Sefardim say Selichot for the entire month of Elul

• Both Ashkenazim and Sefardim say Selichot on Shabbat

True or False: There is a custom to check tefillin and mezuzot during the month of Elul.

• True

• False

What is התרת נדרים?

• cancelling of vows

• a blessing we give our children

• an extra tefillah we add for the month of Elul

Why do we NOT blow the Shofar on Erev Rosh Hashana?

• To give the person who blows the Shofar a rest so he will have the strength to blow the next day.

• Because its a short day and there is already so much to do.

• To distinguish between the blowing that is a custom and the blowing that is a mitzvah.

Yom Hazikaron means:

• Head of the year

• Day of Judgement

• Day of Shofar blowing

• Day of Remembrance

Yom Teruah means

• day of judgment

• day of Shofar blowing

• day of remembrance

• head of the year

On the first night we eat _, symbolic food.

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