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High Holidays

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  • What does Teshuvah mean?
    to turn around, to go back to your better self, to apologize
  • What does Rosh Hashanah mean?
    Head of the year (or New Year, Jewish New Year)
  • What is this?
    shofar
  • What is one of the four steps of Teshuvah?
    Recognize the mistake made, regret that it happened, apologize, make a plan a not to do it again
  • What does שָׁנָה טוֹבָה / Shana Tova mean?
    Happy (New) Year
  • What does Yom Kippur mean?
    Day of Atonement
  • What are traditional foods we eat to make the new year sweet?
    apples and honey
  • How many days are between Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur
    10 days
  • What two holidays make up the High Holidays
    Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur
  • During Tashlich, how do we symbolically get rid of our sins?
    We throw (bread crumbs, small stones, etc) into water to dissolve our sins.
  • True or false. We make Teshuvah by apologizing to God for all the hurt we have caused other people.
    False - we much apologize to the people for the wrongs we have done