What Hebrew word names the three short shofar blasts?
Answer
Shevarim
79 Rosh Hashanah Trivia Questions with Answers
79 public questions with answers, drawn from the well. How many can you answer?
What Hebrew word means the long, unbroken shofar blast?
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Tekiah
Which Mishnah tractate is named for the Jewish New Year?
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Rosh Hashanah
Which Jewish season of solemn holidays begins with Rosh Hashanah?
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High Holy Days
Rosh Hashanah begins on the first day of which Hebrew month?
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Tishrei
Which 11th-century rabbi is traditionally credited with composing the Unetanneh Tokef prayer?
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Rabbi Amnon of Mainz
What is the meaning of 'L'shanah tovah'?
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For a good year
What is the ceremony of casting bread into water called?
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Tashlich
What is the biblical name for Rosh Hashanah?
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Yom Teruah
What greeting is commonly said on Rosh Hashanah?
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L'shanah tovah
What holiday follows ten days after Rosh Hashanah?
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Yom Kippur
What does 'Rosh Hashanah' mean in Hebrew?
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head of the year