Easy Rosh Hashanah Quiz 1

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1. Rosh Hashanah is the New Year of:

Trees
Sabbatical and jubilee years
Tithing
Kings

2. The two blessings said before sounding the shofar are one thanking God for commanding us to hear the shofar and which of these?

Shehechiyanu
Terumah
Machzor
There is only one blessing

3. The Akedah tells the story of which of these?

The creation of the world
The binding of Isaac
The giving of the Torah at Mt. Sinai
Joseph in Egypt

4. Rosh Hashanah is the beginning of the Ten Days of Repentance known in Hebrew as which of these?

Yamin Noraim
Tzom Gedaliah
Yom Harat Olam
Yom haDin

5. In the biblical calendar Rosh Hashanah falls in which month?

First
Second
Seventh
Twelfth

6. On Rosh Hashanah we are given a chance to improve for the next year by doing what?

Observing kashrut, Shabbat, and teshuva
Performing teshuva, tefillah, and tzedakah
Observing the mitzvot, Shabbat, and tzedakah
None of the above

7. Rosh Hashanah is also called which of these?

Yom Hazikaron
Yom Teruah
Yom Harat Olam
All the above

8. Which book of the Tanakh does the name for the custom of tashlich come from?

Joshua
Amos
Micah
Ezekiel

9. Which of these greetings is specific for Rosh Hashanah?

Chag sameach
L'shanah tovah tikateivu
G'mar hatimah tovah
Shalom aleikhem

10. How many days is Rosh Hashanah celebrated in Israel today?

Always one day
Always two days
Two days by the Orthodox; one by secular Jews
Depending on the calendar, sometimes one day and sometimes two days

11. Rosh Hashanah is also known as the “Day of Remembering.” What is it in Hebrew?

Yom HaZikaron
Yom Machzor
Yom haDin
Yom Teru'ah

12. Why do we blow the shofar during the month of Elul?

It gives the ba'al teru'ah practice for Rosh Hashanah
To get the congregation used to the sounds
The sound inspires awe and resolves us to return to the ways of Torah
To remind us of the revelation at Mt. Sinai, where the shofar was first sounded

13. Where in the written Torah text does it tell us explicitly that the first day of Tishrei is Rosh Hashanah?

In Exodus, right after the revelation at Mt. Sinai
In Leviticus, where the laws of the holidays are given
In Numbers, together with the laws for Yom Kippur
Nowhere, it's not mentioned

14. During the Torah services on Rosh Hashanah we read about two barren women who finally give birth. According to the Rabbis, the births were decreed by God on Rosh Hashanah. Who were they?

Sara and Rakhel
Sara and Hagar
Sara and Chana
Rakhel and Chana

15. How many shofar blasts are Jews supposed to hear on Rosh Hashanah?

At least one
The complete tekiah-shevarim-teru'ah sequence
72
100