Festivals

In this lesson, we will learn about a few Jewish festivals. We will learn about Rosh Hashanah, Yom Kippur and Passover.

Festivals

In this lesson, we will learn about a few Jewish festivals. We will learn about Rosh Hashanah, Yom Kippur and Passover.

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Lesson details

Key learning points

  1. Passover.
  2. Rosh Hashanah.
  3. Yom Kippur.

Equipment

You will need two different coloured pens: black or blue and another coloured pen, such as green or red.

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5 Questions

Q1.
According to the Rabbis in the Talmud, how often should a Jewish person pray?
Correct answer: 3 times a day
5 times a day
Once a week
Once a year
Q2.
The afternoon prayer service is called:
Ma'ariv
Correct answer: Mincha
Musaf
Shacharit
Q3.
In Reform synagogues, who counts towards a Minyan:
Correct answer: Anyone over the age of bar or bat mitzvah
Only men
Only women
Q4.
In a synagogue, the Torah scrolls are kept in the:
Correct answer: Aron Kodesh
Bimah
Mechitzah
Ner Tamid
Q5.
What is a siddur?
Correct answer: A Jewish prayer book
The assistant rabbi
The Hebrew name for Torah scroll

5 Questions

Q1.
What Jewish holiday is known as the Day of Atonement?
Passover
Rosh Hashana
Correct answer: Yom Kippur
Q2.
What is blown on Rosh Hashana to remind the Jewish people to repent or think about how they have been acting?
Shabbat
Shalom
Correct answer: Shofar
Trumpet
Q3.
Which food is eaten on Passover?
Apples and honey
Challah
Correct answer: Matzah
Q4.
The Jewish calendar is:
Correct answer: A lunar calendar
A solar calendar
There is a different Jewish calendar?
Q5.
What is Tashlich?
A food eaten on Passover to represent the bricks that were built in Egypt
Correct answer: A ritual done on Rosh Hashana where 'one throws away' their sins into water
A special prayer said on Yom Kippur

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UnitReligious education / Judaism: practices

Religious education