Rosh Hashanah Questions

What do we daven to HaShem for on Rosh Hashana?

• jelly beans 

• toys

• a 'sweet' year (a year of good)

How do we others on Rosh Hashana night?

• We give them a big high five.

• We give them a brocha (blessing) that HaShem should give them a good year.

• We give them shana tovah cards that are shaped like an apple.

Which animal does a shofar come from?

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How many sounds do we listen to from the shofar on Rosh Hashana?

• 1000

• 30

• 100

What does the sound of the shofar remind about?

• It reminds of the great mitzvah that Avrohom did (that he was ready to give his son Yitzchok to HaShem as a korban to HaShem)

• It reminds of the shofar that was blown on Har Sinai when the Torah was given; this reminds us to think about how we can become better at keeping the mitzvos in the Torah.

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• It reminds of the sound that an alarm clock makes.

What do we daven to HaShem for when we eat a pomegranate on Rosh Hashsana night?

• We daven that our k’riya books should be filled with stickers like the seeds in a pomegranate.

• We daven that we should get lots of red jelly beans like the red seeds in a pomegranate.

• We daven that our merits (reasons for HaShem to reward us) should become as much as the seeds in a pomegranate.

Why do we say the tefilla (prayer) of tashlich on Rosh Hashana?

• To ask HaShem to bless us with success in our fishing skills for the coming year.

• To ask HaShem to be kind, and to 'throw away' the mistakes that we made during the year.

• To ask HaShem for a rainy year.

What should we do to convince HaShem to give us a good year?

• We should be careful about following with our finger on the place during every single moment of k’riya.

• We should do arooostahsa for 10 minutes straight

• We should give tzedakah, daven to HaShem, and do teshuva.