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Table of Contents Rosh ha-Shanah and Yom Kippur . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 Sukkot . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18 Simhat Torah . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30 Erev Shabbat . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38 Havdalah . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50 Hanukkah . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60 Tu B'Shvat . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74 Purim . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 84 Passover . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 96 Yom ha-Atzma'ut . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 108 Shavuot . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .118
Rosh ha-Shanah Yom Kippur and
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Rosh ha-Shanah Opportunities Greeting your class with “L’Shanah Tovah”. Eating apples/hallah and honey with the brakhah. Blowing the shofar. Making a Rosh ha-Shanah card.
Family Opportunities Sending out Rosh ha-Shanah cards. Lighting the candles, saying the Kiddush, and blessing a round hallah to welcome Rosh ha-Shanah. Going to Rosh ha-Shanah services.
Yom Kippur Opportunities Practicing saying “I’m Sorry”. Making an Al Het List.
Family Opportunities Saying “I’m Sorry” to each other. Fasting part of the day. Lighting Yizkor candles. Going to Yom Kippur services. 5
Beginning the Year The Jewish year begins twice. The Jewish calendar begins in the spring, but Rosh ha-Shanah, the Jewish New Year, is in the fall. Rosh ha-Shanah is the first of the Hebrew month of Tishrei. Rosh ha-Shanah and the days that follow are called the Ten Days of Repentance. They are designed to help you become the best possible you. The tenth day is Yom Kippur, the Day of Atonement. The Hebrew month before Rosh ha-Shanah is called Elul. All of Elul is devoted to getting your heart and mind ready for Rosh ha-Shanah.
One way I can get my heart and mind ready for Rosh ha-Shanah is _______________________________________________ _______________________________________________ _______________________________________________ ______________________________________________ .
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L'Shanah Tovah Rosh means “head” or “start.” Shanah means “year.” Tov means “good.” On Rosh ha-Shanah we greet each other with L’Shanah Tovah—“Have a good year.” Shake hands with everyone in your class and greet them “L’Shanah Tovah.”
Check off the “Greeting your class with ‘Shanah Tovah’” box.
What would have to happen for your new year to be the best?_______ ______________________________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________________________.
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Rosh ha-Shanah Food Four foods help us welcome Rosh ha-Shanah.
Pomegranate
The pomegranate is called a rimon in Hebrew. The pomegranate is said to have 613 seeds that remind us of the 613 mitzvot (commandments) in the Torah. A pomegranate is also a symbol of a fruitful new year.
Honey and Apples Honey is sweet. We eat it on Rosh ha-Shanah as a wish for a sweet new year. When we dip apples in it we say:
. Barukh Attah Adonai, Eloheinu, Melekh ha-Olam, Borei Pri ha-Etz. Praised are You, Eternal, our God, Ruler of the Cosmos, Who creates the fruit of the tree.
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Hallah Hallah is the braided egg bread Jews eat on Shabbat and holidays. On Rosh ha-Shanah we use a special round hallah. The roundness reminds us that the year goes in a circle, too. Rosh ha-Shanah is the beginning of the circle. It is a custom to dip the Rosh ha-Shanah hallah in honey. When we eat hallah and honey we say:
. Barukh Attah Adonai, Eloheinu, Melekh ha-Olam, ha-Motzi Lehem min ha-Aretz. Praised are You, Eternal, our God, Ruler of the Cosmos, Who brings forth bread from the earth.
What is the sweetest thing in your life? ______________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________ .
When you dip apples (and/or) hallah in honey and say the brakhah, check off the “Eat Apples/Hallah and Honey with a brakhah” box.. 9
Hearing the Shofar The voice of the shofar is the voice of Rosh ha-Shanah. The shofar is a ram’s horn that has been turned into a musical instrument. It makes a sharp, piercing, sound. In ancient times the shofar was used to call the people together. On Rosh ha-Shanah we use the shofar to wake up our souls. The shofar makes four calls: Teki'ah is one long call. Shevarim is three notes put together. Teru’ah is nine quick notes. Teki'ah Gedolah is a really long call that comes at the end.
Maimonides, a famous Jewish philosopher and physician, wrote: The shofar says: “Awake, sleepers, from your sleep! Arise, slumberers, from your slumber! Look at your deeds. Return in repentance. Remember your Creator!”
How can a soul be asleep? How does one wake up a soul?________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________ .
(Hilkhot Teshuvah, chapter 3)
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