Rosh Hashanah Celebration
Explore the traditions, customs, and significance of Rosh Hashanah, the Jewish New Year, with this informative worksheet for Grade 6 students.
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Read each question carefully and answer to the best of your ability. Some questions may require you to recall information about Rosh Hashanah traditions and history.
What is Rosh Hashanah?
Rosh Hashanah is the Jewish New Year. It is a two-day celebration that marks the beginning of the Jewish High Holy Days, a period of introspection and repentance. It is a time for prayer, reflection, and festive meals with family and friends. The holiday is often associated with the blowing of the shofar (a ram's horn), eating apples dipped in honey, and tashlich, a ceremony where sins are symbolically cast into a body of water.
1. What does Rosh Hashanah literally mean in Hebrew?
Feast of Lights
Head of the Year
Day of Atonement
Day of Fasting
2. What is the traditional instrument blown during Rosh Hashanah services?
Trumpet
Drum
Shofar
Flute
3. During Rosh Hashanah, it is customary to eat apples dipped in to symbolize a sweet new year.
4. The ceremony of Tashlich involves symbolically casting away sins into a body of .
5. Explain the significance of the shofar in Rosh Hashanah traditions.
6. Rosh Hashanah is a time for fasting and mourning.
True
False
Below is an image showing some symbols associated with Rosh Hashanah.
