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Rosh Hashanah Quiz

Test your knowledge about the Jewish New Year!

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Rosh Hashanah is a time when Jews reflect on their actions and try to make amends with each other and God, and it is also the Jewish New Year. How much do you know about Rosh Hashanah?

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Question 1 of 10
Which of these is not one of the blasts of the shofar?
Question 2 of 10
The Mishnah gives four new years. Which is not one of them?
Question 3 of 10
The season of Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur are often called
Question 4 of 10
According to Rabbi Irving Greenberg, when the Rosh Hashanah liturgy focuses on death, what is it really talking about?
Question 5 of 10
Which is a feature of some traditional Rosh Hashanah meals?
Question 6 of 10
Which holiday is the conclusion of the High Holiday cycle?
Question 7 of 10
True or false: According to Jewish tradition, all creatures, human and animal, are judged on Rosh Hashanah.
Question 8 of 10
The only reference in the Bible to a "Rosh Hashanah" appears in the sixth century BCE book of Ezekiel in a context that refers not to a specific holiday, but to a season of the year.
Question 9 of 10
The ceremony during which individuals symbolically cast away their personal sins by throwing breadcrumbs into a flowing body of water is called
Question 10 of 10
Because Reform Jews do not recite the musaf service, when do Reform congregations blow the shofar?
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