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Rosh Hashanah Quiz

Test your knowledge about the Jewish New Year!

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
Because Reform Jews do not recite the musaf service, when do Reform congregations blow the shofar?
Question 2 of 10
Which holiday is the conclusion of the High Holiday cycle?
Question 3 of 10
In what Hebew month is Rosh Hashanah?
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
The rabbis in the Talmud thought that the day of Rosh Hashanah coincides with which day of creation?
Question 6 of 10
Which of these is not one of the blasts of the shofar?
Question 7 of 10
The Mishnah gives four new years. Which is not one of them?
Question 8 of 10
True or false: According to Jewish tradition, all creatures, human and animal, are judged on Rosh Hashanah.
Question 9 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 10 of 10
Apples and/or challah are traditionally dipped in honey to symbolize

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