Eight cards for the table — read a question aloud, guess together, then read the answer. Traditions from across the Jewish world are included and labeled, since no one family does every custom.
Cut along the dashed lines · cover the answer with a finger and guess first
Many Ashkenazi families dip this fruit in honey for a sweet new year. What fruit is it?
Many Sephardi and Mizrahi families hold a whole "seder" of symbolic foods on Rosh Hashanah. What is it called?
Dates are eaten in many Simanim traditions because the Hebrew word for date sounds like another word. Which?
Round challah is baked instead of the usual braid. What does the round shape stand for?
Pomegranate seeds are eaten with a wish about good deeds. What's the wish?
The shofar is a horn that's blown on Rosh Hashanah. What animal does it most commonly come from?
A fish or ram's head sometimes appears on the table with a wish about the year ahead. What's the wish?
What does the Rosh Hashanah greeting "L'shanah tovah" mean?