Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur

Religious education

Rosh Hashanah: diverse Jewish celebrations

The story of Esther and Haman

How Jews mark Purim today

The story of Hanukkah

Hanukkah and Jewish identity today

In this unit pupils will study three Jewish festivals and the stories connected to them: Rosh Hashanah, Purim and Chanukah. They will make links between the stories of Esther and Judas Maccabee and the continuing survival of Jews. They will examine diversity within these festivals.

Jews: how does remembering maintain Jewish identity?

a ram’s horn that is blown like a trumpet.

Which of these Jewish festivals are about new beginnings and a fresh start?

Jonah decided to flee on a boat to another place.

God made the fish spit Jonah out. He then went to Ninevah. 

Put these parts of the story of Jonah in the correct order.

During Rosh Hashanah, it is traditional to eat apples dipped in ...

The festival to mark the beginning of the Jewish New Year is called ...

they remind Jews of the hundreds of laws in the Torah 

Why are pomegranate seeds an important symbol in Judaism?

Rosh Hashanah marks the __________ of the Jewish New Year.

The bread eaten during Rosh Hashanah is called ...

Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur

Lesson outcome