Rosh hashanah games

Use apples and red paint to do apple paintings , a quick craft for kids ages 3 to 6. Create sparkly Styrofoam apples to decorate your Rosh HaShanah dinner table. Try one of these fun shofar activities with your kids to learn more about the different blasts of the shofar.

Make a honey dish Go apple-picking. If apples grow locally, organize a family adventure. No apples? Do some investigating to find a place to pick another fruit for the Rosh HaShanah meal. Create a Family Blessing Journal. The Talmud teaches that we are to say blessings each and every day.

This is a very worthy goal for which to strive, so why not begin by recording the blessings your family experiences during this Rosh HaShanah holiday? Continue through the next 10 days until Yom Kippur, encouraging family members to take turns writing in the journal, adding pictures and illustrations. During quiet time on Yom Kippur, look through the journal and talk about your hopes and goals for the coming year.

Make or buy a challah cover that your children can decorate themselves. Visit a fabric store with your children and choose a special pattern, or use a light color even a white cloth napkin will work and decorate it with fabric crayons or markers.

Honey cake is also a staple dessert this time of year. You can bake it in a mason jar which also makes a great gift to give out to family and friends. Have kids help decorate with raisins or chocolate chips inside or load it with fun, sweet toppings. Apples also represent sweetness for the year ahead. If you wind up with lots of apples, get the kids involved in making applesauce! They'll feel even more connected to the spirit of the day.

Of course, decorations always make things look more festive. You can have kids make art for the walls and place cards for the festive dinner table. Vigler also suggests going to the library to take out books about Rosh Hashanah to read during the holiday.

You can also find holiday music by searching for "Rosh Hashana playlist for kids" on Spotify. Celebrate the Jewish New Year as a family with sweet games and crafts. By Alex Abel September 01, Each product we feature has been independently selected and reviewed by our editorial team.

If you make a purchase using the links included, we may earn commission. Use pencils and paper; no letter may be used more times than it appears in "Rosh Hashanah". This game may be played with other Jewish words as well. The object is to pass the hat round the circle. But the players mustn't use their hands while passing the yarmulke from head to head.

The team which passes the yarmulke round the circle the first wins the game.