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Rosh Hashanah - Yom Kippur Word Search Four New Years

It might be the best known of them
all, but Rosh Hashanah is not the only
Jewish new year. According to the
Mishnah, there are three others. Do
you know what they are?

(The first of Nissan, the springtime
month when Pesach occurs, is the
beginning of the year, according to
Shemot. Jewish tradition also marks
Tu B’Shvat as the new year for trees
and Rosh Chodesh Elul as the new
year for Ma'sar Behemah the tithing
of animals (sanctifying a tenth of
kosher grazing animals (cattle, sheep,
and goats) to G-d, to be sacrificed as
a Korban).)

-APPLES -MACHZOR -SHEVARIM T-EKIAH -WHITE
-FASTING -NEW YEAR -SHOFAR T-ERUAH -YOM KIPPUR
-HONEY -ROSH HASHANAH -SIMMANIM T-ESHUVAH -YONAH

The Fireman 1

Many years ago, before there were "Awesome" thought the boy. "I’m spread from one house to another,
any fire engines, most houses were going to tell the people of my village setting the entire village alight.
built of wood. A fire was a terrible about this!”
thing. A whole town could go up in "You fool," the villagers cried. "Did you
flames. And so when fire broke out, He bought himself a bugle and think that merely blowing a bugle
everyone rushed to help put it out. A returned to his village. He called all would put the fire out? It’s only an
watchman kept a lookout all the the villagers together and told them, alarm to alert the people and send
time. As soon as he saw smoke or "No need to be afraid of fire any them to the well to bring water!"
fire, he would sound the alarm. The more. Just watch me, and see how
townspeople would then form a quickly I put out a fire!" Like the bugle, the shofar is an alarm
human chain from the nearest well, for us. It is telling us that as we enter
and pass pails of water to each other He then ran to the nearest hut and the New Year, we should try to be
to put out the fire. set fire to its straw roof. Of course better people, speak nicely to others,
the fire spread very quickly. The be kind to other children and do what
Once a little boy came to town for the villagers were in shock. G-d expects of us.
first time. Suddenly he heard the
sound of a bugle. He asked one of the "Don't worry!" cried the boy. "Watch How can you be a better person
locals what it meant. this." this year?

"Whenever we have a fire, we sound the And he began blowing the bugle with
bugle, and the fire is quickly put out." all his might. The fire continued to 1 Adapted from a story by Nissan Mindel.