Rosh Hashanah - 2025 ACF Fall

Question

In the tashlikh (“tohsh-LICK”) ritual practiced on this holiday by most Ashkenazi and Sephardic Jews, some celebrants throw crumbs into a body of water to cast off the sins they committed during the year. For 10 points each:

[10e] Name this holiday, the Jewish New Year, during which the shofar horn is blown.

ANSWER: Rosh Hashanah [accept Yom Teruah]

[10m] However, some Jews from this sect perform tashlikh on the day before Yom Kippur. This Orthodox Jewish sect was founded by Baal Shem Tov, and its male members can be seen wearing long, black coats.

ANSWER: Hasidism [or Hasidic Judaism; or Chasidism; accept Hasidic Jews]

[10h] This Jewish tradition’s interpretation of tashlikh features the casting off of qlippoth (“klee-POTE”). The Zohar is the most important text for this Jewish tradition.

ANSWER: Kabbalah

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Summary


Northern California	Main	Y	4	17.50	75%	75%	25%
Southern California	Main	Y	7	17.14	71%	57%	43%
Eastern Canada (1)	Main	Y	4	17.50	100%	75%	0%
Eastern Canada (2)	Main	Y	9	16.67	44%	67%	56%
Florida	Main	Y	4	12.50	50%	75%	0%
Great Lakes	Main	Y	11	19.09	73%	82%	36%
Lower Mid-Atlantic	Main	Y	9	21.11	67%	78%	67%
Upper Mid-Atlantic	Main	Y	12	15.83	67%	75%	17%
Midwest	Main	Y	9	15.56	67%	56%	33%
North	Main	Y	4	17.50	25%	100%	50%
Northeast	Main	Y	12	18.33	50%	92%	42%
Pacific	Main	Y	8	20.00	75%	63%	63%
South Central	Main	Y	6	6.67	33%	33%	0%
Southeast	Main	Y	12	19.17	83%	75%	33%
UK (North)	UK	Y	5	16.00	60%	60%	40%
UK (South)	UK	Y	7	15.71	71%	86%	0%
Upstate NY	Main	Y	5	22.00	100%	60%	60%

Data


Berkeley Archer Queen	Berkeley Boss Bandit	10	10	0	20
UCSC	Berkeley Little Prince	10	0	0	10
Berkeley Mighty Miner	Stanford A	0	10	10	20
Berkeley Skeleton King	Stanford B	10	10	0	20
UCLA E	UCLA A	10	0	0	10
UC Irvine	UCLA B	0	0	0	0
UCLA D	Claremont B	10	10	10	30
Claremont C	UCLA F	10	10	10	30
UCSD A	UCLA C	10	10	0	20
UCSD B	USC A	0	0	0	0
UC Santa Barbara	USC B	10	10	10	30
McGill A	Carleton B	10	10	0	20
McGill C	Carleton A	10	0	0	10
McGill E	Ottawa D	10	10	0	20
Ottawa B	Ottawa C	10	10	0	20
McMaster A	Brock A	10	10	0	20
McMaster C	Guelph A	0	0	0	0
McMaster B	Queen's A	0	10	10	20
Toronto D	Toronto A	10	10	10	30
Toronto B	Toronto G	0	10	10	20
Florida B	Florida Tech B	10	10	0	20
Florida A	Florida Tech A	0	0	0	0
South Florida A	ERAU Daytona A	0	10	0	10
UCF A	Florida State A	10	10	0	20
Ohio State D	CWRU A	0	10	0	10
Michigan A	CWRU C	10	10	10	30
WVU A	Kentucky	0	10	0	10
Michigan D	Louisville D	10	0	0	10
Louisville B	Michigan B	10	10	0	20
Michigan C	CWRU B	10	10	10	30
Ohio State B	Michigan State C	10	10	10	30
Michigan State B	Michigan State D	10	10	0	20
Ohio State A	CWRU D	10	0	0	10
Pittsburgh	Louisville C	0	10	0	10
Michigan State A	WVU B	10	10	10	30
JMU B	Duke A	0	0	0	0
UNC B	Liberty A	10	10	10	30
NCSU A	Liberty B	0	10	10	20
NCSU B	JMU A	0	0	10	10
UNC C	Tusculum A	10	10	0	20
UNC D	Virginia Tech C	10	10	10	30
Virginia Tech B	VCU A	10	10	10	30
Virginia A	William & Mary B	10	10	10	30
Virginia Tech A	William & Mary C	10	10	0	20
Lehigh A	Columbia A	10	10	0	20
George Mason A	Columbia B	10	0	10	20
Lehigh B	Maryland B	10	10	0	20
Rutgers D	Maryland C	10	10	0	20
NYU A	NYU B	10	10	10	30
Penn	Rutgers B	0	10	0	10
Princeton	George Mason C	10	10	0	20
Rowan	Johns Hopkins	10	0	0	10
George Mason B	Rutgers C	10	10	0	20
Maryland A	Stony Brook	0	10	0	10
NYU C	Vassar A	0	0	0	0
Rutgers A	Vassar B	0	10	0	10
Illinois Blue	Rose-Hulman A	10	0	0	10
Illinois Orange	Chicago B	10	10	10	30
Purdue A	Iowa A	10	10	10	30
Illinois Canada	Iowa B	10	10	0	20
Purdue B	WashU Grolars	10	0	0	10
Indiana B	Purdue C	0	0	0	0
Illinois Champaign	Purdue D	0	10	0	10
Illinois Urbana	WashU Grizzlers	0	0	0	0
Indiana A	William Woods University A	10	10	10	30
Toronto E	Toronto F	0	0	10	10
Toronto I	Waterloo A	0	10	0	10
Toronto H	Waterloo B	10	0	0	10
Toronto C	Waterloo C	10	10	10	30
Amherst A	Vermont A	0	10	0	10
Williams A	Boston College A	10	10	10	30
Brandeis Mozart	Dartmouth A	10	10	10	30
Brown A	Brandeis Bach	0	10	0	10
Brown B	Amherst B	10	10	0	20
Boston College B	Dartmouth C	0	10	10	20
MIT A	Brandeis Beethoven	10	10	0	20
Boston University B	Tufts A	0	10	0	10
Tufts C	Dartmouth B	10	10	10	30
Harvard	Tufts B	0	0	10	10
MIT B	Williams B	10	10	0	20
Boston University A	Williams C	0	10	0	10
Alberta A	Washington Coho	10	10	10	30
Arizona State B	Washington Steelhead	0	0	0	0
Boise State	Washington Chum	10	10	10	30
Washington Chinook	British Columbia A	0	0	0	0
Texas	Washington Atlantic	10	10	10	30
British Columbia C	Washington Masu	10	10	10	30
Washington Pink	Alberta B	10	10	10	30
Washington Sockeye	Washington State	10	0	0	10
Nebraska C	Central Oklahoma A	0	10	0	10
Harding	Kansas State B	0	10	0	10
Murray State College A	Kansas State A	10	0	0	10
Nebraska B	Murray State College B	0	0	0	0
Tulsa B	Nebraska A	0	0	0	0
Tulsa A	Central Oklahoma B	10	0	0	10
Minnesota	Michigan Tech	0	10	0	10
Iowa State	St. Thomas	10	10	10	30
Macalester	Wisconsin B	0	10	0	10
Wisconsin A	Wisconsin C	0	10	10	20
Georgia Tech B	Georgia A	10	10	0	20
Georgia Tech C	Chipola College	10	0	0	10
South Carolina A	Georgia Tech D	10	0	0	10
Georgia Tech E	Georgia Tech A	10	10	0	20
Georgia Tech F	Tennessee A	0	10	0	10
Sewanne	Mississippi State A	0	0	10	10
Vanderbilt A	Montevallo	10	10	10	30
Tennessee Tech	Vanderbilt B	10	10	0	20
Alabama A	Vanderbilt C	10	10	0	20
Edinburgh A	Durham D	0	0	10	10
Edinburgh B	Durham C	10	10	0	20
Edinburgh C	York	10	10	0	20
Sheffield A	Durham A	0	0	0	0
Sheffield B	Edinburgh D	10	10	10	30
Cambridge A	Imperial B	10	10	0	20
Oxford	Cambridge C	10	10	0	20
Cambridge D	Imperial C	0	10	0	10
Cambridge E	Birmingham	10	10	0	20
Warwick	Cardiff	10	0	0	10
Bristol	LSE	10	10	0	20
Southampton	Imperial D	0	10	0	10
Auburn A	Auburn C	10	10	10	30
Clemson A	Clemson C	10	10	10	30
Emory A	Auburn B	10	10	0	20
RIT B	Binghamton B	10	10	0	20
Binghamton A	Binghamton C	10	10	10	30
Cornell D	Cornell B	10	0	0	10
RIT A	Cornell A	10	0	10	20
Rochester	ESF	10	10	10	30