Holiday Crossword

2. This holiday begins on the first day of Tishrei.
6. According to legend, this object was used as a decoy by Jewish children secretly studying the Torah. This is the Hebrew word for it.
7. This instrument has 47 strings and 7 pedals.
8. What do you call a cow with no legs?
11. The most common species of banana in the U.S.
12. The hottest temperature recorded on Earth (in Fahrenheit) in alphanumeric code (A=1, Z=26). It was recorded in 1913.
13. This bacteria is the most common cause of middle-ear infections. It can also cause sinusitis, otitis media, pneumonia, bacteraemia, osteomyelitis, septic arthritis and meningitis.
14. Eliezer Ben Yehuda began the revival of this language.
15. You might put this Irish county on your tuna sandwich.

1. This valve stops blood in the right ventricle of the heart from flowing back into the right atrium.
3. My dad’s middle name spelled backward.
4. A rare Vietnamese chicken breed with enlarged feet.
5. A menorah with nine candlesticks.
9. This Jewish comedian was a cast member of Saturday Night Live from 1990-95. He now makes bad movies that are sometimes funny.
10. The best selling holiday song of all time was sung by him.