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Jan 8, 2024 · Most of the symbols and ways in which Rosh Hashanah is celebrated refer to prosperity, sweetness, and good things for the future. As in many other religions and cultures, the new year represents new opportunities. Rosh Hashanah symbolizes the beginning of something new and hopefully of something better. Sweetness, prosperity, and the chance to ...
- Heads Up! Surprise! Rosh Hashanah does not mean “New Year” in Hebrew. It actually means “Head of the Year.” Just like your head (brain) tells your body what to do, how you behave on Rosh Hashanah has far-reaching consequences for the entire year.
- Toot, Toot! The central observance of Rosh Hashanah is listening to the blowing of the shofar on both mornings of Rosh Hashanah. Made from a hollowed-out ram’s horn, the shofar produces three “voices”: tekiah (a long blast), shevarim (a series of three short blasts) and teruah (a staccato burst of at least nine blasts).
- Silent Shabbat. When Rosh Hashanah coincides with Shabbat, we do not blow the shofar on that day. The sages enacted this as a precaution, in case someone would end up carrying a shofar to an expert to blow.
- House Calls. Chabad rabbis all over the world walk many miles on Rosh Hashanah (when car travel is forbidden) to blow shofar for people who are unable to make it to synagogue.
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Aug 28, 2021 · The Hebrew meaning for the Jewish words “Rosh Hashana” is: “Rosh” means Head, and “Hashana” means Year . Most Reform Jews and Jews living in Israel celebrate Rosh Hashanah for one day ...
Jan 25, 2019 · Updated on January 25, 2019. Rosh HaShanah (ראש השנה) is the Jewish New Year. It falls once a year during the month of Tishrei and occurs ten days before Yom Kippur. Together, Rosh HaShanah and Yom Kippur are known as the Yamim Nora’im, which means the "Days of Awe" in Hebrew. In English, they are often referred to as the High Holy Days .
Sep 16, 2022 · Rosh Hashanah has its own symbolic foods: round challah, apples, and honey. Symbolizing God, the cycles of the year, and the sustenance that lies ahead, a rounded challah loaf, often studded with ...
Jan 15, 2019 · Rosh Hashanah, A.K.A "Judgment Day". Jewish tradition teaches that Rosh Hashanah is also the Day of Judgment. On Rosh Hashanah, God is said to inscribe the fate of every person for the upcoming year in the Book of Life or the Book of Death. The verdict is not final until Yom Kippur.
Sep 25, 2022 · Rachel Wisniewski/Reuters. 3. Eating sweets is a great way to celebrate. Rosh Hashanah is often celebrated with special foods, like apples dipped in honey, which symbolize the hope of a sweet year ...
