10 Interesting Facts about Rosh Hashanah
Rosh Hashanah is the Jewish New Year that falls on the first andsecond days of the Jewish month of...
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Shofar Customs
Rosh Hashanah, the Jewish New Year, brings to mind many different customs for Jewish people. From special symbolic foods, to special melodies that are only sung on Rosh Hashanah at the prayer services, each Jewish person has...
Read MoreLeDavid Hashem Ori VeYishee
It is customary to recite Psalm 27 that starts with the words “L’David Hashem Ori V’Yishee” in the Hebrew month of Elul – the month that is dedicated to introspection in preparation for the High Holy Days...
Read MoreWhat is the Message of the Pomegranate on Rosh Hashanah?
There is a lovely article written by Rabbi Aron Moss at israelnationalnews.com/Articles/Article.aspx/8274 about the connection between pomegranates and Rosh Hashanah. If you happen upon a Judaica store, especially in Israel, it...
Read MoreSymbolic Foods on Rosh Hashanah
“Abaye said ‘Now that you have said that an omen is significant, at the beginning of each year, each person should accustom himself to eat gourds, fenugreek, leeks, beets and dates…’ Based on this Gemara, the...
Read MoreDip the apple in the honey…
Rosh Hashanah is the Jewish New Year and Jewish people believe that on Rosh Hashanah each and every being comes before G-d in judgment. G-d reviews the behavior of each individual in the past year and decides whether they will...
Read MoreUsing the Shofar to Coronate G-d
Among the ten reasons presented by Rav Sa’adia Gaon for blowing the Shofar is that the Jewish Shofar symbolizes G-d’s coronation over the world. In the same way that trumpets are blown at a coronation, so too the...
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