Celebrated with trumpet blasts, prayers, and symbolic foods, this holiday marks the start of the Jewish high holy days.
Food, sound, prayer, reflection, celebration. Jewish people around the world will soon wish one another “The holiday, which takes place this year between sundown on September 25 and sundown on September 27, kicks off the Jewish high holy days. Here's what you need to know about how the holiday is celebrated—and the history of the traditional blowing of the shofar horn.Jewish people welcome the new year in September or October, not January, in observance of the.
Hebrew for “head of the year,” Rosh Hashanah is a chance not just to celebrate and look ahead, but to consider the past and review one’s relationship with God. It also marks the first day of a period known as the Ten, or Days of Repentance, during which a person’s actions are thought to be able to influence both God’s judgment and God’s plan for that person. These high holy days culminate in Yom Kippur, a time of atonement that is considered the holiest day of the year.
Though the holiday has been celebrated for thousands of years, its origins are murky. Jewish scripture
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