L’Shanah Tovah
Rosh HaShanah – May you have a blessed Jewish New Year 5781!
Tonight, the High Holy Days have once again arrived, and the two-day holiday feast of Rosh HaShanah (traditional Jewish New Year) begins!
“On the first day of the seventh month hold a sacred assembly and do no regular work. It is a day for you to sound the trumpets [Yom Teruah].
Numbers 29:1
Rosh Hashanah 2020 will begin in the evening of
Friday, September 18
and ends in the evening of
Sunday, September 20
In the Bible, Rosh HaShanah is called Yom Teruah, the day of sounding the shofar. (Leviticus 23:24)
More than a Jewish Tradition.
This special holiday is much more than a Jewish tradition. It’s an opportunity to gather your family and celebrate a new start. So, if you are not so happy with how the year is going, this Holiday [Holy Day] is for you.
How to Celebrate.
Tradition says that you start the celebration by blowing the shofar or shouting. Followed by dipping Apples in honey and eating. This tradition of the Jewish New Year symbolizes our hope that the new year will be sweet.
Apples are eaten on the first day and on the second day pomegranates. Some believe that the tradition of eating pomegranates originated from the thought that it had 613 seeds, which reminds us of the Torah’s 613 commandments.
“With trumpets and the blast of the ram’s horn [shofar]—shout for joy before the LORD, the King.”
Psalm 98:6
This is also a great opportunity to give a Jewish New Year gift to help the Poor.
“Feed the hungry, and help those in trouble. Then your light will shine out from the darkness, and the darkness around you will be as bright as noon.”
Isaiah 58:10
From the Community of Israel,
Have a happy, healthy, and sweet Jewish New Year!
Shalom!