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Rosh
Hashanah
begins
September
8.
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For
High Holy Days Schedule,
please
click here.
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Rosh Hashanah |
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Head
of the Year – is the Jewish New
Year. It is observed on the first
day of the Hebrew month of Tishri.
Jews in Israel and many Reform Jews
celebrate one day of Rosh Hashanah,
while Conservative, Orthodox, and
some Reform Jews observe two days.
This is a time of self-examination
during which we make an accounting
of our behavior (Heshbon Ha-Nefesh)
during the past year; repair our relationships,
and take steps to change our behavior.
The Ten Days of Awe follow and culminate
on Yom Kippur. |
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Customs |
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It
is customary to eat a round challah
on Rosh Hashanahh and also apples
dipped in honey.
The
round challah has several explanations:
it symbolizes the cycle of years and
seasons, wholeness, and it resembles
a crown symbolizing the kingship of
G-d. The apples and honey symbolize
our hope for a sweet new year.
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Tashlich |
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The Jewish people symbolically cast
their sins on Rosh Hashanah (usually
in the afternoon) through a service
called Tashlich (throwing). Tashlich
is a symbolic gesture in which we participate
in order to acknowledge our desire for
repentance and renewal, in order to
start off the New Year fresh.
It is normally done by taking tiny bits
of bread or crumbs and casting them
into a body of water (preferably one
with fish, so the sins are eaten), such
as a creek, stream, lake, river, or
the ocean. |
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Greetings: |
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During
the High Holy Day period we greet
each other with “L’Shanah
Tova Tikateivu” – May you
be written for a good year. At the
end of the period we, we say “L’Shanah
Tova Tichatemu”- May you be sealed
for a good year. |
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