Holidays · Autumn
Rosh Hashanah: the Jewish New Year
Beit Jasdó Community · Tishrei · 5 min
Rosh Hashanah opens the Days of Awe: two days of introspection, shofar, and renewal as the Jewish year begins.
Rosh Hashanah is the Jewish New Year and the start of the Yamim Noraim (Days of Awe): a time of reckoning, repentance (teshuvah), and renewal.
What it is
It is observed for two days at the beginning of the month of Tishrei. We recall that God is King and judge, and we ask for a good and sweet year.
Customs
- Hear the shofar (ram's horn).
- Eat apple with honey for a sweet year.
- Greet with Shanah Tovah (good year).
- Begin teshuvah toward Yom Kippur.
May you be inscribed and sealed for a good year.
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