Tag: Rosh Hashanah
Rosh Hashanah ‘Guide for the Perplexed’
The evening of Mpnday Sept. 6, 2021 will launch the 5782nd Jewish New Year (Rosh Hashanah).
Annual reminder
The Hebrew word rosh (ראש) means “head/beginning” and hashanah (השנה) means “the year.”
The root of the Hebrew word shanah is both “repeat” and “change.”...
Rosh Hashanah: A time of renewal and unity
As Jews, every Rosh Hashanah, we rededicate our commitment to Judaism. We reaffirm our devotion to Jewish law, and we strive to maintain our Jewish traditions. We also focus on improving where we need to—on...
Project to place defibrillators in Jerusalem synagogues before Jewish New Year
Magen David Adom has been prioritizing the task of placing defibrillators in public spaces throughout Israel this year. Already, thousands have been installed around the country, including hundreds to be added in Jerusalem synagogues...
Lessening the labor of Labor Day Rosh Hashanah
I know, I know; it’s summer! Must we think of all the cooking now? With the sun beating down, camp finishing up and vacations still in the works, and long evenings to sit outside...
Ukraine to allow Jewish worshippers into Uman for Rosh Hashanah
Ukraine’s deputy health minister, Dr. Ihor Kuzin, said on Monday that his country would work to ease restrictions on the annual Rosh Hashanah pilgrimage to the grave of Rabbi Nachman of Breslov in the...
Communities worldwide celebrate New Year amid pandemic with help of JDC
In the face of a new, socially distant pandemic reality, thousands of Jews worldwide managed to enjoy JDC-supported holiday programming for Rosh Hashanah, the Jewish New Year.
Nearly 9,000 elderly Jews in the former Soviet...
Want to change the world? Begin in the Jewish home
Jewish tradition cites Rosh Hashanah as the day on which the world was created. The day on which the creation of the first man was completed and, in effect, humanity was created.
On Rosh Hashanah,...
Recently unearthed Ramban prayer online and in English for first time
In time for the High Holidays, a recently unearthed poetic prayer attributed to the famous 13th-century rabbi known as the Ramban (Nachmanides) has been translated into English for the first time, and is now...
Israelis brace for High Holidays in shadow of second lockdown
On Rosh Hashanah eve, as Israelis were bracing for a second nationwide lockdown due to the coronavirus pandemic, the Health Ministry on Friday morning said it had registered 5,238 new cases in the past...
Emirati, Bahraini foreign ministers send Israel greetings for 5781
“May it be a blessed year for realizing peace and stability in the region,” wrote Bahraini Foreign Minister Abdullatif al-Zayani in response to his Israeli counterpart, Gabi Ashkenazi, who had sent a Rosh Hashanah...