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SUMMARY:Rosh Hashana
DESCRIPTION:Jewish families usher in the Hebrew calendar´s New Year with a trumpeting ram´s horn and sweet apples with honey. \nIs Rosh Hashanah a Public Holiday?\nWhile this is not a public holiday in the United States\, many Jewish-run organizations are closed during the two-day celebration. \nWhen Is Rosh Hashanah?\nThe Jewish New Year starts on the first day of the month of Tishrei in the Hebrew calendar\, which usually falls between early September and early October in the Gregorian calendar. \nA Blast From a Ram´s Horn\nIn the Old Testament\, the New Year is referred to as Yom Teruah (“a day of shouting or blasting.”) Many Jewish people in the United States attend Rosh Hashanah services at a synagogue to hear the trumpet-like blasting of a shofar (hollow ram´s horn). \nIn most temples\, this ancient instrument is blown for 100 blasts on each day of the holiday. The trumpeting of the horn is meant as a kind of wake-up call to inspire the worshipers to reflect on their lives\, repent\, and focus again on divinity. \nIn recent years\, the haunting sound of the shofar has found its way into popular culture\, most notably appearing in Jerry Goldsmith´s score for the film “Alien.” \nDays of Awe\nTraditionally\, Rosh Hashanah marks the anniversary of the creation of Adam and Eve and starts a period known as the High Holy Days or Ten Days of Awe. \nThe biblical belief is that God judges all creatures during this stretch of time\, writing the names of the righteous into the “Book of Life” and giving those who are not yet fully righteous the chance to perform teshuvah (repentance). \nBecause of this belief\, religious Jewish communities think of Rosh Hashana as a particularly good time to settle disputes\, pray\, and do good deeds. \nAnother custom for some Jews is tashlich (a casting off of sin). Pieces of bread representing the sins of the past year are tossed into a moving body of water such as a river to drift away\, allowing the person to feel cleansed and able to start again with a clean slate. \nApples and Honey\nMany Jewish families in the United States host festive meals on Rosh Hashana. Apples and honey\, round challah bread with raisins\, and sweet carrot tzimmes are served\, representing hope for the year to come. A prayer is often recited over the table that translates as: “May it be Your will to renew for us a good and sweet year.” \nPomegranates are also part of the holiday feast\, often served after a prayer that reads\, “may our merits be many like the (seeds of the) pomegranate.”
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SUMMARY:Yom Kippur
DESCRIPTION:The Jewish Day of Atonement is marked by reflection\, fasting\, and solemn prayers for forgiveness. \nIs Yom Kippur a Public Holiday?\nWhile Yom Kippur is not a public holiday in the United States\, many Jewish-run organizations are closed on this day. \nWhen Is Yom Kippur?\nThe Day of Atonement (or Repentance) is observed on the tenth day of the month of Tishrei in the Hebrew calendar\, which usually falls between mid-September and mid-October in the Gregorian calendar. \nIt marks the end of the ten-day period known as the High Holy Days\, (also referred to as Yamim Noraim or Days of Awe) that begin with the Jewish New Year\, Rosh Hashanna. \nA Time To Right Wrongs\nYom Kippur is considered the ideal time in the Jewish calendar to repent and start the new year cleansed of sin. \nThe traditional belief is that God writes one´s fate into the Book of Life on the Jewish New Year and worshipers have the ten day period between that day\, known as Rosh Hashana\, and Yom Kippur to atone for sins and pray for forgiveness. \nAt the end of Yom Kippur\, it is said that God seals the Book of Life and one’s fate is set for the coming year. \nFasting\, Self-Denial\, and Charity\nIn the Book of Leviticus\, the Torah (Jewish Bible) states that Yom Kippur should be a day of “self-denial.” Many Jews honor that principle by fasting on the holiday to cleanse the spirit and build empathy for those who suffer from hunger. \nSome religious Jews take the self-denial principle further\, refraining from bathing\, using cosmetics\, wearing leather shoes\, and having sexual relations on Yom Kippur. \nAnother act of repentance is making donations to charity in the week before the holy day. Kapparot is an ancient giving tradition followed by some Orthodox Jews that involves swinging a bag of coins or even a live chicken overhead while praying\, then donating those items to the poor. \nBagels and Boundaries\nAfter the final Yom Kippur service\, hungry worshippers often gather for a break-fast meal. In the United States\, bagels with lax (smoked salmon)\, blintzes (crepes with filling)\, and sweet kugel (noodle pudding) are particular favorites for the occasion. \nSome Jewish Americans can find themselves caught in a conflict between their jobs and the sacred status of Yom Kippur. In 1965\, the great baseball player Sandy Koufax refused to pitch in a World Series game because it fell on the holiday. His replacement that day failed miserably and told the manager after the game: “I bet you wish I was Jewish too.” \nFive Prayer Services\nOrdinary days for religious Jews include three prayer services\, but Yom Kippur is celebrated with five\, and some ceremonies feature confessions of sins. \nOn the first night\, the ancient prayer Kol Nidre is recited. Much of the next day is usually spent at the synagogue with special ceremonies including Yizkor\, a remembrance of loved ones who have passed on. \nAt dusk\, services conclude with the Ne ila (closing) prayer and the ritual blowing of a hollow ram´s horn to mark the time when the Gates of Prayer will be closed. \nFrom the Time of Moses\nYom Kippur´s biblical roots stretch all the way back to the time of Moses. The narrative says that after wandering in the desert for years following their flight from Egypt\, the tribes of Israel famously strayed from monotheism and started worshiping a golden calf while Moses was receiving the Ten Commandments on Mount Sinai. \nThe Torah says that Moses smashed the stone tablets in anger when he returned and discovered the religious betrayal. So he climbed back to the top of the peak to ask for divine forgiveness for the people\, finally returning with a new set of commandments on the day that is now marked as Yom Kippur.
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SUMMARY:First Day of Sukkot
DESCRIPTION:Known as the Feast of Tabernacles\, Sukkot recalls the biblical story of the Jewish people´s years of wandering in the desert after their exodus from Egypt. \nIs Sukkot a Public Holiday?\nWhile this is not a public holiday in the United States\, some Jewish-run organizations are closed during Sukkot. \nWhen Is Sukkot?\nSukkot is observed for seven days starting on the fifteenth day of the month of Tishrei in the Hebrew calendar\, which falls in September or October in the Gregorian calendar. \nA Sukkah to Recall Wandering\nAlso known as the Feast of the Booths\, this holiday recalls an important story of suffering from the book of Exodus. For forty years\, the Israelites wandered in the desert after fleeing from Egypt\, taking shelter in temporary dwellings before finding a homeland in Canaan. \nTo recall that time of trial\, Jewish families usually construct a sukkah\, or primitive shelter\, out of palm branches\, bamboo\, pine\, and other wood to host guests for meals. \nThanksgiving\nThese simple structures are also meant to represent the huts used by farmers to shelter from the Sun in the fields\, so the celebration is also thought of as a form of harvest festival. The timing of Sukkot matches the end of the harvest season in Israel. \nOpen Sky\nSukkot shelters and rituals have some unique features with symbolic meanings in Judaism. For example\, all sukkah must have holes in the roof to be able to view the sky\, or God’s heaven\, as a reminder that the divine is the only true form of security. \nThe Four Species\nEach day of the festival features a waving ceremony with the Four Species—four plants mentioned in the Torah as being connected to Sukkot. They are: \n\nPalm (lulav)\nWillow (aravah)\nMyrtle (hadass)\nCitron or citrus fruit (etrog)\n\nReligious Jews tie together bundles of branches of these species\, and wave them while reciting prayers (except on Shabbat\, or the sabbath) during the holiday. \nWhile there are no particular foods associated with Sukkot\, stuffed dumplings known as kreplach and fresh fruits and vegetables are often served to guests in the sukkah. \nBeating the Willows\nAt the end of the holiday\, a special ritual takes place at the synagogue. The Torah\, or holy scriptures\, are taken from the ark and worshippers circle the temple seven times while praying. The service concludes with a blessing and a traditional beating of a willow branch on the earth to call for rainfall and a good harvest. \nJewish Holidays Last Longer Outside of Israel\nIn the Jewish diaspora—Jewish communities outside of Israel—an extra day is usually added to religious observances\, with the exception of Yom Kippur\, which lasts only one day worldwide\, and Rosh Hashana\, which is celebrated over two days in both Israel and the diaspora. \nThis custom has its roots in ancient times when the beginning of the months in the Jewish calendar still relied on the sighting of the crescent Moon following a New Moon. \nThe beginning of a new month was determined by the Sanhedrin\, the supreme court of ancient Israel in Jerusalem. Once the date was published\, messengers were dispatched to spread the news among Jews living abroad. Since this process took some time\, it was decreed that Jews outside of ancient Israel were to observe every holiday for two days to make sure the rules and customs applicable to each holiday were observed on the proper date. This rule is still observed today.
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