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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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