Rosh Hashanah

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Rosh Hashanah

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Judaism and Jews

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Judaism - Jew

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Hebrew: ראש השנה

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"Head the year"

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1st day of Tishrei

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2nd day of Tishrei

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Occasion:Jewish new year according to the Hebrew calendar. Commemorates both the Creation of the world and the birth and binding of Isaac.

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Hebrew calendar - Creation - Binding - Isaac

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Beginning of the ten "Days of Awe" prior to Yom Kippur.

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Symbols:Praying in synagogue, shofar. Festive meals with round challah-bread and apples dipped in honey. Fish head, pomegranates. New fruits on the second night.

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Praying - Synagogue - Shofar - Challah - Fish - Pomegranate - Fruit

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Yom Kippur which follows.

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Rosh Hashanah (Hebrew: ראש השנה transliterated ro’sh ha-shānāh, "head of the year") is the Jewish New Year. In fact, Judaism has four "new years" which mark various legal "years", much like 1 January marks the "New Year" of the Gregorian calendar. Rosh Hashanah is the new year for people, animals and legal contracts. The Mishnah also sets this day aside as the new year for calculating calendar years and sabbatical (shemitta) and jubilee (yovel) years.

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Hebrew - Jew - New Year - 1 January - Gregorian calendar - Mishnah - Sabbatical - Jubilee

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The Torah refers to the day as "The Day of the Blowing of the Shofar" (Yom Terua, Leviticus 23:24), and rabbinic literature and the liturgy itself describe Rosh Hashanah as "The Day of Judgment" (Yom ha-Din) and "The Day of Rememberance" (Yom ha-Zikkaron). Some midrashic descriptions depict God as sitting upon a throne, while books containing the deeds of all humanity are opened for review, and each person passing in front of Him for evaluation of his or her deeds.

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Torah - Shofar - Leviticus - Rabbinic literature - Midrash - God - Throne

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This holiday is the first of the Yamim Noraim (Hebrew, "Days of Awe"), the most solemn days of the Jewish year; the Yamim Noraim are preceded by the month of Elul, during which Jews are supposed to begin a self-examination and repentance, a process that culminates in the ten days of the Yamim Noraim, beginning with Rosh Hashanah and ending with the holiday of Yom Kippur.

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Yamim Noraim - Hebrew - Yom Kippur

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