Why is Rosh Hashanah important? Rosh Hashanah begins the leadup to Yom Kippur, some of the holiest days in the Hebrew year (known as "Days of Awe"). Rosh Hashanah celebrates God's creation of mankind ...

The late Harry Vise, a Tennessee businessman who escaped capture in Nazi Germany, chanted the sacred blessings during Rosh Hashanah at the Temple Congregation Ohabai Sholom for more than six decades, ...

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It's Rosh Hashana, also known as the start of the Jewish New Year. The celebratory holiday lasts two days, starting at sunset on Monday, Sept. 22, and continuing through the evening of Wednesday, Sept ...

Rosh Hashanah is one of Judaism's holiest days and begins at sunset on Wednesday. The two-day celebration marks the start of the Jewish New Year and is filled with traditions, like eating a round ...

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Sunday is the start of Rosh Hashanah, also known as the Jewish New Year, which marks the beginning of the Jewish High Holy Days. The millennia-old holiday is an occasion for reflection and is often ...

When I was first asked to chant for the big Rosh Hashanah service, my mother offered to help me. This was in some way absurd since she was raised as a Methodist, converted to Catholicism, and knew no ...

It’s the start of the Jewish new year. Dozens of Jews flocked to the Hudson River on Tuesday for a holiday ritual: tossing bread into the water to symbolize throwing away their sins. I went to watch.

Rosh Hashanah, one of the most important holidays for Jewish people around the world, is here. Rosh Hashanah, which translates from Hebrew to mean “the head of the year,” is one of Judaism's holiest ...