Rosh Hashanah Stories

A King had an only son, the apple of his eye. The King wanted his son to master different fields of knowledge and to experience various cultures, so he sent him to a far-off country...

Who crowns G-d as king? And what emotion should this elicit. A contemporary Jewish leader shares a moving childhood memory...

Finally, the great moment arrived. It was the morning of Rosh Hashanah, and Rabbi Ze'ev stood on the reading platform in the center of the Baal Shem Tov's synagogue amidst the Torah scrolls, surrounded by a sea of tallit-draped bodies.

The sexton returned to see what was happening, and when he arrived he saw the gentile standing in the vestibule crying bitterly. “Why are you crying? the sexton asked...

After a month of determined journeying, the elders of Obmah reached the deep caves of Igsirous, the last bastion of loyalty to King Avmal remaining in the kingdom...

Once, I had a divine revelation. It was on the holy day of Rosh Hashanah, but I wasn't in shul. I was in a sterile and depressing geriatrics rehab ward, where a few old bubbies had gathered to hear the sounding of the shofar

I feel as if I am on another planet, a different dimension. For the first time in a long time, I truly feel Rosh Hashanah

After all these years, I may be less sensitive to your wants and wishes. My guard is down; my words and actions no longer reflect the nuances of care they once did. But you, too, don't give yourself as freely as in the olden days...

OK, that’s the law; but where is the inspiration? Where is the majesty? How can we hear a silent shofar?