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Rosh Hashanah
Seasons of the Soul
The High Holidays – Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur
Rosh Hashanah, the Jewish New Year, and Yom Kippur, the Day of Atonement, form the High Holidays, also known as the Days of Awe. They are celebrated in the early fall and mark the start of the Jewish Year.
Rosh Hashanah, the Jewish New Year, and Yom Kippur, the Day of Atonement, form the High Holidays, also known as the Days of Awe. They are celebrated in the early fall and mark the start of the Jewish Year.
Send Rosh Hashanah Greeting Cards
Send a Shanah Tovah greeting card to friends and family! Wish them a happy and healthy New Year, and hey, maybe you'll get one back too!
Send a Shanah Tovah greeting card to friends and family! Wish them a happy and healthy New Year, and hey, maybe you'll get one back too!
High Holiday Services Directory
Celebrate the High Holidays among friends and connect with your inner self. From Alabama to Wisconsin, Abidjan to Zurich, join us and find your local High Holiday home.
Celebrate the High Holidays among friends and connect with your inner self. From Alabama to Wisconsin, Abidjan to Zurich, join us and find your local High Holiday home.
Rosh Hashanah for Kids
Get your children excited about Rosh Hashanah! Guides, arts & crafts, recipes, multimedia, games and more...
Get your children excited about Rosh Hashanah! Guides, arts & crafts, recipes, multimedia, games and more...
Mitzvahs & Traditions
The Rosh Hashanah 2026 Calendar
A practical holiday calendar which will lead you through every day of the holiday’s mitzvot, rituals and customs. Print it out for handy reference during Rosh Hashanah . . .
A practical holiday calendar which will lead you through every day of the holiday’s mitzvot, rituals and customs. Print it out for handy reference during Rosh Hashanah . . .
Rosh Hashanah Services at a Glance
New to the synagogue? This article will give you an idea what's in store for you. With nervousness gone, now you can concentrate on the prayers!
New to the synagogue? This article will give you an idea what's in store for you. With nervousness gone, now you can concentrate on the prayers!
Day Before Rosh Hashanah
Annulment of vows, mikvah, Psalms, and no shofar. These are some of the day-before-Rosh Hashanah observances.
Annulment of vows, mikvah, Psalms, and no shofar. These are some of the day-before-Rosh Hashanah observances.
Chassidic Thought
It's OK to Be Imperfect
Should he leave as logic dictated? Or should he stay, as his heart was inexplicably urging him? But, he'd left his Jewish learning behind so many years ago...
Should he leave as logic dictated? Or should he stay, as his heart was inexplicably urging him? But, he'd left his Jewish learning behind so many years ago...
The G-d Business
It's not for the money -- I had plenty of that before I started. And I'm not the kind of person need to be "doing something" to feel complete. So why am I doing this?
It's not for the money -- I had plenty of that before I started. And I'm not the kind of person need to be "doing something" to feel complete. So why am I doing this?
Chanah’s Prayer
This, then, is the secret of prayer: The entire world may be ripping apart at the seams, but the beseecher's heart and mouth are at peace as one.
This, then, is the secret of prayer: The entire world may be ripping apart at the seams, but the beseecher's heart and mouth are at peace as one.
Jewish Stories
Hospital-bound, She Found a Way to Celebrate Rosh Hashanah
His black fedora was cocked gangster-like to the right, and the tails of his frock coat flapped with every step.
His black fedora was cocked gangster-like to the right, and the tails of his frock coat flapped with every step.
In the Land of Obmah
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...
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...
Torah Readings
Rosh Hashanah Readings
In the Rosh Hashanah Torah readings: Remembrance and laughter, banishment and benevolence, seven sheep and a well, the ultimate sacrifice and the origin of Jerusalem... Also: Abraham's outreach, Sarah's superiority, Chanah's prayer, and the binding of Isaac
In the Rosh Hashanah Torah readings: Remembrance and laughter, banishment and benevolence, seven sheep and a well, the ultimate sacrifice and the origin of Jerusalem... Also: Abraham's outreach, Sarah's superiority, Chanah's prayer, and the binding of Isaac
Questions
Why is Rosh Hashanah considered the Jewish New Year?
What actually occurred on the first Rosh Hashanah, more than 5700 years ago? What are we commemorating?
What actually occurred on the first Rosh Hashanah, more than 5700 years ago? What are we commemorating?
What's Your Excuse for Not Attending Synagogue?
At almost every function I attend, a wedding, kid's birthday party or communal gathering, someone comes up to me and says, "Rabbi, do you know why I don't go to synagogue...."
At almost every function I attend, a wedding, kid's birthday party or communal gathering, someone comes up to me and says, "Rabbi, do you know why I don't go to synagogue...."
The Jewish Woman
Losing to Win
I know it’s a childish and irrational projection, but that’s how I sum up my heavenly Father – the One up there who has no malice towards me, but is certainly not dependable, who will lure me into a false sense of security, if I let Him, but then will pull the rug out and disappear in the middle of the night...
I know it’s a childish and irrational projection, but that’s how I sum up my heavenly Father – the One up there who has no malice towards me, but is certainly not dependable, who will lure me into a false sense of security, if I let Him, but then will pull the rug out and disappear in the middle of the night...
Rosh Hashanah Recipes
Make sure to begin the New Year right with foods that carry symbolic meaning and Jewish tradition, and that are, of course, absolutely delicious!
Make sure to begin the New Year right with foods that carry symbolic meaning and Jewish tradition, and that are, of course, absolutely delicious!
And at that time there will be no hunger or war, no jealousy or rivalry. For the good will be plentiful, and all delicacies available as dust. The entire occupation of the world will be only to know G-d... the people Israel will be of great wisdom; they will perceive the esoteric truths and comprehend their Creator's wisdom as is the capacity of man. As it is written (Isaiah 11:9): "For the earth shall be filed with the knowledge of G-d, as the waters cover the sea."
— Maimonides (Mishneh Torah, Laws of Kings 12:5)
Print Magazine
Everything about the Rebbe was pure kindness. Even his idea of “hell” was as kind and generous as could be:
People have a misconception of Hell. Let me tell you what Hell really is.
Hell is a spiritual place where everything that exists in our world exists, but in an infinite way. So, whatever you chased after in this...
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