Rosh Hashanah
We’re In This Together!
Dear Friend,
While preparing to record some of my favorite High Holiday tunes from the prayer service along with their deeper meaning, I was struck by something very telling. Almost all of our prayers are written in the plural. We are approaching G‑d not as individuals, but as one unit—a nation brought together by a common past, present and purpose.
This brought me to a second idea. Since we are all in this together, if some of us are missing, we are all missing. It’s not just enough for you and me to be in the synagogue and hear the shofar; every single Jewish man, woman and child needs to experience Rosh Hashanah.
Do you know someone who needs a place to pray? Please contact your local Chabad center. And if they cannot make it to synagogue, please ask about a shofar home visit. The Chabad rabbi will be glad to help, and you’ll be glad you did.
May it be G‑d’s will that we be inscribed for a good, sweet year—all of us together!
Aryeh Leib Hurwitz,
on behalf of the Chabad.org Team
Rosh Hashanah, first of the High Holidays, is the Jewish New Year. It is the anniversary of the creation of Adam and Eve, and a day of judgment and coronation of G‑d as king.
You may be familiar with the custom of dipping an apple into honey on Rosh Hashanah, but where else does honey feature in Jewish tradition? Let’s explore the Torah sources that discuss this sweet treat.
What is the job of the human being? It is to give the world meaning. And without meaning, the world can barely be said to exist.
In the midst of all this school hustle and bustle came another beginning—Rosh Hashanah.
The Jewish New Year, anniversary of the creation of Adam and Eve, a day of judgment and coronation, celebrated with sounding of the shofar, prayer, and eating sweet foods.
It is not by coincidence that the reading of Haazinu, the portion that is always read in proximity to the High Holy Days, explains our connection to G‑d as that of being bound by rope!
Moses’ song to the Jews before his passing. G‑d instructs Moses to climb Mount Nebo, from which he will view the Promised Land.
As her daughter was suffering through the chemo treatments, her hair fell out and she wore a wig, like so many cancer patients.
A recipe for love. A recipe for patience. A recipe for determination. A recipe for devotion. A recipe for dedication. A recipe for trust. A recipe for belief.
In this Pavlova, three of the traditional Rosh Hashanah foods come together in a way that is sure to impress. The airy meringue shell is filled with honey-vanilla cream, topped with green apples and drizzled with pomegranate coulis.
Rabbi Pinchas Vishedski, chief rabbi of Donetsk, Ukraine,and his wife Dina struggle to organize Rosh Hashanah in Kiev for a beleaguered community that has fled the fighting in the east.
‘Event’ marks 40th anniversary of the ongoing worldwide effort launched by the Lubavitcher Rebbe in 1974
Volunteers finally arrive; Rabbi helps dole out supplies; will join family in La Paz for Rosh Hashanah.
A grandson picks up where his grandfather left off, with his wife and ideas to propel the community forward
Sometimes the cloud would be upon the Tabernacle for a number of days, and by G-d's command they encamped, and by G-d's command they journeyed.
And sometimes the cloud would be there from evening until morning, and the cloud was lifted in the morning and they journeyed...Or two days, or a year, or a month...By G-d's com...
