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Rosh Hashanah
Rosh Hashanah Resources
Yom Kippur at Homes Resources
If you are planning to spend the High Holidays at home, we've got tips and resources just for you.
If you are planning to spend the High Holidays at home, we've got tips and resources just for you.
What Is Rosh Hashanah?
The Jewish New Year, anniversary of the creation of Adam and Eve, a day of judgment and coronation, and sounding of the shofar . . .
The Jewish New Year, anniversary of the creation of Adam and Eve, a day of judgment and coronation, and sounding of the shofar . . .
By the Numbers
12 People Who Left Their Mark on Rosh Hashanah
Read about the heroes, sages, and ordinary people who have forever left their imprint on how we celebrate the Jewish New Year
Read about the heroes, sages, and ordinary people who have forever left their imprint on how we celebrate the Jewish New Year
5 Affirmations to Keep in Mind This Rosh Hashanah
It is G‑d’s will that I be free, that I be loving, that I be holy, that I be joyful, that I be creative, that I be who I truly am
It is G‑d’s will that I be free, that I be loving, that I be holy, that I be joyful, that I be creative, that I be who I truly am
10 Questions: Take the Rosh Hashanah Services Quiz
See how well you know the prayers we say on Rosh Hashanah and what they mean
See how well you know the prayers we say on Rosh Hashanah and what they mean
Rosh Hashanah Reading
Why No Nuts on Rosh Hashanah?
There are different reasons given for this custom, each impacting the parameters of what (and when) exactly we refrain from eating.
There are different reasons given for this custom, each impacting the parameters of what (and when) exactly we refrain from eating.
Why Is the Shofar Not Blown on Shabbat?
Is it inconceivable that the Sages would deprive all of Israel of the benefits afforded by one of the greatest mitzvot we have—simply on account of a few ignorant souls who might otherwise err?
Is it inconceivable that the Sages would deprive all of Israel of the benefits afforded by one of the greatest mitzvot we have—simply on account of a few ignorant souls who might otherwise err?
Video
11 Reasons We Blow the Shofar on Rosh Hashanah
A very concise listing of the symbolism behind the mitzvah to hear the shofar blasts on Rosh Hashanah.
A very concise listing of the symbolism behind the mitzvah to hear the shofar blasts on Rosh Hashanah.
What Are Tefillin?
What are we to make of this ancient Jewish ritual and what do they mean to us today?
What are we to make of this ancient Jewish ritual and what do they mean to us today?
An Extra Sweet Year
In case it has been decreed upon a person to turn to others for help this coming year, it should already be fulfilled now, by receiving this sweet cake.
In case it has been decreed upon a person to turn to others for help this coming year, it should already be fulfilled now, by receiving this sweet cake.
Pre-High Holiday Synagogue Experience
To get you into the High Holiday spirit, enjoy this special presentation enacting highlights of the High Holidays prayer service as sung in many traditional synagogues. Featuring the Sasonkin brothers choir together with cantor Yisroel Goldfroind.
To get you into the High Holiday spirit, enjoy this special presentation enacting highlights of the High Holidays prayer service as sung in many traditional synagogues. Featuring the Sasonkin brothers choir together with cantor Yisroel Goldfroind.
Story
Six Hundred Dinars Minus Six
"Give with an open hand," Rabbi Shimon adjured. "Don't worry about tomorrow, G-d will provide. And most important: write it all down. Every penny you give, write it down and carry the list with you at all times..."
"Give with an open hand," Rabbi Shimon adjured. "Don't worry about tomorrow, G-d will provide. And most important: write it all down. Every penny you give, write it down and carry the list with you at all times..."
Shofar in the ICU—Hakafot in the Chabad House
It so happened that as I opened the stairwell door on one of the floors, I found myself in the ICU Unit . . .
It so happened that as I opened the stairwell door on one of the floors, I found myself in the ICU Unit . . .
Voices
What the Woman Yelling in the Market Was Trying to Say
It’s important to take my personal experience and perception of pain and put it aside as I try to step into the other woman’s shoes.
It’s important to take my personal experience and perception of pain and put it aside as I try to step into the other woman’s shoes.
Lifestyle
29 Recipes to Enhance Your Rosh Hashanah Table
Here's where you can find our favorite recipes for round challas, tzimmes, leeks, brisket, and virtually every other sweet Rosh Hashanah you could possibly wish to make.
Here's where you can find our favorite recipes for round challas, tzimmes, leeks, brisket, and virtually every other sweet Rosh Hashanah you could possibly wish to make.
Turnusrufus asked Rabbi Akiva: "If your G-d loves the poor, why doesn't He feed them?" Said Rabbi Akiva to him: "I'll give you an analogy: A king got angry on his child and locked him away in a dungeon, and commanded that he not be given to eat or to drink; and a person fed the king's child. When the king hears of this, does he not reward that person...?"
— Talmud, Bava Batra 10a
Print Magazine
For hundreds of years, perhaps since the beginning of Creation, a piece of the world has been waiting for your soul to purify and repair it.
And your soul, from the time it was first emanated and conceived, waited above to descend to this world and carry out that mission.
And your footsteps were guided to reach th...
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