Rosh Hashanah
Rosh Hashanah heads the year of Jewish festivals and
traditions. Rosh Hashanah is the Jewish New Year and is usually
celebrated for two days in September or October, depending on
when it falls in the Hebrew calendar. Rosh Hashanah celebrates
the creation of the world and is a time for reflection and self
evaluation. It is celebrated on the first day of the seventh
month (the month of Tishri). Rosh Hashanah is celebrated by
Orthodox Jews everywhere and is one of the Jewish tradition's
holiest days. Rosh Hashanah is the Jewish New Year but, in
contrast with the New Year of other peoples, it is greeted not
with noise and joy, but with a serious and repentant heart.
Rosh Hashanah is known by many names and descriptions. The
name Rosh Hashanah means the "head" or "beginning of the year."
Another name for Rosh Hashanah is Yom Teruah, the day of the
Blowing of the Shofar. The other way of referring to Rosh
Hashanah is Yom Hazikaron the Day of Remembering. Finally, Rosh
Hashanah is known as Yom Hadin, the Day of Judgment. Each of
these names has different meanings, but they all refer to the
celebration of Rosh Hashanah.
Unlike other Jewish holidays, Rosh Hashanah is one of very
few Jewish festivals and has neither an agricultural nor
historical basis. In fact, the Jewish New Year is not at all
limited to the Jewish experience because it celebrates the
birthday of the world. according to Jewish tradition, all peoples and nations are judged on Rosh Hashanah, not just Jews.
Each person's fate is determined during the Yamim Noraim. the
Days of Awe.
The custom during the New Year is to only serve sweet foods.
The idea behind this is the desire for the sweetness to last
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The 5th of May is not Mexican Independence Day, but it should be! And Cinco de Mayo is not an American holiday, but it should be. Mexico declared its independence from mother Spain on midnight, the 15th of September, 1810. And it took 11 years before the first Spanish soldiers were told and forced to leave Mexico.
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