May you be inscribed (in the Book of Life) for a good year. Those words are the translation of the Hebrew in the title. Rosh Hashanah is the Jewish New Year and literally means “head of the year.”
“I Gotta Love You Rosh Hashanah” is a unique music video produced by Michelle Citrin, a 5’1” dreadlocked singer-songwriter hailing from the Park Slope neighborhood of Brooklyn, New York, USA.
For those of you who have attended, a Rosh HaShanah service (or watched one here on the Shalom Adventure magazine), a prominent practice you will observe is the blowing of a shofar, or ram's horn. This practice is largely derived from the Biblical...
A Rosh HaShanah card in music form
Jeremiah 29 - Rosh Hashanah - God’s Thoughts towards You Sermon by Messianic Rabbi Jeff Zaremsky.
Once the Beth Din had evidence that the new moon had been seen, (see FIXING THE CALENDAR) a new month was declared to have started, and people would know when to observe festivals.
The group Latma released a festive music video to celebrate Rosh Hashanah, welcome in the new year, and uplift a God who never slumbers or sleeps and who protects His children.
Teshuvah, tefillah, and tzedakah -- translated respectively as repentance, prayer and charity -- are key tenets of Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur liturgies in Jewish culture.
Video Drasha. Rabbi Jeff Zaremsky's Free Sermon Rosh Hashanah
L'Shana Tova
It was early September 1956, the High Holidays were approaching, and Elihu Schimmel was in the Cold War's coldest theater.
Israel, the UAE & Bahrain, along with the United States, signed an historic peace agreement today.
The Feast of Trumpets is the first of the fall feasts. It begins on the first day of the seventh month on the Hebrew calendar known as Tishri. It was a holy convocation, a ceremonial Sabbath; no work was to be done.
On Rosh Hashanah (Jewish New Year), there is a ceremony called Tashlich. Traditionally we go to the ocean (or a stream or river), pray, and then throw bread crumbs onto the water, for the fish can symbolically eat their sins.
“Avenu Malkenu,” classically associated with Rosh Hashanah, the Ten Days of Awe, and Yom Kippur, was originally an ancient Hebrew prayer for rains during a season of drought.
Video Drasha. Rabbi Jeff Zaremsky's free sermon based on Isaiah Chapter 10
The shofar, made from a ram's horn, has been used by our people for thousands of years. The blowing of the shofar was used to call the people together for war and to call them to the Sanctuary for repentance. Both were calls for preparation and for...
Many non-Jews are familiar with Passover, Chanukah, and the High Holy Day days of Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur.
During the time of Rosh Hashanah, many Jews and Christians alike flock to the Western Wall for a time of prayer, reflection, and for those who believe, a beautiful time of anticipating the Messiah’s return heading into the civil new year. This is the...