High Holy Days
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4 Things Jews Do On Rosh Hashanah
The Jewish new year is not just a stereotypical December 31 gathering -- with champagne, sparkling grape juice, streamers, confetti -- and otherwise generally a good time to stay off the roads and stay home. It is a much more solemn
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A Rosh Hashana Song from Latma
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.
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Above the Arctic Circle, a Cold War Rosh Hashana
It was early September 1956, the High Holidays were approaching, and Elihu Schimmel was in the Cold War's coldest theater.
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An Overview of the High Holy Days
Imagine the High Holy Days as the most profound kind of homecoming dance. The invitation doesn’t arrive on embossed card stock but whispers on the shofar’s cry, echoing through the chambers of the heart: Come back. Return. Remember who
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Apple & Honey Song
I love love this song. It made my soul sing so much that I got up out of my seat and started dancing around, singing and praising the Lord. It is a soulful contemporary Jewish worship track that came out in September 2025.
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Because It's Rosh Hashanah!
David Sirull, a rabbi at the Adas Yeshurun Synagogue in Augusta, Georgia made a music video about Rosh Hashanah that has gone viral on YouTube.
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Benji Lovitt Presents "Rosh Hashanah: Apples and What???"
Some people may try to be creative with the traditional Rosh Hashanah foods, but nothing quite replaces the perfect combination of apples and honey this time of year.
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Blow the Trumpet in Zion
Joel 2: Blow the Trumpet in Zion
Sermon by Messianic Rabbi Jeff Zaremsky
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Celebrating Rosh Hashana with Food
Food is an important part of the celebration of Jewish festivals. Not only does the preparation and serving of specially prepared dishes bring people together in communion, but the different types of fruits, vegetables, and meats
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Days of Awe
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
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Dip Your Apple
The Ein Prat Fountainheads, a group of Jewish musicians, dancers, singers, and other creative souls who all graduated from the Ein Prat Academy, produced a Rosh Hashanah parody on the apples and honey theme of this sweet time of
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Do You Want to Build the Sukkah
This creatively done film was reportedly crafted, recorded, and filmed all in one day and is a parody commemorating the holiday of Sukkot.
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Elul - A Season for Reflection
Each year, as summer wanes and the air begins to cool, a quiet, sacred season arrives: Elul. Unlike the fanfare of holidays, Elul passes almost unnoticed by the world, yet it carries a powerful spiritual invitation. It calls us to
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Elul: A Time of Repentance in Preparation for Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur
Elul is a sacred invitation to awaken. It is preparation for the preparation of Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur, turning the heart toward the coming Day of Judgment and reckoning. Rosh Hashanah sounds the alarm: wake up, return, and seek
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Feast of Trumpets
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.
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Genesis 22: Peace at Beersheba with Avimelech
In Genesis chapter 20 we read about Abraham lying to Avimelech regarding Sarah. Then in chapter 21 Avimelech comes back to Abraham, this time with the commander of his army to call Abraham out for his sin and to get an assurance from
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Get Up for Simchat Torah - Roar Parody
Simchat Torah comes after the conclusion of the Feast of Tabernacles, and references “rejoicing in the Torah,” which is certainly depicted in the lighthearted video below:
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Hag Sameach. Dry Bones
Dry Bones Sukkot
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How to Make Popular Rosh Hashanah Recipes
Recipes and cooking instructions are offered for Challah bread, white fish and the preparation of fresh apples and pomegranate to be served and shared during Rosh Hashanah.
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IDF Chief Cantor Sings "Unetanneh Tokef"
In the Great Synagogue of Tel Aviv, the Raanana Symphonette Orchestra plays the prayer, Unatannah Toker, to celebrate the Jewish High Holiday of Yom Kippur.
