Rosh Hashanah, the Jewish new year, is an important holiday in the Jewish faith. This year, in the Jewish calendar it is the year 5785. The Jewish calendar began on the seventh of October in the year 3671 BCE.The Jewish New Year is usually celebrated with family and a visit to your synagogue. During the celebration a shofar, or a ram’s horn, is blown to signal a wakeup call for the new year. In celebration, we eat apples dipped in honey for a sweet new yearIn addition, pomegranate seeds are consumed because they were said to have 613 seeds, representing the 613 Jewish Commandments that Moses gave to the Israelites from God on Mount Sinai. Rosh Hashanah’s date varies, but it is always on the first day of the seventh month in the Hebrew calendar, usually in September or October, Tishrei on the Hebrew calendar. Rosh Hashanah lasts 3 nights and 2 days.
Yom Kippur is observed ten days after Rosh Hashanah, which means Day of Atonement.. If you have been Bar/Bat Mitzvahed, then you are supposed to fast from sundown to sundownDuring Yom Kippur, people ask God for forgiveness for their sins.. Because of this act of atonement and forgiveness, Yom Kippur is the holiest day in the Jewish Religion.
