Rosh Hashanah

“At Ne'ilah there is only one shofar blast, compared to 100 on the days of Rosh Hashanah.” The poritz didn't understand. “They are giving you a shofar,” he said. “Blow as much as you want.” Taking this parable into the present day, what matters greatly to Israelis in 2018 is not the same as what matters to ...

Video PlayerClose. MIDEAST-NABLUS-SAMARITAN-ROSH HASHANAH. A member of the Samaritan community prays during the Rosh Hashanah at Mount Gerizim in the southern West Bank City of Nablus, on April 15, 2018. (Xinhua/Ayman Nobani) ...

As I settled in to my seat on a flight to Ireland last summer, I drifted into a gentle daydream. Soon my girlfriend and I would arrive in County Clare to spend a week with our friends Ruan and Sal. We'd reach Sal's parents' rural home across the bay from Galway City, and be immediately greeted with a warm ...

Gov. Andrew Cuomo has signed legislation that will move the fall 2018 primary election date back two days. The move to Sept. 13 is to avoid interference with the anniversary of 9/11 and the second day of the Jewish holiday of Rosh Hashanah. Due to the religious observance of Rosh Hashanah, the ...

Rosh Hashanah is considered the anniversary of when Adam and Eve were created. It is also the beginning of the Jewish High Holy Days or Days of Awe. The second High Holy Day is Yom Kippur, the Day of Judgement or Atonement. The religious belief is that on Rosh Hashanah, God opens three books ...

FRAMINGHAM — The School Committee is considering a proposal to reduce the number of days school is closed in observance of the Jewish holiday Rosh Hashanah. The Academic Calendar Committee, a 24-member group charged with reviewing the annual schedule, recently recommended changing ...

The state Senate on Tuesday joined the Assembly in voting to change the date of this year's primary from Rosh Hashanah, moving it to two days later. The bill, sponsored in the Senate by Simcha Felder and in the Assembly by Bobby Carroll, comes weeks after the unusual schedule was discovered.

As the State Legislature considers moving the date of New York's primary so that it doesn't conflict with the Jewish holiday of Rosh Hashanah, Public Advocate Letitia James is pushing for a more “permanent” change to an issue that's not without precedent. Currently under state law, only the Legislature can ...

Rosh Hashanah is observed as a two-day holiday, on the first and second of Tishrei, even though the Torah ordains only one day, as the verse (Vayikra 23:24) states: And in the seventh month, on the first of the month, you shall observe a cessation of work - a day of remembrance, of the sounding of the shofar. The first day ...

Rosh Hashanah, the celebration of the Jewish new year, begins Wednesday at sundown. The Baltimore Hebrew Congregation is hosting Rosh Hashanah Under the Stars at Oregon Ridge Park. It's an annual event that draws a large crowd. The service begins at 6 p.m. and lasts until 8 p.m. Rosh Hashanah ...

He said that his family have served as Rabbis for 13 traceable generations, so he knows the holiday well. “The Torah writes that Rosh Hashanah is the first day of the seventh month of the lunar calendar," he said. "We believe that (Rosh Hashanah) is the sixth day of creation. It is what we call the Day of ...

“It is unfair to force New Yorkers to choose between fulfilling their civic duties and observing two sacred days, Rosh Hashanah and September 11,” said State Sen. Todd Kaminsky, a Democrat who pushed for the change. “I am pleased the governor enacted my proposal into law to move the primary to a ...

Shaare Emeth's courses have ranged from Jewish mindfulness meditation to mindful parenting, along with worship opportunities, such as a mindful erev Rosh Hashanah service. “This has been a vision of the congregation's for quite some time,” says Rabbi Andrea Goldstein, who has been a mindfulness ...