8 Facts About the Jewish New Year 

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Rosh Hashanah, the beginning of the High Holiday season (Rosh HaShanah) starts at sundown on Mon., Sept. 6. It's the Jewish New Year 5781. 

1. My mom taught me to get something new for the New Year. It's the Shabbat of All Shabbats. 

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2 We get a chance for teshuvah (return to G-d), turn over a new leaf, and begin again with a clean slate doing the right thing. 

3. We hear the shofar – a wake-up call to jostle us, to seriously taking stock of what we’ve done all year and make sure we are worthy of being written into the Book of Life. “God sits in judgment, deciding whether or not we have merited to be inscribed in the divine book of 
life.“ **

Did you know that there are at least 5 Names for the Jewish New Year?

4. Rosh Hashanah literally means "Head of the Year" because Rosh Hashana marks the point when we begin the new calendar year.

5. Yom Harat Olam means "The Birthday of the World."

6. Yom Hazikaron means "The Day of Remembering."

7. Yom Hadin means "The Day of Judgment."

8. Yom Teruah means "The Day of Sounding (the Shofar)." This is the actual name that the holiday is called in the Torah.*

Traditions

We eat apples dipped in honey to celebrate the sweetness of life. 

The challah is round symbolizing the circle of life. 

Here's a quote that I love by Torah Around the Clock on Facebook

My Etsy shop and website will be open in September, but I won't be checking email or orders from Sept. 6 - 8th. I'll also be out for Yom Kippur from 9/15 - 9/28 and will check email on Fri., Sept. 17. 

Read my blog post about Reflection, Renewal, and Repentance

Shanah Tovah u’meitukah,

Happy and Sweet New Year!

Linda B

*Source: Jewish Treats