Celebration of Changes and New Beginnings: Rosh Hashanah

Rosh Hashanah holiday, when we celebrate the beginning of a new year, is the day Adam and Eve were created and the creation of the universe was completed. The name Rosh Hashanah in Hebrew actually means 'the head of the year'. Rosh Hashanah 5783, the beginning of the new year, will be celebrated starting at sundown on the eve of September 25th until nightfall on September 27th.

These days we can start to implement our new resolutions, and act in favor of taking our relationships with ourselves, our family, those around us, and God to a higher level. As God's messengers created in the image of God, we can touch people's lives in many different ways, such as by calling, messaging, helping, visiting, and supporting them, adding beauty to their lives, and getting a few more steps closer to fulfilling our purpose of creation.

The central observance of Rosh Hashanah is blowing and listening to the shofar (ram's horn). Acknowledged as the birthday of the universe, on Rosh Hashanah, the Jews crown God as the Sovereign, the King of the entire universe, and proclaim this to the world with the voice of the shofar.

Rosh Hashanah celebration traditionally includes eating apples dipped in honey and other sweet foods that represent the wishes for a sweet year.

L'Shanah Tova U'Metukah...

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