"Rosh Hashanah LaBehema Rosh Hashanah L'Ma'sar Behemah ( ""New Year for Tithing Animals"") or Rosh Hashanah LaBehemot ( ""New Year for (Domesticated) Animals"") is one of the four New Year's day festivals (""Rosh Hashanot"") in the Jewish calendar as indicated in the Mishnah. During the time of the Temple, this was a day on which shepherds determined which of their mature animals were to be tithed. The day coincides with Rosh Chodesh Elul, the New Moon for the month of Elul, exactly one month before Rosh Hashanah. Beginning in 2009, the festival began to be revived by religious Jewish animal"
"the seventh month of the calendar year, and marks the beginning of a ten-day period leading up to Yom Kippur. According to one of two Talmudic opinions, the creation of the world was completed on Rosh Hashanah. Morning prayer services are lengthy on Rosh Hashanah, and focus on the themes described above: majesty and judgment, remembrance, the birth of the world, and the blowing of the ""shofar"". Ashkenazi Jews recite the brief ""Tashlikh"" prayer, a symbolic casting off of the previous year's sins, during the afternoon of Rosh Hashanah. The Bible specifies Rosh Hashanah as a one-day holiday, but it"
"of Jewish believers in Jerusalem on that same day. Rosh Hashanah is celebrated by a number of Christian denominations and unincorporated house church groups within the United States, including: Assemblies of Yahweh, Messianic Jews, some congregations of the Church of God (Seventh Day), some evangelical Protestant churches (mainly Baptist), as well as Seventh Day Pentecostals in Eastern Europe. This day of resounding is also known in Judaism by the name """"Yom Teruah"""" and in Christianity as the Feast of Trumpets. Gentile Christian and Messianic Jewish believers connect hearing ""the sound of the trumpet"" or ""shofar"", according to the First Epistle"
"Rosh Hashanah (tractate) Rosh Hashanah () is the name of a text of Jewish law originating in the Mishnah which formed the basis of tractates in both the Babylonian Talmud and the Jerusalem Talmud of the same name. It is the eighth tractate of the order ""Moed"". The text contains the most important rules concerning the calendar year, together with a description of the inauguration of the months, laws on the form and use of the shofar and laws related to the religious services during the Jewish holiday of Rosh Hashanah. The Mishnah commences with an account of the four"
"Jewish law appears to be that Rosh Hashanah is to be celebrated for two days, because of the difficulty of determining the date of the new moon. Nonetheless, there is some evidence that Rosh Hashanah was celebrated on a single day in Israel as late as the thirteenth century CE. Orthodox and Conservative Judaism now generally observe Rosh Hashanah for the first two days of Tishrei, even in Israel where all other Jewish holidays dated from the new moon last only one day. The two days of Rosh Hashanah are said to constitute """"Yoma Arichtah"""" (Aramaic: """"one"" long day""). In"
"""Sabbath of Sabbaths"". Rosh Hashanah (referred to in the Torah as ""Yom Teruah"") is the first day of that month according to the Hebrew calendar. On this day forgiveness of sins is also asked of God. Yom Kippur completes the annual period known in Judaism as the High Holy Days or ""Yamim Nora'im"" (""Days of Awe"") that commences with Rosh Hashanah. According to Jewish tradition, God inscribes each person's fate for the coming year into a book, the Book of Life, on Rosh Hashanah, and waits until Yom Kippur to ""seal"" the verdict. During the Days of Awe, a Jew"
"first month Nisan, the passover month, is the traditional anniversary of the creation of Adam and Eve, the first man and woman according to the Hebrew Bible, and the inauguration of humanity's role in God's world. According to one secular opinion, the holiday owes its timing to the beginning of the economic year in Southwest Asia and Northeast Africa, marking the start of the agricultural cycle. Rosh Hashanah customs include sounding the shofar (a hollowed-out ram's horn), as prescribed in the Torah, following the prescription of the Hebrew Bible to ""raise a noise"" on ""Yom Teruah"". Its rabbinical customs include"
"Jerusalem, and in major cities across the United States. Several prominent Masorti and Open Orthodox rabbis have since lent their support for reviving the festival, including Adam Frank, Yitz Greenberg, Jonathan Wittenberg, David Wolpe, and Shmuly Yanklowitz. Rosh Hashanah L'Ma'sar Behemah coincides with Rosh Ḥodesh Elul. Commencing the first of Elul (and continuing throughout the month), the shofar is blown at the end of the shacharit morning service in anticipation of Rosh Hashanah. The period of ""heshbon hanefesh"" (the traditional accounting for one's relationships during the month of Elul) begins on this day. (This period of self-reflection and relationship repair"
"of repentance, on which Jews are stirred up from forgetfulness, and for this reason the shofar is blown on that day. According to Maimonides, Rosh Hashanah is a preparation for and an introduction to Yom Kippur, as is plain from the tradition about the days between Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur. Maimonides taught that Sukkot (discussed in ), which is a feast of rejoicing and gladness, is kept seven days, so that the festival may be more noticeable. It is kept in the autumn because, as says, it is “When you have gathered in your labors out of the field,”"
"from the last Sunday (or Saturday night) preceding Rosh Hashanah that allows at least four days of recitations. According to oral tradition, Rosh Hashanah (ראש השנה) (lit., ""Head of the Year"") is the Day of Memorial or Remembrance (יום הזכרון, ""Yom HaZikaron""), and the day of judgment (יום הדין, ""Yom HaDin""). God appears in the role of King, remembering and judging each person individually according to his/her deeds, and making a decree for each person for the following year. The holiday is characterized by one specific mitzvah: blowing the ""shofar"". According to the Torah, this is the first day of"
"never falls on a Sunday, Wednesday, or Friday. The Torah defines Rosh Hashanah as a one-day celebration, and since days in the Hebrew calendar begin at sundown, the beginning of Rosh Hashanah is at sundown at the end of 29 Elul. The rules of the Hebrew calendar are designed such that the first day of Rosh Hashanah will never occur on the first, fourth, or sixth day of the Jewish week (i.e., Sunday, Wednesday, or Friday). Since the time of the destruction of the Second Temple of Jerusalem in 70 CE and the time of Rabban Yohanan ben Zakkai, normative"
"appointed times (Leviticus 23:4). Attention, Gentlemen! Blessed are You, Lord our God, King of the universe, who creates the fruit of the vine. (Amen) On Rosh Hashanah, the night Kiddush is similar to that of the other festivals. Where it differs, it is usually to follow the pattern of middle blessing of the Amidah. (An example is the concluding formula ""Blessed are You, the LORD, King over the entire world, Who sanctifies [the Sabbath,] Israel, and the Day of Remembrance."") During the day, the verses Psalms 81:4-5 are recited prior to the blessing over wine. Many also say the festival"
"Jewish holidays are Rosh Hashanah, Yom Kippur and Hanukkah. Passover and Yom Kippur in addition to Rosh Hashannah and Hanukkah are recognized as an optional state level holiday in Texas All Jewish holidays start the night before, as that is when the Jewish day begins. According to various sources, the major holidays of Ramadan, Eid al-Fitr, and Eid al-Adha have been recognized in the United States. Awareness of these holidays can be found in calendars published by major calendar manufacturers. According to Al-Jazeera, schools in New York and Michigan (mainly Dearborn) may begin to close in observance of all Muslim"
"For example, Rosh Hashanah is said, within Humanistic Judaism, to be a time for renewal and reflection, focusing on the affirmation of human power and human dignity. Yom Kippur is, according to Wine and his movement, a celebration of inner strength and a time of self-forgiveness. Prayers and references to God are excluded from the services even for these holidays. The Torah and other traditional Jewish religious texts are, for Wine, important historical documents that need to be evaluated scientifically to determine their origins and degree of factuality. For him, writings of the Jews of the past 250 years have"
"the anniversary of the Lawgiving. The Revelation at Mount Sinai was the object of the Exodus from Egypt, and thus God said in “I brought you to myself.” As the Revelation at Mount Sinai took place on one day, so Jews keep its anniversary only one day. Maimonides wrote that Jews likewise keep Rosh Hashanah (mentioned in ) for one day, for it is a day of repentance, on which Jews are stirred up from forgetfulness, and for this reason the shofar is blown on that day. According to Maimonides, Rosh Hashanah is a preparation for and an introduction to"
"""Rosh HaShanah"" in both the Babylonian Talmud and the Jerusalem Talmud. This also contains the most important rules concerning the calendar year. The shofar is blown in long, short, and staccato blasts that follow a set sequence: The shofar is blown at various instances during the Rosh Hashanah prayers, with a total of 100 blasts over the day. The evening before Rosh Hashanah day is known as ""Erev Rosh Hashanah"" (""Rosh Hashanah eve""). As with Rosh Hashanah day, it falls on the first day of the Hebrew month of Tishrei, since days of the Hebrew calendar begin at sundown. Some"
"in The Mishnah taught that the jubilee year had the same ritual as Rosh Hashanah for blowing the shofar and for blessings. But Rabbi Judah said that on Rosh Hashanah, the blast was made with a ram's horn shofar, while on jubilee the blast was made with an antelope's (or some say a goat's) horn shofar. The Mishnah taught that exile resulted from (among other things) transgressing the commandment (in and ) to observe a Sabbatical year for the land. And pestilence resulted from (among other things) violation of the laws governing the produce of the Sabbatical year. A Midrash"
"the day of rest of Passover, the day that they brought the sheaf of barley for waving. Similarly, directs counting seven weeks from when they first put the sickle to the standing barley. refers to the Festival of Rosh Hashanah. In the Hebrew Bible, Rosh Hashanah is called: Although instructs that the spring month of , Aviv (since the Babylonian captivity called , Nisan) ""shall be the first month of the year,"" and also reflect an ""end of the year"" or a ""turn of the year"" in the autumn harvest month of , Tishrei. refers to the Festival of Yom"
"communities perform Tashlikh on the day before Yom Kippur. The Hebrew common greeting on Rosh Hashanah is ""Shanah Tovah"" () (), which translated from Hebrew means ""[have a] good year"". Often ""Shanah Tovah Umetukah"" (), meaning ""[have a] Good and Sweet Year"", is used. In Yiddish the greeting is אַ גוט יאָר """"a gut yor"""" (""a good year"") or אַ גוט געבענטשט יאָר """"a gut gebentsht yor"""" (""a good blessed year""). The formal Sephardic greeting is ""Tizku Leshanim Rabbot"" (""may you merit many years""), to which the answer is ""Ne'imot VeTovot"" (""pleasant and good ones""). Less formally, people wish each"
"means generally the time of the ""beginning of the year"" or is possibly a reference to Yom Kippur, but the phrase may also refer to the Hebrew month of Nisan in the spring, especially in light of , where the spring month of Aviv, later renamed Nisan, is stated as being ""the first month of the year"" and where ""the first month"" unambiguously refers to Nisan, the month of Passover, as made plain by .) In the Siddur and Machzor Jewish prayer-books, Rosh Hashanah is also called ""Yom Hazikaron"" ([a] day [of] the remembrance), not to be confused with the"
"as Rosh Hashanah, cancel the mourning period completely. The thirty-day period following burial (including ""shiva"") is known as ""shloshim"" (). During ""shloshim"", a mourner is forbidden to marry or to attend a ""seudat mitzvah"" (religious festive meal). Men do not shave or get haircuts during this time. Since Judaism teaches that a deceased person can still benefit from the merit of ""mitzvot"" (commandments) performed in their memory, it is considered a special privilege to bring merit to the departed by learning Torah in their name. A popular custom is to coordinate a group of people who will jointly study the"
"Rosh Hashanah for worship services. The prayer philosophy of Reform, as described in the introduction of the movement's High Holy Day prayerbook, ""Mishkan Hanefesh"", is to reflect ""varied theological approaches that enable a diverse congregation to share religious experience... with a commitment to Reform tradition, as well as [to] the larger Jewish tradition."" A central feature of Reform these services is the rabbinic sermon. ""For more than a century and a half in the Reform Movement,"" writes Rabbi Lance Sussman, ""High Holiday sermons were among the most anticipated events in synagogue life, especially on the eve of Rosh Hashanah and"
"added, relating to the holiday. (The Mussaf Amidah on Rosh Hashanah is unique in that apart from the first and last 3 blessings, it contains 3 central blessings making a total of 9.) Historically (and currently in Orthodox services), the middle blessing focuses on the special Mussaf sacrifice that was offered in the Temple in Jerusalem, and contains a plea for the building of a Third Temple and the restoration of sacrificial worship. The biblical passage referring to the Mussaf sacrifice of the day is recited. The Rabbinical Assembly of Conservative Judaism has devised two forms for the Mussaf Amidah"
"or beer, or ""whatever your soul desires"" - for a feast with the person's household in the presence of God. The Mishnah, in Tractate Rosh Hashanah, describes four new years for various purposes. The new year for tithes for general crops is the first of Tishrei (the holiday of Rosh Hashanah), for animal tithes the first of Elul, and for the produce of trees the fifteenth of Shevat (the holiday of Tu Bishvat). The Talmud and later commentaries reflect a substantial amount of debate about the start and end of the tithing year for various types of crops in various"
"Western Ashkenazi pronunciation, like ""kroyt mit vasser (קרויט מיט וואסער),"" Yiddish for ""cabbage with water"". Rabbi Pinchas of Koretz taught that one should bake an apple with the Hoshana branch in it to ward off tooth aches in the coming year. Hoshana Rabbah The seventh day of the Jewish holiday of Sukkot, 21st day of Tishrei, is known as Hoshana Rabbah (Aramaic: הוֹשַׁעְנָא רַבָּא, ""Great Hoshana/Supplication""). This day is marked by a special synagogue service, the Hoshana Rabbah, in which seven circuits are made by the worshippers with their lulav and etrog, while the congregation recites ""Hoshanot"". It is customary"
"Rosh Chodesh Rosh Chodesh or Rosh Hodesh (; trans. ""Beginning of the Month""; lit. ""Head of the Month"") is the name for the first day of every month in the Hebrew calendar, marked by the birth of a new moon. It is considered a minor holiday, akin to the intermediate days of Passover and Sukkot. The Book of Exodus establishes the beginning of the Hebrew calendar: In the Book of Numbers, God speaks of the celebration of the new moon to Moses: ""And on your joyous occasions - your fixed festivals and new moon days - you shall sound the"
"between Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur. Shabbat Shuvah has a special Haftarah that begins ""Shuvah Yisrael"" (come back, oh Israel), hence the name of that Shabbat. Traditionally the rabbi gives a long sermon on that day. It is held that, while judgment on each person is pronounced on Rosh Hashanah, it is not made absolute until Yom Kippur. The Ten Days are therefore an opportunity to mend one's ways in order to alter the judgment in one's favor. Yom Kippur (יום כפור ""yom kippūr"", ""Day of Atonement"") is the Jewish festival of the Day of Atonement. The Hebrew Bible calls"
"Where the danger to life is present but less immediate, there is some preference to minimize violation of Shabbat work restrictions where possible. The laws in this area are complex. The Torah specifies a single date on the Jewish calendar for observance of holidays. Nevertheless, festivals of Biblical origin other than Shabbat and Yom Kippur are observed for two days outside the land of Israel, and Rosh Hashanah is observed for two days even inside the land of Israel. Dates for holidays on the Jewish calendar are expressed in the Torah as ""day x of month y."" Accordingly, the beginning"
"Reform Judaism, while most congregations in North America observe only the first day of Rosh Hashanah, some follow the traditional two-day observance as a sign of solidarity with other Jews worldwide. Karaite Jews, who do not recognize Rabbinic Jewish oral law and rely on their own understanding of the Torah, observe only one day on the first of Tishrei, since the second day is not mentioned in the Written Torah. On Rosh Hashanah day, religious poems, called ""piyyutim"", are added to the regular services. A special prayer book, the mahzor, is used on Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur (plural ""mahzorim"")."
"the] blowing [of horns]""); it is also referred to in the same part of Leviticus as "" (""shabbat shabbaton"") or penultimate Sabbath or meditative rest day, and a ""holy day to God"". These same words are commonly used in the Psalms to refer to the anointed days. calls the festival ""Yom Teru'ah"", (""Day [of] blowing [the horn]""), and symbolizes a number of subjects, such as the Binding of Isaac whereby a ram was sacrificed instead of Isaac, and the animal sacrifices, including rams, that were to be performed. (The term Rosh Hashanah appears once in the Bible in where it"
"a fast over two days. Adherents of Reform Judaism and Reconstructionist Judaism generally do not observe the second day of festivals, although some do observe two days of Rosh Hashanah. Jewish law ""(halacha)"" accords ""Shabbat"" (שבת) the status of a holiday, a day of rest celebrated on the seventh day of each week. Jewish law defines a day as ending at either sundown or nightfall, when the next day then begins. Thus, The fundamental rituals and observances of Shabbat include: In many ways, ""halakha"" (Jewish law) sees ""Shabbat"" as the most important holy day in the Jewish calendar. Rosh Chodesh"
"11 annual holidays on dates determined using the Bahá'í calendar. Jews have two holiday seasons: the Spring Feasts of Pesach (Passover) and Shavuot (Weeks, called Pentecost in Greek); and the Fall Feasts of Rosh Hashanah (Head of the Year), Yom Kippur (Day of Atonement), Sukkot (Tabernacles), and Shemini Atzeret (Eighth Day of Assembly). See for complete listings of holidays associated with particular religions. Holiday A holiday is a day set aside by custom or by law on which normal activities, especially business or work including school, are suspended or reduced. Generally, holidays are intended to allow individuals to celebrate or"
"on earth. Psalm 47 includes allusions to Rosh Hashana, the day of judgment in Judaism. Verse 6, which cites the shofar that is blown on Rosh Hashanah, further hints at God ascending his thrones of judgment and mercy, themes that resonate with the day of judgment. The connection is explained in the Midrash: Yehuda bar Nahmani began in the name of Shimon ben Lakish: ""Elohim ascends amidst shouting, YHWH to the blast of the shofar"" (Psalms 47:6). When the Holy One ascends to sit on the throne of judgment, it is in order to render strict justice, as it says,"