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What is Rosh Hashanah ?

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Asked by sudhakar kuruvada, 13 Mar 05:34 pm
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Rosh Hashanah is the Jewish New Year festival and commemorates the creation of the world.

This festival marks the Jewish New Year and begins with ten days of repentance and self examination, during which time God sits in judgement on every person. The festival is also known as the Day of Judgement, the Day of the Sounding of the Shofar, and the Day of Remembrance.

Over the two days of Rosh Hashanah, there are special services at the synagogue. A musical instrument, called a shofar, is blown. It makes a loud piercing sound like a trumpet and reminds Jews of God's great power.
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Rosh Hashanah is the Jewish New Year festival and commemorates the creation of the world.
Answered by anantharaman, 13 Mar 08:42 pm

 
  
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Rosh Hashanah is the Jewish New Year festival and commemorates the creation of the world.
Answered by Quest, 14 Mar 01:20 pm

 
  
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Rosh Hashanah is the Jewish New Year festival and commemorates the creation of the world
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Rosh Hashanah is the Jewish New Year festival and commemorates the creation of the world.
Answered by anil garg, 14 Mar 01:59 am

 
  
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Jewish New Year festival
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It is the jewish new year. It is the first of the High Holy Days or Yamim Nora'im ("Days of Awe") which usually occur in the early autumn of the Northern Hemisphere. Rosh Hashanah is a two day celebration which begins on the first day of Tishrei, the first month of the Jewish calendar. The day is believed to be the anniversary of the creation of Adam and Eve, the first man and woman, and their first actions toward the realization of mankinds role in Gods world. Rosh Hashanah customs include sounding the shofar and eating symbolic foods such as apples dipped in honey. The common greeting on Rosh Hashanah is "Shanah Tovah", which, in Hebrew, means "(Have) a good year".
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A festiveity
Answered by conviction, 13 Mar 05:35 pm

 
  
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