High Holydays: Rosh Hashana Yom Kippur
HOLIDAYS
Rosh Hashanah is the Jewish New Year. Traditions include eating apples dipped in honey and blowing the shofar (ram’s horn). Most Jews attend synagogue on these days and the preceding evening. Rosh Hashanah is celebrated in many different ways by Jewish communities with songs, prayers, stories and special foods. It is celebrated on the 1st and 2nd days of the Hebrew month of Tishrei, which means that it is celebrated on a different date in the fall, typically in September or October, on the solar calendar.
For this Jewish holiday, celebrants might wish their friends and family a good, sweet New year with the Hebrew words Shana Tova.
The collection of resources below are designed to inspire and guide you as you teach, learn, and explore the many customs and lessons that this Jewish holiday highlights.