What Is Rosh Hashanah and Why Is It Celebrated?
The holiday combines symbolic foods, shofar blasts and tashlich, with traditions meant to mark renewal, repentance and hopes for a sweet year.
5 Articles
5 Articles
What is Rosh Hashanah? Jewish New Year traditions and symbols explained
You asked, we answered! Our editor Sara Himeles, who recently finished her rabbinical studies, answered all of your Rosh Hashanah questions. Have a question about the High Holidays? Check out our guides to Rosh Hashanah, Yom Kippur, Sukkot, and Shemini Atzeret/Simchat Torah. Why apples and honey? Why do those fruit represent a sweet new year? […]
Writing (ALN).- With the arrival of the month of Tishrei in the Hebrew calendar, which usually coincides between September and October in the Gregorian calendar, the Jewish community around the world celebrates Rosh Hashanah, a holiday that literally translates as "head of the year." Unlike secular celebrations characterized by great feasts and [...] The entry What is Rosh Hashanah?: The origin, meaning and traditions of the Jewish New Year was …
Coverage Details
Bias Distribution
- 75% of the sources lean Left
Factuality
To view factuality data please Upgrade to Premium
