Rosh Hashanah Is Definitely Serious But Not Without Joy And Hope - Blog Posts

judaism Shana tova! Rosh Hashanah—the Jewish New Year—starts tonight It’s a bittersweet holiday when we reflect on the past year and what went wrong or right One important tradition is to apologize to those you wronged during the past year We go to synagogue services and a traditional horn called the shofar is blown in a certain pattern of blasts It’s also traditional to symbolically crumble up your sins in the form of bread and cast them into a body of water It can be very cathartic As for food we eat we eat a special round challah and apples dipped in honey for a sweet new year Rosh Hashanah is definitely serious but not without joy and hope Jewish holidays Rosh Hashanah