Happy New Year!
No, it's not a mistake, we really do celebrate the new year in September.
Rosh Ha-Shana is the beggining of the Jewish New Year, traditionally celebrating the birth of human kind, Adam and Eve.
So why do we dip apples🍎 in honey🍯? Why the pomegranate? And what's the deal with the fish🐟?!
Watch Ariella with the basics of Rosh Ha-Shana!
We wish you a happy and sweet year!
Rosh Hashanah, the Jewish New Year, which symbolically marks the birth humankind.
During the holiday, you have a festive meal with lots of traditions: Apples dipped in honey, for a sweet new year, a pomegranate, whose many seeds symbolize the many good deeds you hope to fulfill, and the head of a fish...which basically reminds us to use our heads.
Rosh Hashanah is a time for self-reflection. You think about what you have done wrong during the year, and how to be a better person next year. A lot of Jews go to synagogue, where they pray and sing together.
During Rosh Hashanah services, this ram horn called a shofar, is blown frequently; the sound is meant to inspire awe and fervor, and its been used for thousands of years of Jewish history.
So, now you have a few basics to get you started, if you want to wish somebody a sweet new year, just say, Shanah Tova, Umetukah!
