Rosh Hashanah is the Jewish New Year, the biblical name being Yom Teruah which means “day of shouting or blasting”. If is the first of the Jewish High Holy Days, and is a two day celebration that begins on the first day of Tishrei, which is the seventh month of the ecclesiastical year. It is the beginning of the civil year according to the teaching of Judaism, and is the traditional anniversary of the creation of Adam and Eve.
Its customs include sounding the shofar (a cleaned out ram’s horn) as prescribed in the Torah. Its rabbinical customs include attending synagogue services and reciting special liturgy about teshuva, as well as enhoying festive meals. Eating symbolic foods is now a tradition, such as apples dipped in honey, hoping to evoke a sweet new year.
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