Today is the Jewish New Year. Not only a day of importance all by itself, it marks the beginning of the days of awe that end in Yom Kippur, the Day of Atonement.
Gemar chatimah tovah to all my readers, and may we all have a year of peace, prosperity, and blessing.
Welcome to the year 5785.
This is the second day of celebration of the Jewish New Year.
Yesterday, I went to services and they were quite meaningful, especially with all that has gone on this year both locally and in the world.
To my readers, I wish that you have a sweet and good year and may you be inscribed in the Book of Life.
Rosh Hashanah, the Jewish New Year, starts today. This day marks the beginning of the year 5784 of the Hebrew calendar.
The Jewish New Year, while celebrated with joy, is also a time for reflection and repentance for transgressions and regrets for what was done or undone in past years.
Shana Tova Umetukah (A Good and Sweet Year) to all of my readers!
Happy Rosh Hashannah!
Services get to be live this year, which is a welcome improvement over the Zoom of the past couple years.
May my readers and friends have a good and sweet new year, and be inscribed in the Book of Life.
May my readers and friends have a sweet new year, and be inscribed in the Book of Life.
May all my readers have a good sweet year, may it be a much better one than this year, and may you be inscribed in the Book of Life.
Happy Rosh Hashanah to all my Jewish Readers, and to my non-Jewish readers as well (after all you don't have to be Jewish, but it helps).
May you all have a good, sweet, and prosperous year ahead.
Rosh Hashanah, the Jewish New Year, starts today and marks the beginning of the year 5776 of the Hebrew calendar.
The Jewish New Year, while celebrated with joy, is also a time for reflection and repentance for transgressions and regrets for what was done or undone in past years.
A happy and sweet new year of health and happiness is wished by me for all my readers!
Let us hope the upcoming year will be a good and sweet one for all.
Happy Rosh Hashanah 2012, the Jewish New Year 5773.
The first day of the Jewish New Year begins tomorrow.
Unlike a typical New Year celebrations, it is less a boisterous celebration and more a somber and introspective, one where repentance for wrongdoing in the past year is sought in prayer and good deeds.
But it's also a happy occasion, marked by eating apples dipped in honey to mark the hopes of having a sweet year to come.
One of the most distinctive acts of Rosh Hashanah is the blowing of the Shofar:
Shana Tova Umetukah (A Good and Sweet Year) to all of my readers!
I'll kick off the end of the first day of the Jewish New Year with a little religious levity (After being at Synagogue all day a little humor is good to have):
A Catholic Priest, a Baptist Preacher, and a Rabbi all served as chaplains to the students of Northern Michigan University in Marquette. They would get together two or three times a week for coffee and to talk shop.
One day, someone made the comment that preaching to people isn't really all that hard - a real challenge would be to preach to a bear. One thing led to another, and they decided to do an experiment. They would all go ou t into the woods, find a bear, preach to it, and attempt to convert it.
Seven days later, they all came together to discuss their experience.
Father Flannery, who had his arm in a sling, was on crutches, and had various bandages on his body and limbs, went first. 'Well,' he said, 'I went into the woods to find me a bear. And when I found him, I began to read to him from the Catechism. Well, that bear wanted nothing to do with me and began to slap me around. So I quickly grabbed my holy water, sprinkled him and, Holy Mary Mother of God, he became as gentle as a lamb. The Bishop is coming out next week to give him first communion and confirmation.'
Reverend Billy Bob spoke next. He was in a wheelchair, ha d one arm and both legs in casts, and had an IV drip. In his best fire-and- brimstone oratory, he claimed, 'WELL, brothers, you KNOW that we don't sprinkle! I went out and I FOUND me a bear. And then I began to read to my bear from God's HOLY WORD! But that bear wanted nothing to do with me. So I took HOLD of him and we began to wrestle. We wrestled down one hill, UP another and DOWN another until we came to a creek .. So, I quickly DUNKED him and BAPTIZED his hairy soul. And just like you said, he became as gentle as a lamb. We spent the rest of the day praising Jesus. Hallelujah!
The priest and the reverend both looked down at the Rabbi, who was lying in a hospital bed. He was in a body cast and traction with IVs and monitors running in and out of him. He was in really bad shape.
The Rabbi looked up and said: "Looking back on it, ....... circumcision may not have been the best way to start."
Happy Rosh HaShanah!
