Jewish
New Year or Rosh Hashanah is one of the most important Jewish
festivals. According to the Hebrew calendar, Jewish New Year 2013 will
fall on the first two days in the seventh month. The date of the
festival varies every year, since the Jewish follow a lunisolar
calendar. The festival is celebrated before the winter rains come. It is
said that the first ten days of the month are the holiest, when they
observe New Year. Jewish New Year 2013 will be observed on September 28.
Like every year, they will celebrate the New Year according to their
traditions and customs.
According to the Jewish New Year traditions, there is a book, where the Almighty God has kept all records of one's good and bad actions. All of the believers have to give an account to the holy book and confess what they have done in the previous year. According to the customs, the people are given 10 days for atonement. After 10 days, they are asked the day of atonement or Yom Kippur comes and the Jewish people are asked to apologize for their misdeeds. They try to replenish for all their bad deeds by doing some good actions. They dream and pray for a better life and think of the ways, which can lead them to their dream life. According to the popular believe, if one is sincere about his prayers, the God will write nothing but good for him in the holy book.
After Yom Kippur, they send Jewish New Year messages to their near and dear ones. The traditional messages for Jewish New Year 2013 is ‘May you be written down for a good year.' Some traditional messages are Leshana Tova Tikoseiv Vesichoseim, Shana Tova, and Shana Tova Umetukah. On the day before New Year, people greet each other with Rosh Hashanah messages. They also attend the traditional prayers at the synagogue. After returning home, they attend the special mean for the New Year.
Jewish New Year dinner is a lavish affair. They prepare the dinner table with festival candles and fruits. Grapes are the most important fruit, with which they decorate their dinner table. In the traditional dinner, they make Challah. Challah is a special bread, which is often accompanied by honey, honey cake, and fresh fruits. In some families, fish is also served, since they represent fruitfulness and galore.
In Rosh Hashanah 2013, Jewish people will observe a special service. People will blow 100 different notes on the shofar and at the end of the ritual, the shofar will be blown. This custom is very important for ill people. They send their representatives and they blow the shofar on behalf of them. After the ten given days, on the day of atonement, people keep a fast for 24 hours. During the sunset, they blow a final note on the shofar and this signifies the official end of the celebrations of New Year.
The details of Jewish New Year 2013 are mentioned below:
Jewish Year 5772
Sunset September 28, 2013
Nightfall September 30, 2013
According to the Jewish New Year traditions, there is a book, where the Almighty God has kept all records of one's good and bad actions. All of the believers have to give an account to the holy book and confess what they have done in the previous year. According to the customs, the people are given 10 days for atonement. After 10 days, they are asked the day of atonement or Yom Kippur comes and the Jewish people are asked to apologize for their misdeeds. They try to replenish for all their bad deeds by doing some good actions. They dream and pray for a better life and think of the ways, which can lead them to their dream life. According to the popular believe, if one is sincere about his prayers, the God will write nothing but good for him in the holy book.
After Yom Kippur, they send Jewish New Year messages to their near and dear ones. The traditional messages for Jewish New Year 2013 is ‘May you be written down for a good year.' Some traditional messages are Leshana Tova Tikoseiv Vesichoseim, Shana Tova, and Shana Tova Umetukah. On the day before New Year, people greet each other with Rosh Hashanah messages. They also attend the traditional prayers at the synagogue. After returning home, they attend the special mean for the New Year.
Jewish New Year dinner is a lavish affair. They prepare the dinner table with festival candles and fruits. Grapes are the most important fruit, with which they decorate their dinner table. In the traditional dinner, they make Challah. Challah is a special bread, which is often accompanied by honey, honey cake, and fresh fruits. In some families, fish is also served, since they represent fruitfulness and galore.
In Rosh Hashanah 2013, Jewish people will observe a special service. People will blow 100 different notes on the shofar and at the end of the ritual, the shofar will be blown. This custom is very important for ill people. They send their representatives and they blow the shofar on behalf of them. After the ten given days, on the day of atonement, people keep a fast for 24 hours. During the sunset, they blow a final note on the shofar and this signifies the official end of the celebrations of New Year.
The details of Jewish New Year 2013 are mentioned below:
Jewish Year 5772
Sunset September 28, 2013
Nightfall September 30, 2013
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