Rosh Hashanah is the Jewish New Year festival. It lasts two days and commemorates the creation of the world. Judaism teaches that Rosh Hashanah is also a time when God judges all humanity.

It is blown at various points during the Rosh Hashanah prayers and it is customary to have a total of 100 blasts on each day. Jews will spend time in the synagogue, saying prayers and reading ...

Themes: the festival of Rosh Hashanah and the Jewish New Year ... It's a time of fasting and prayer and Charlie says it can also be an anxious time, worrying about God's forgiveness.

High Holy Days: A term often used to describe the holidays falling during the Hebrew month of Tishrei (often overlapping with September and October), the High Holy Days/Holidays include Rosh Hashanah, ...

Rosh Hashanah is a two-day religious festival which ... and is usually celebrated with prayers, candle lighting and delicious ...

(JTA) — If you find your synagogue’s prayerbook a little dull at Rosh Hashanah services next week ... the machzor contains many of the same prayers recited by Jewish communities today ...