L'shona Tova...
Sep. 8th, 2010 08:06 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
phynckeTonight is Rosh Hashana or the Jewish New Year. It is year 5771 in the Jewish calendar. This holiday is considered one of the high holidays to those of this faith.
Wiki info: (the basics)
Rosh Hashanah is the start of the civil year in the Hebrew calendar (one of four "new year" observances that define various legal "years" for different purposes as explained in the Mishnah and Talmud). It is the new year for people, animals, and legal contracts. The Mishnah also sets this day aside as the new year for calculating calendar years and sabbatical (shmita) and jubilee (yovel) years. Jews believe Rosh Hashanah represents either analogically or literally the creation of the World, or Universe. However, according to one view in the Talmud, that of R. Eleazar, Rosh Hashanah commemorates the creation of man, which entails that five days earlier, the 25 of Elul, was the first day of creation of the Universe.
For more information on this holiday you can go here:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rosh_Hashanah
The other major high holiday is Yom Kippor or the day of atonement and that is on September 18th.
Just thought I would post in about this. I am noting the holidays in my own way.
Cheers.
by cherany at sayclubsandmore
Wiki info: (the basics)
Rosh Hashanah is the start of the civil year in the Hebrew calendar (one of four "new year" observances that define various legal "years" for different purposes as explained in the Mishnah and Talmud). It is the new year for people, animals, and legal contracts. The Mishnah also sets this day aside as the new year for calculating calendar years and sabbatical (shmita) and jubilee (yovel) years. Jews believe Rosh Hashanah represents either analogically or literally the creation of the World, or Universe. However, according to one view in the Talmud, that of R. Eleazar, Rosh Hashanah commemorates the creation of man, which entails that five days earlier, the 25 of Elul, was the first day of creation of the Universe.
For more information on this holiday you can go here:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rosh_Hashanah
The other major high holiday is Yom Kippor or the day of atonement and that is on September 18th.
Just thought I would post in about this. I am noting the holidays in my own way.
Cheers.
by cherany at sayclubsandmore
