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Rosh Hashana 5763

Abby Gilad September 5, 2002

So, what do math and Rosh Hashana, the Jewish New Year, have in common. On this day, Jews are supposed to do a cheshbon hanefesh. This literally means \”accounting of the soul.\” We count up and categorize all the actions we\’ve taken, and all the thoughts we\’ve had during the year: How many good? How many bad? How many generous? How many selfish? How many useful? How many just a waste of time? Then we decide which actions and thoughts we want to repeat and which we will throw away.

Shared Values, Shared Holidays

Rabbi Arthur P. Nemitoff August 29, 2002

Chris looked at her calendar and shuddered. Married less than two months and she could already imagine their first argument. Would Sam want to observe Rosh Hashana and Yom Kippur?

A Feast From Jewish Tunisia

Linda Morel August 29, 2002

magine a Rosh Hashana table adorned with fruits and vegetables galore. Ruby-red pomegranates beckon; their jellied seeds symbolize your good deeds in the coming year. A bowl of crunchy sesame seeds promises that your virtues will be as numerous as the seeds themselves. You partake of pumpkins and squash for protection; you nibble on olives and fava beans, too. To keep enemies away, you sample spinach and beet greens. You taste tantalizing dishes seasoned with garlic and leeks, believed to cancel your bad deeds. And to guarantee a sweet year, you delight in figs, quince, dates — and apples soaked in honey.

Fretting About Fressing

Judy Gruen August 29, 2002

Apples dipped in honey. And while you\’re at it, dip the challah, too. Chicken soup with knaidel. Here, who\’s gonna finish this last little piece of brisket? What? You didn\’t try the noodle kugel? Don\’t tell me you\’re too full for my homemade honey cake and cookies — it\’s Yom Tov!

Comfort Food for Rosh Hashana

Judy Zeidler August 29, 2002

For Rosh Hashana this year, I am sharing three chicken dishes that you can prepare for your family holiday meal. Every family has their own recipe for roast chicken, but if you\’re looking for something new and different to serve on Rosh Hashana, try one of these.

WUJS Wants A Sweet Year for Israel

Hilary Krieger August 29, 2002

When Kim Herzog dips apples and challah in honey this Rosh Hashana, she says she will be reaching extra deep to get some sweetness, because after six months in Israel, she and the country need it more than ever.

The Liebermans’ Tasty New Year

Beverly Levitt August 22, 2002

This year, 5763, Rosh Hashana falls on Shabbat, the weekly observance that Sen. Joseph Lieberman calls \”a sanctuary to put the outside world on hold and concentrate on what\’s really important — your faith and your family.\” And although Lieberman, who was the Democratic candidate for vice president in 2000, will experience the same joy he feels every Friday night as he takes off his watch and prepares to get into the Sabbath mood, during Rosh Hashana all activities are heightened — the prayers are longer, the conversation more intense, the urgency to evaluate the past year and make resolutions for a sweet New Year more palpable.

Rosh Hashanah in Frankfurt, Germany

Murray Klein September 28, 2000

On Friday, Sept. 7, 1945, 1800 hours, at the corner of Freiherr von Stein Strasse and Eppsteiner Strasse in Frankfurt-on-the-Main, a ceremony took place.

Rosh Hashana 5761

Rabbi Yosef Kanefsky September 28, 2000

The Torah reading for the first day of Rosh Hashana always strikesme as odd. For starters, the section focuses primarily on Hagar and Ishmael,characters that are ultimately marginal in Jewish historical terms. On topof that, the story that the section deals with is arguably the leastflattering episode in the lives of our forefather and foremother, Abrahamand Sara. It is the story of their expelling Hagar and Ishmael from theirhome to face a highly uncertain future in the wilderness. Why did our sagesselect this story to be read on this day?

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