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MANY PEOPLE KNOW THAT ROSH HASHANAH JEWISH HOLIDAYS
IS THE JEWISH NEW YEAR, START THE SUNDOWN

BUT WHAT DOES THAT MEAN? BEFORE THE DAY
SHOWN ON THE
The words literally mean “head of the mornings of the new year or, in some traditions,
the first morning only. CALENDAR
year,” in Hebrew, and for many Jews, it’s a
Rosh Hashanah coincides with the start Rosh Hashanah
celebratory time to get a fresh start. of school and, for these children, the start of
Families gather for festive meals that for many religious school. Many Jewish children attend (Jewish New Year)
include, at a minimum, apples and honey alongside either a religious day school or an after-school Oct. 3-4, 2016
the traditional bread, challah, which for this holiday and Sunday school program where they learn
is round rather than the usual loaf shape. Hebrew, history and holidays. Yom Kippur

Apples are the fruit of the season, autumn, Just one week later comes the somber (Day of Atonement)
and the honey symbolizes the wish for a sweet holiday of Yom Kippur, the Day of Atonement, Oct. 12, 2016
new year. It is appropriate to wish Jews “a sweet when children and just about everyone else
new year,” whether you are Jewish or not. That look forward to hearing the shofar blasts, the Sukkot
the bread is round can be seen as representing sonorous sounds of the ram’s horn that is both
the cyclical nature of life and of the year; as a call to worship and atone and symbolic of a (Feast of Tabernacles)
one winds down, so another begins. Many Jews clearing of the slate. Oct. 17-24, 2016
attend special holiday services on the first two
Simchat Torah

(Day of Celebrating the Torah)
Oct. 25, 2016

Chanukah

Dec. 25, 2016 - Jan. 1, 2017

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