What is Rosh HaShanah?
Rosh HaShanah is the Jewish New Year. It's about looking at the way we live our lives and redirecting ourselves towards our goals. We make amends for mistakes we have made and commit ourselves to a positive future for ourselves and our world. A communal holiday meal includes rituals that symbolize this intention.
Main traditions
Send Cards
Wish your friends, family and neighbors a happy new year.
Eat Apples with Honey
Sweet foods symbolize our hopes for a sweet new year.
Blow a Ram's Horn (Shofar)
Reenacting the biblical ritual, the sound awakens us from our indifference and calls us toward a higher purpose.
Content for kids
Featured
We've put together a few kits and curated a collection of products to help you celebrate Rosh Hashanah with your family:
more stuff:
Rosh HaShanah Guide
Family Activites
Holiday Shop
There are traditional Israeli songs that are sung around the classrooms around this time of year.