Rosh Hashanah | 03 Oct 2024
Recently, Prime Minister wished the Prime Minister of Israel and greeted Jewish community on the occasion of Rosh Hashanah.
- Rosh Hashanah is Jewish New Year and is among the most sacred days in the Jewish faith.
- It marks the beginning of the Jewish month of Tishri, which is the 7th month according to the Hebrew calendar.
- It is believed by the Jewish community to be the day when God created the world, including Adam and Eve.
- Rosh Hashanah is also known as Yom Hadin (Day of Judgment) on which God opens the Books of Life and Death, which are then sealed on Yom Kippur.
- Yom Kippur means "Day of Atonement" on which Jewish people pray, seek forgiveness and a fresh start.
- The central ceremony features the blowing of the shofar horn in select synagogues, along with community prayers held beside a body of water.
- A shofar is an ancient musical instrument typically made of a ram's (a species of sheep) horn, used for Jewish religious purposes.
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