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Rosh Hashana
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Rosh Hashana, the Jewish New Year, is one of the holiest days of the Jewish calendar. This year, it begins Sept. 22 at sunset. As with many holidays, a meal consisting of symbolic foods accompanies the celebration. While there are variations on ingredients depending on whether the home is Ashkenazic or Sephardic, the spirit of the event is equally reverent and the food equally meaningful.
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Rosh Hashana is the holiday the marks the first day of the Jewish new year. The Jewish calendar is different than the general calendar the world uses now because the general calendar loosely revolves around the birth of Jesus, which is ... the beginning of Christianity. Since Judaism is older than Christianity their calendar is older as well.
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To incorporate Rosh Hashanah into the science center, it is fun to have the parents send in a lot of apples and the have the children lay down on the floor and measure each child with apples (ex. Suzy is 14 apples long). You can then use this information to make a graph.
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On Rosh Hashanah, every action has significance pertaining to the year to come. This is the first day of the year, and it is on this day that God apportions life to all creatures; therefore, action and thought on this day influence the entire year.
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Rosh Hashana marks the beginning of the High Holy Days. It falls on the first day of the seventh month, according to the Hebrew calendar (see Leviticus 23:23). It could occur anywhere from the first to the last week of September on the Western calendar. (Sept. 11, in 1999) It ushers in the ten days of repentance leading up to Yom Kippur, the Day of Atonement.
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This year, Rosh Hashana, the Jewish New Year, starts on the evening of Sept. 15. Yom Kippur, the Day of Atonement, begins on the evening of Sept. 24. Each lasts 24 hours, from sunset to sunset. (Want to find out why Jewish holidays don't fall on the same date each year? Learn about the Hebrew calendar.)
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