Rosh
Hashanah (Hebrew: ראש השנה,
literally "head of the year," , Israeli: Hebrew pronunciation:
[ˈʁoʃ haʃaˈna], Ashkenazic: ˈɾoʃ
haʃːɔˈnɔh, Yiddish: [ˈrɔʃəˈʃɔnə])
is a Jewish holiday commonly referred to as the "Jewish New
Year." It is observed on the first day of Tishrei, the seventh
month of the Hebrew calendar.[1]
It is ordained in the Torah as "Zicaron Terua" ("a
memorial with the blowing of horns", in Leviticus 23:24. Rosh
Hashanah is the first of the High Holidays or Yamim Noraim ("Days
of Awe"), or Asseret Yemei Teshuva (Ten Days of Repentance)
which are days specifically set aside to focus on repentance that
conclude with the holiday of Yom Kippur.
Rosh Hashanah is the start of the civil year in the Hebrew calendar
(one of four "new year" observances that define various
legal "years" for different purposes as explained in the Mishnah and Talmud). It is the new year for people, animals, and
legal contracts. The Mishnah also sets this day aside as the new
year for calculating calendar years and sabbatical (shmita) and
jubilee (yovel) years. Jews believe Rosh Hashanah represents either
analogically or literally the creation of the World, or Universe.
However, according to one view in the Talmud, that of R. Eleazar,
Rosh Hashanah commemorates the creation of man, which entails that
five days earlier, the 25 of Elul, was the first day of creation
of the Universe. [2]
The Mishnah, the core text of Judaism's oral Torah, contains the
first known reference to Rosh Hashanah as the "day of judgment."
In the Talmud tractate on Rosh Hashanah it states that three books
of account are opened on Rosh Hashanah, wherein the fate of the
wicked, the righteous, and those of an intermediate class are recorded.
The names of the righteous are immediately inscribed in the book
of life, and they are sealed "to live." The middle class
are allowed a respite of ten days, until Yom Kippur, to repent and
become righteous; the wicked are "blotted out of the book of
the living. [3]
Monday
through Thursday 9 AM to 8 PM
Friday 9 AM to 1 PM
Sunday 9 AM to 4 PM
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