| Traditional
Rosh Hashanah greetings
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On the first night of Rosh Hashanah after the evening prayer, it
is the Ashkenazi and Hasidic custom to wish Leshana Tova Tikoseiv
Vesichoseim (Le'Alter LeChaim Tovim U'Leshalom) which is Hebrew
for "May you immediately be inscribed and sealed for a Good
Year and for a Good and Peaceful Life" [19]
* Shana Tova (pronounced [?a'na to'va]) is the traditional greeting
on Rosh Hashanah which in Hebrew means "A Good Year."
* Shana Tova Umetukah is Hebrew for "A Good and Sweet Year."
* Ketiva ve-chatima tovah which translates as "May You Be Written
and Sealed for a Good Year."
* The formal Sephardic greeting is Tizku leshanim rabbot ("may
you merit many years"), to which the answer is ne'imot ve-tovot
("pleasant and good ones"). Less formally, people wish
each other "many years" in the local language.
* In Germanic countries, the New Year's greeting "Guten Rutsch"
is derived from the Yiddish version of Rosh Hashanah.
* In Yiddish, it is common to wish someone ???????? (gut-yor) or
"Good Year" on and around Rosh Hashanah.
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