Observers of the Jewish faith are set to celebrate their new year – or Rosh Hashanah – from sundown on Sunday September 25.
Throughout Rosh Hashanah, people will carry out good deeds in the hope that God will mark their names in the Book of Life, which will give them a happy and fruitful year ahead.
Rosh Hashanah commemorates the creation of the world and marks the beginning of the Days of Awe, a 10-day period of repentance which ends with Yom Kippur, also known as the Day of Atonement.
When does Rosh Hashanah end and when is the next Jewish holiday, Yom Kippur?
When does Rosh Hashanah end?
Being a two-day event, Rosh Hashanah will end at nightfall on Tuesday September 27.
Jewish holidays begin and end at that time as they follow the Hebrew calendar rather than the Gregorian calendar, in which days begin at sunset..
Rosh Hashanah is believed to be the day that God created Adam and Eve, and serves as a time to celebrate the creation of the universe.
What does Shana Tova mean?
With Rosh Hashanah lasting until sundown on Tuesday night, you have plenty of time to wish any Jewish friends or neighbours a happy new year – or a Shana Tova.
Shana Tova is the shortened greeting to wish a happy new year.
It’s cut down from the traditional greeting of ‘L’shanah tovah tikatev v’taihatem’, which means ‘may you be inscribed and sealed for a good year.’
A typical greeting to use during Rosh Hashanah is L’shanah tovah, which means ‘for a good year.’
You can also say ‘Shanah Tovah um’tukah’, which means ‘may you have a good and sweet new year.’
When is Yom Kippur?
Yom Kippur will begin in the evening of Tuesday October 4 and end in the evening of Wednesday October 5
Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur are the two High Holy Days in the Jewish faith.
Rosh Hashanah is a festival that starts a 10-day observance where Jewish people will repent and are asked to be introspective, and reflect upon their behaviour in the previous year.
According to tradition, God judges all creatures during the 10 Days of Awe between Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur, deciding whether they will live or die in the coming year.
It is believed that God inscribes the names of the righteous in the book of life and condemns the wicked to death on Rosh Hashanah; people who fall between the two categories have until Yom Kippur to perform teshuvah, or repentance, in order to be forgiven for their transgressions and begin the year with a clean slate.
Yom Kippur is observed for a 25-hour period, beginning at sundown.
During Yom Kippur, Jewish people must refrain from work that is prohibited on Shabbat, as well as eating or drinking, bathing, anointing the body with oil, wearing leather shoes and having sexual relations.
The most appropriate greeting for Yom Kippur is G’mar Hatima Tova, which means ‘may you be sealed in the Book of Life’, or the abbreviated version is G’mar Tov.
You will typically not wish someone a ‘happy’ Yom Kippur in the same way, as the holiday is more about introspection and repentance.
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