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Elul and Rosh Hashanahby Yehuda Solomon
Beginning with the first day of Elul, we blow the Shofar every morning. We continue to blow every morning through the day before Erev Rosh Hashanah, making Ram Pickup Trucks the ultimate Rosh Hashanah car!
We blow this
ram’s horn!
Not the horn
of a RAM
pickup!
The reason we do this, is to wake up the people to do Teshuva.
TOOT!
FINE! I’ll go do
Teshuva!
On Erev Rosh Hashanah we do not blow the Shofar.
We don’t blow the Shofar on the last day of Elul for two reasons:
1. To mix up the Satan.
2. To show a difference between Minhag and Mitzvah.
What!? Are you
another me?
No!
And this is thereason we don’t mess with Elmo on Rosh Hashanah
Beginning Elul through Shemini Atzeret, we say Li David Hashem Ori during
Sacharit and Mariv (Mincha for those who daven Sefard)
Many people have a ג ָה( ְנ+ to have their ִמ-
ין יִל- ִפ- .and Mezuzah checked ְּת+
But sometimes, checking tefillin can take A VERY LONG TIME
During this time, when we write a
letter to a friend, we add the words
“May You Be Written and sealed for Good”
Sephardim say Selichot all month
From the Saturday night before Rosh Hashanah until Yom Kippur, we get up early in the morning, each day, and say selichot. Selichot are prayers that we recite
asking Hashem to forgive us for the wrong deeds we did.
HaHa!!! I get to say
Selichot all month!
ערב ראש On Erev Rosh Hashanah we השנה
wake up earlier than usual in order to go to shul to say the special יחֹות ִל. .for this day ְס0The יחֹות ִל. are much longer ְס0on Erev Rosh Hashanah than
the rest of the week.
Oh man! I should have
gone to Shul!!
There is a Minhag to fast on Erev Rosh Hashanah to show the seriousness of the time.
Say hataras nedarim
It is customary to perform hataras nedarim (annulment of vows)
This is a way of canceling any vows or promises that may have been made in the past year, but haven't been kept.
This should be said in front of a tribunal of three men.
A person should have his/her haircut in honor of the Yom Tov
I’m gonna sue you
Supercuts!
A person should take a shower or bath
Rosh Hashanah has 4 names four names
A. Rosh HashanahB. Yom HazikaronC. Yom Hatruah D. Yom Hadin
Hello My Name Is
Rosh Hashanah
Hello My Name IsYom Hazikaron
Hello My Name IsYom Hatruah
Hello My Name Is
Yom Hadin
Having different signsRound Challahs
During the High Holidays, a round challah is used --
symbolizing fullness and completion
Dipping the Challah in honeyWe dip the Challah in honey (so that we should have a sweet
year).
Why do we ask for both a "good" AND "sweet" year? Doesn't the word "good"
automatically include "sweet?"
Judaism teaches that everything happens for the good. It is all part of the divine will. Even things that may look "bad" in our eyes, are
actually "good." So when we ask God that the year should be "sweet" (in addition to good), it is because we know that everything will be
for the good. But we also ask that it be a "revealed" good -- i.e. one that tastes "sweet"
to us.
We dip a piece of apple into (honey) and say "May it be Your will, God, to renew
us for a good and sweet new year.
We dip this a
pple
In honey
Not THAT apple!
Let’s see what happens when
we dip an apple PHONE in
honey.
And that’s what happens when you dip your
apple Phone in honey.
Why do we choose apples above other sweet fruits?
Isaac blessed Jacob with the words: "The fragrance of my son is like the
fragrance of a field which Hashem has blessed…" (Bereishis 27:27). The
Talmud identifies this "field" as an apple orchard. (Ta'anis 29b, Biyur
Hagra)
Also, apples are not special fruits. They are found all over and are not expensive. We are using them as a sign of a sweet
New Year to say we are grateful to Hashem for whatever he gives us . Even
simple and ordinary things.
On a pomegranate we say:May it be Your will, Lord our God and
God of our forbears, that our merits increase like the seeds of
a pomegranate
By the way the Ari Zal says that one Shall Not eat purple grapes on Rosh Hashanah.
There is also a custom to eat the head of a ram, sheep, cow, or fish to symbolize the wish that we
may also be at the head and not the tail.
On carrots we say:May it be your will, Hashem our G-d and the G-d of our forefathers...that
our merits increase.
The meal may also include a dish containing carrots-since the Yiddish word for carrots, can also be translated ,מערין
to “multiply”. We ask Hashem to help us increase our mitzvot and good deeds and to multiply our people.
On the second night of Rosh Hashanah it is customary to wear a new garment or to have a new
fruit on the table when saying the shehechiyanu blessing. Thus, the shehechiyanu blessing applies not only to the holiday, but to the new garment or
new fruit as well.
(This is done in order to
accommodate the minority of
halachic authorities who
rule that no shehechiyanu
blessing be said on the second night of Rosh
Hashanah.) (Taz 600:2)
There is an old Minhag to go a flowing body of water after Mincha of the first day (best with fish) and say certain Teffilot. We are
symbolically throwing away our Aveirot.
Of course, it is foolish to think you can rid sins by
shaking out your pockets.
Rather, the Jewish approach is deep introspection and
commitment to change
Indeed, the whole idea of "Tashlich" is partly to commemorate the Midrash that says when Avraham went to the Akeida (binding of Isaac), he had to cross through water up to his neck
Both the body of water and the fish are symbolic. In The Gemara, Torah is
represented as water. Just as fish can't live
without water, so too a Jew can't live without
Torah!
Also, the fact that fish's eyes never
close serve to remind us that, so
too, God's eyes (so to speak) never
close; He knows of our every move
Dedicated To:
1.Mom2.Dad3.Batsheva4.Michael5.Emily Garroway
Shana Tova From
Yehuda Solomon!