Rosh Hashanah

Recipes for traditional and meaningful Jewish new year delicacies.

The focus is on God, humanity and the relationship between the two.

The central home ritual of Rosh Hashanah consists of a special festive meal.

The Rosh Hashanah Musaf is the core of the service — and where we find its most iconic prayers and resonant themes.

Prohibitions on activities on the Jewish new year are similar to Shabbat, but with a few important differences.

The Jewish new year celebration is two days long.

Various greetings are used when wishing someone a happy Jewish new year.

How to celebrate the Jewish New Year at home.

The shofar is mentioned in the Torah. An instruction manual, straight from the sources.

The prayer that asks us to consider our mortality is an urgent call to examine our lives.

From the depths of uncertainty, this High Holiday prayer invites us to call out the steadfast faith we wish we felt.