Rosh Hashanah

Rosh Hashanah Liturgical Themes

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.

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.

Seven things to read in shul on the High Holidays.

Watch a High Holidays sermon from the spiritual leader of Netivot Shalom, Berkeley, CA.

The Jewish New Year calls upon us to both reach back into the past and step forward into the future.

Watch a High Holidays sermon from social worker and graduate of the Wurzweiler School of Social Work.

Watch a High Holidays sermon from the spiritual leader of Yale University in New Haven, CT.

Watch a High Holidays sermon from the president of the Hadar Institute in New York, NY.