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Dear Boys and Girls!
May you• be inscribed for a good year!
The salutation at this season of the year is
"LeShanah Tovah," and .appended to it are the
words "Tikosevu", or "Tikosev" or "Tikosevi."
The first is for plural—for more than one per-
son; the second for male singular and the third
for female singular, all meaning "May you be
inscribed for a good year!"
Unlike the civil New Year, on January 1, our
Rosh Hashanah is more solemn. We attend serv-
ices in our synagogues, we refrain from unneces-
sary hilarities, we think of our relatives, neigh-
bors and friends, and we pray for a good year
for Israel and for all mankind.
Rosh Hashanah occurs early this year. In
order to understand the irregularity of the dates
for our holydays on the civil calendar, let me
explain the calendar to you. For, our own cal-
endar is well regulated. It is based on the moon
—it is therefore called the lunar calendar—
with the Hebrew months having either 29 or 30
days. A new month begins with the new moon.
But since such months do not add up to the 365
days required for • the circle of an entire year, as
required for the earth to go around the sun,
every two or three years on our calendar re-
quires the extra month of a leap year. We always
catch up, but that is why Rosh Hashanah and all
our holidays sometimes occur early and at other
times much later. Yet, they always catch up.
And so, while Rosh Hashanah this year is
on Sept. 10 and 11, in 1954 it will be on Sept. 28
and 29.
In our schools all of you are busy prepar-
ing for the Holy Days. While they are solemn,
they are not sad. In schools there is activity—
and joyous anticipation of the great events.
Here, for instance, are two pictures of chil-
dren's Rosh Hashanah activities in Israel:
These are taken from the Impressive Calen-
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from Lion's representative at 487 Broadway, New
York 13.
Note that in the upper picture children re-
joice in writing "LeShanah Tovah" on the black-
board of their classroom. In the lower photo
the children also are planning for Rosh Hash-
anah and are reciting a Hebrew song:
"Sheket, Sheket Yeladirn,
Bakita Akhshav Lonidim,"-
meaning
"Boys and girls from every land
In Israel think that school is grand."
They are having fun. They rejoice in their
festivals and they are happy that children of
all lands come to share with them the freedom
of their new land.
All of us have a bond not only with Israel
but with Jews in all lands, with whom we wor-
ship alike. All of us observe Rosh Hashanah at
the same time. It is a spiritual unity.
THE SHOFAR'S CALL
Mrs. Elma Ehrlich Levinger has written some
of the finest stories and poems for Jewish chil-
dren. One of her fine poems is entitled "The
Shofar's Call." I am sure all of you will enjoy
reading it as much as I did. Here it is:
Within the synagogue the light is dim;
The air is hushed around;
Even the silence seems to pray until
We hear the Shofar sound.
0 Shofar, tell our souls we need not fear,
Though long and hard the way;
0 Shofar, bind us with thy sacred strain,
Till each young heart will echo Israel's pain,
And like a trumpet clear,
Sound to the world the vow we pledge anew;
To bear all-worthily the name of Jew,
Throughout the coming year!
Rosh Hashanah occurs on the first two days
of the month of Nisan. "Rosh" means "the head
of" and Hashanah" means "the year." There are
other :names for the Holy Day—all attesting to
the spirituality of the days. The Day of Mem-
orial, The Day of the Blowing of the Shofar and
The Day of Judgment are the other names for
Rosh Hashanah. When Rosh Hashanah does not
occur on the Sabbath, the Shofar is blown, fol-
lowing an ancient tradition to call together the
assembly of Israel.
On Rosh Hashanah we eat honey with our
bread—and we also dip apples in honey, to sym-
bolize our prayer that the year to come should
be a sweet year.
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Rosh Hashanah has another important mean-
ing for us. At this time of year, Jewish schools
resume their fall classes. Parents are expected
to enroll their sons and daughters in community
schools and give them a Jewish education. Our
schools conduCt an Education Month to encour-
age Jewish studies.
The responsibility is yours, too, not only your
parents'. You should discuss the question of a
Jewish education with your parents and ask
them to take you to the Hebrew school nearest
your home. It is the best way of your acquiring
knowledge about your people.
We do not make resolutions on this day, in
the ordinary sense of the word. Because we be-
lieve that people should do good at all times.
But we do forgive those'who may have spoken ill
to us or may have harmed us. Forgiveness is
among the virtues we practice for the good of
mankind and ourselves.
dar for Jewish Children, published in Israel by
Lion the Printer and available in this country
Such is the joyousness of this solemn day.
We look forward to it, we abstain from work, we
prepare for a better- life.
I wish all of you a good holiday and a good
year.
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Blow the great shofar for our freedom
And raise the banner to gather together our exiles
And bring our dispersed near from among the Gentiles
"Thy years have no limit; Thy life has no
end; inconceivable is Thy celestial glory; none
can explain Thy mysterious essence."
—From the Rosh Hashanah Liturgy
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and humbly implore Providence that peace may
rule on earth and that a spirit of justice should
dominate the hearts of men. May we see the
realization of humanity's aspirations for a bet-
ter world and for lasting amity and peace among
all nations.
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