Rosh Hashanah Has Many Names Holiday Best Wishes 'Hazel's Standard Service By I. M. GREEN (Copyright, 1965, JTA, Inc.) Complete Car Service Standard Products 18335 W. 7 Mile KE 1-9622 Happy New Year to Our Relatives and Friends Mr. and Mrs. Sol Hoberman of HOBERMAN'S PAINT STORE 4525 Grand River TE 2-2234 "Rosh Hashanah" means literally "head of the year," or as we say nowadays New Year's Day. It is celebrated for two days even in Israel, where all other holidays are only celebrated for one day, be- cause in ancient times it was not exactly known when the new moon came out to start the new month, the first day of the month of Tishri. Rosh Hashanah is a blend of feasting and atonement, of sober sins of the reflection the on past year and of oyous resolve to do better in the ye ar ahead. So on Greetings BROOKS LAWN SPRINKLER CO. 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Best Wishes to All Our Friends and Patrons Happy New Year To Our Friends and Patrons these two days one eats the tradi- tional holiday meals and goes to SIMON KLEIN & MEYER KLEIN "tashlich," to a river bank to shake off one's sins. INSURANCE AGENCY Another name for Rosh Hash- VE 7-0730 15940 W. McNichols anah is "Yom Teru'ah," the Day of the Blowing of the Ram's Horn, or shofar, because on the first day Q_SULSULSUWLSZS.2..9_,CULArn9_9 of the holiday( unless the first day Holiday Good Cheer falls on a Saturday) the shofar is blown in all synagogues. Actually the shofar is blown in all syna- gogues for a whole month before 2617 W. Grand Blvd. Rosh Hashanah, beginning with 0, TR 5-7555 the first day of Elul, which starts the sacred penitential period. Dur- ILO -01- 6111MM6=721151Mnfrtrifrrn 0 0- tnn) oaoo0 rinfirtIMICIS ing the week before Rosh Hash- anah. while it is still dark and be- fore the morning prayers begin, New Year's Greetings penitential prayers (selihoth) are these two days one eats the tradi- On Yam Kippuer the blowing of the shofar marks the end of the day-long services. 20 W. Adams Detroit, Michigan The third and fourth names of Rosh Hashanah can be regarded as linked together, and their signifi- cance is usually held to be greater than that of the other two names. Best Wishes for A Happy and Healthy New Year 1 These are the names "Yom Hazik- 1 to All Our Friends and Customers 1 karon" ("The Day of Remem- 1 brance") and "Yom Hadin," "The 1 1 Day of Judgment," which latter i name is also applied to Yom Kip- I. pur. On Rosh Hashanah, which is I 19361 SHERWOOD traditionally regarded as the day ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ 0.■=i0■0■0■ ■ ■ ■ 4■ ■ ■ of the creation of the world, God remembers all His creatures and determines the lot of human be- New Year Greetings ings during the coming year. On that day He passes judgment on all persons who are thus sum- Detroit's Finest Italian-American Cuisine moned to earnest self-judgment- The Environment Leaves Nothing to Be Desired "spiritual stock-taking," remem- brance on their own part, one 20401 W. 8 Mile Rd. might say—to atonement and to For Reservations Call — KE 5-3635 self-improvement. On Rosh Hashanah, it is be- lieved, the names of the good are written down immediately for Happy New Year good and for life, while those of the bad are blotted out forthwith from the book of life. However, the decision of God as regards those who are in-between, neither 14201 W. 8 Mile Road good nor bad, is reserved until Yom Kippur, the Day of Atone- ment, on which day the lot and fate of each are determined in ac- cordance with each one's repent- ance. Thus "Day of Remembrance" and "Day of Judgment" become virtually synonymous in the eyes of God. Once upon a time, among the Jews in the pre-Exilic period, Rosh Hashanah too had an agricultural significance, but that has long since been lost. In the days be- fore the Babylonian exile, the New Year began in the fall, since Season's Best Wishes the old harvest year concluded at that time, and the new one began. 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