Rosh Hashana Quiz IA Fateful Year
By RABBI SAMUEL J. FOX
(Copyright 1967. 5TA Inc.)
What historical significance does the date of Rosh Hashana
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the Keren Hayesod was founded
by Dr. Chaim Weizmann and his
colleagues. It is known and re-
spected throughout the world as
Keren Ilayesod-United Israel Ap-
peal.
The results of the emergency
campaign conducted as a result of
the Six-Days War has run into
Why does the festival of Rosh Hashana occur at the beginning the hundreds of millions of dollars.
of the month while all the other major Jewish festivals occur at There have been rare manifesta-
, tions of unprecedented volunteering
the middle of the month?
From a practical standpoint it is of course most proper that a! and assistance in money and in
festival which s4inifies the beginning of the year take place on the manpower on the part of world
of the Jewry. This is an encouraging
first day of a month. It is rather odd to have the beginning claim'
harbinger of new and greater po-
year in the middle of the month. The medieval commentators
for the Karen
that the Almighty designated Rosh Hashana to take place at the I tentials in store
future. Fully cog-
beginning of the month as a means of protection to his people. When I Hayesod in the
Rosh
Hashana
to
complain
;
nizant
of
the
expanded
responsi-
approaches
the
Almighty
on
the Satan
bilities devolving upon the State
that His people sinned, the Almighty tells him "Bring witnesses. of Israel and upon the Jewish
The classic witnesses of the prosecution against the people are the sun Agency, the Keren Hayesod is
and the moon. Satan then complains that he can only find one witness, looking hopefully to the New
i.e. the Sun since the moon is sarcely visible at the beginning of the Year 5728.
month. Since two witnesses are required to prosecute human torts
History has imposed upon our
and only one is available, Satan is left handicapped. By the time generation the implementation of
the moon becomes of size, (i.e. of about the tenth of the month) and
generations
vision of all
the
Satan is ready to add the moon's testimony, the people have already the preceded
it. It
calls upon the
atoned for their sin during the ten days of Penitence and Yom Kippur that
to strengthen
of the Diaspora
and have already been forgiven. (Mahzor Vitri 373). The other Jews
Jewish unity to deepen Jewish
festivals, especially Passover and Sukkot, take place in the middle brotherliness and identification, to
of the month because the fullness of the moon at that time is a undertake Aliya to Israel, to set-
symbol of blessing and prosperity. Shavuot (which takes place on tle its still undeveloped regions.
the sixth of the month, unlike Passover which takes place on the These are the categorical impera-
fifteenth of the month) should be considered as a climax to the
Passover holiday which preceded it, since its date is always reckoned
by counting off seven weeks after the beginning of the previous
Passover festival.
What is the origin of the "Avinu Malkeinu" (our father, our
King) prayer which is offered on Rosh Hashana?
The Talmud (Tractate Ta'anit 25b) relates that Rabbi Akiva
composed the first verse of this prayer on one occasion of drought.
When he cried out "Our Father, Our King we have sinned before
Thee," the heavens opened and the rains came. Since then many
verses have been added following the style of this first verse (i.e. Our
father, our King), and these have been chanted on any day of trial,
tribulation and woe (e.g. a fast day, etc.) Rosh Hashana, and the
ten days of penitence that follow are considered days of judgment
and thus these verses are recited so that the Almighty will have
compassion on us during our hour of need. The verses towards the end
of the prayer have been composed as late as during the crusades
when there were so many innocent victims slain among our people.
We bring this to mind when we offer these prayers as if to say "we
have indeed• already been punished enough."
Best Wishes for a
Happy New Year
World Chairman, Keren Hayesod;
Member, Executive. Jewish Agency for
Israel; Rabbi Emeritus. Congregation
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have?
According to one opinion that of Rabbi Eliezer) in the Tannaitic
The ideology of "Politicide" (An-
literature the world was created on that date. (Talmud Babli, Tractate nihilation of a State) and "Geno-
Rosh Hashana 11a). Actually this seems to refer to the end of the cide" (Annihilation of a People)
creation process. it being the day that man himself was created many
directed
of the
the thinking and action of
leading office-holders
(Pesikta D'Rab Kahane where the date for the beginning of
creation is given as 25 days in Elul). The Kabbalists point out that
the and propagandists of the Arab
the Hebrew letters that go into making up the word "B'Reshit" (i.e. world, prior to the "Six-Day War"
of June,
1967.
On this
background
in the Beginning). also make up the phrase "B'Aleph Tishri" (i.e. on the
struggle
must
be seen
and
an-
the first of Tishri). Sources who point to Rosh Hashana as a day of
judgment indicate that the first man (Adam) was judged and forgiven alyzed by winners and vanquished
on this day. The Kabbalists also assert that Cain and Abel brought alike: on this background its les-
their sacrifice, on the day of Rosh Hashana (Zohar Hadash. Genesis sons must be - learned.
This is an appropriate time to
4:2). The prayer of the angels that Sarah shall bear a child
glimpse uoon
the
20 years
offered and accepted on the day of Rosh Hashana which is considered
which a preceded
the Six
Days
War.
was cast
to be the day she conceived (Pesikta Rabbati 177a). Some claim that Truthfully, it can be said that it
the sacrifice of Isaac took place on Rosh Hashana. According to the took not six days but 20 years to
Book of Jubilees (31.3) the patriarch Jacob built the altar at Beth El
on Rosh Hashana. The Zohar claims that it was on the day of Rosh win the war, 20 years of Aliya.
Hashana that Elisha prophesied the good news to the Shunamite absorption, agriculture, industry.
women telling her that she would have a child (Zohar Part I. 160b). building, development. In this
The day on which the Satan came to prosecute Job is said to be Rosh , complex network of preparation
an honorable place belongs to the
Hashana (Targum, Job 1:6).
Why is it a custom to have round hallas to eat on Rosh World Zionist Organization and
its various institutions among
Hashana?
Some claim that the roundness of the halla signifies the uni- which the Keren Hayesod-United
versality of the day, i.e. in that it is a day when all the world is Israel Appeal has played the cen- i11
judged. The form of the circle is all inclusive indicating that the tral role as the financial arm of
Almighty is the ruler of all the universe. Others claim that the the Zionist Movement ever since
roundness of the HaIla eaten on the day of Rosh Hashana is a
replica of a crown. It is on .Rosh Hashana that the Jew expresses
the distinct feeling that the Almighty is the Supreme King of the
Universe. In an allegorical sense the Jew "crowns" the Almighty on
the day of Rosh Hashana. Texts of the liturgy often refer to such a
concept during the prayers of the day of Rosh Hashana. The roundness
of the halla thus becomes a symbol of the crown indicating the
unquestionable royalty and power of the Almighty who is the sole
judge and also the sole forgiver for the human race.
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