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THE ISAAC AGREE
DOWNTOWN SYNAGOGUE
Invites the community to observe
THE HIGH HOLY DAYS
Rosh Hashanah
Impress your friends and family with these
little-known facts about the Jewish New Year.
R
osh Hashanah, the Jewish
New Year, starts at sundown
on Sunday, Oct. 2. It’s known
for apples dipped in honey, record
synagogue attendance and as the
kickoff to the Days of Awe, which
culminate in Yom Kippur, the Day
of Atonement. We’re guessing that
even the most experienced holiday
observer, however, won’t know all of
these facts about the holiday:
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It’s traditional to eat a “new
fruit,” or fruit you haven’t eaten
for a long time, on the second
night of Rosh Hashanah.
This tasty custom is often observed
by eating a pomegranate, a fruit
rich in symbolism (and nutrients).
It developed as a technical solution
to a legal difficulty surrounding the
recitation of the Shehechiyanu bless-
ing on the second day of the holiday.
Use it as an excuse to scout out the
“exotic fruit” section of your grocery
store’s produce department.
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ROSH HASHANAH SERVICES
Sunday, October 2: Maariv...................................................6:30 pm
Monday, October 3: Shacharit.............................................8:30 am
Monday, October 3: Mincha/Maariv....................................6:15 pm
Tuesday, October 4: Shacharit............................................8:30 am
SHABBAT SHUVAH SERVICES
at the Downtown Synagogue
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And speaking of fruit, apples
and honey (and pomegran-
ates) aren’t the only symbolic
foods traditionally enjoyed on Rosh
Hashanah.
Other foods traditionally eaten to
symbolize wishes for prosperity and
health in the new year include dates,
string beans, beets, pumpkins, leeks
— and even fish heads. Sephardic
and Mizrachi Jews often hold Rosh
Friday, October 7: Mincha/Maariv..................................... 7:00 pm
Saturday, October 8: Shacharit...........................................9:00 am
YOM KIPPUR SERVICES
Tuesday, October 11: Kol Nidre .............................................6:15 pm
Wednesday, October 12 ........................................................9:30 am
Yizkor ....................................................12:30 pm
Mincha ................................................... 5:00 pm
N’ilah........................................................6:15 pm
Blowing of the Shofar ..................... 7:30 pm
Hashanah seders in which a bless-
ing is said for each food, and they
are eaten in a set order. If you want
to try this but are a vegetarian
or just grossed out by fish heads,
consider using gummy fish or fish-
shaped crackers instead.
3
Rosh Hashanah liturgy has
inspired at least two rock
songs. “Avinu Malkeinu,” the
prayer that means “Our Father,
Our King,” inspired Mogwai, a
Scottish post-rock-trio, to write a
20-minute epic song “My Father, My
King.” The song, which borrows the
prayer’s traditional melody, is alter-
nately soft and beautiful and loud
and raging. More famously, Leonard
Cohen’s “Who By Fire” draws on the
“Unetanah Tokef,” which many con-
sider the most important prayer in
the High Holiday liturgy.
4
Tens of thousands of
Chasidic Jews make a pil-
grimage to Ukraine for an
annual Rosh Hashanah gathering
known as a “kibbutz.”
This lively gathering, which dates
back to the early 19th century, takes
place in Uman, the town where
Nachman of Breslov, founder of the
Breslover sect and great-grandson
of the Baal Shem Tov, was buried.
Breslov believed Rosh Hashanah
was the most important holiday,
hence the timing of the pilgrimage.
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