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Is Rosh Hashana a remembrance or a day of remembrance?
In the musaf for Rosh Hashana there are two options for marking the day. The Artscroll Machzor reads as follows:
ותתן לנו ה אלקינו באהבה את יום [השבת הזה ואת יום] הזכרון הזה
[on a weekday - יום / on ...
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What other phrase did the rabbis use to describe "yom teruah" besides the ones below?
What other phrase did the rabbis use to describe "yom teruah" besides the ones below?
Our rabbis of blessed memory gave additional "phrases" to describe or to name our holy days.
For example, the ...
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Rosh Hashanah as a Day of Friendliness
Are there any texts or commentators which discuss the idea of Rosh Hashanah being a day of friendliness?
The Artscroll/Stone on Bamidbar 23:22 follows Rashi's understanding (Bamidbar 23:21) of "utru'...
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וכל מאמינים - essentially the same for both כ lines
The piyut Vechol Maaminim for Rosh Hashanah follows a pattern - two lines for each letter of the Hebrew alphabet, each one describing God in some way. However, the two lines for the letter Kaf seem to ...
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Why do we call the "judges" experts?
The hataras nedarim of Erev Rosh Hashanah starts with "Listen now my masters, expert judges" ("שמעו נא רבותי, דיינים מומחים").1 In practice, at least as far as I've seen, these judges are ...
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What's the difference between שמחה and חדוה?
The Gra was quoted to me (I think from the Aderes Eliyah, but I'm not sure) as saying that during the shofar blowing on Rosh HaShanna a person should be in a state of simcha and chedva.
I would like ...
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What's the fore's heaven's heaven?
In the brief prayer we recite before the עקידה each morning, and in the זכרונות blessing on ראש השנה, we ask:
ופקדנו בפקדת ישועה ורחמים משמי שמי קדם
Roughly:
and pay attention to us with an ...
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Tizku L'Shanim Rabot tovot v'umot?
I was wished this blessing today by a Spanish/Portuguese-descended friend.
What is the last word and, by extension, what does the entire phrase mean?
My friend did not know, but he said it was a ...
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The dagesh in "elo-ha" means what?
I'm not so clear on the use of the dagesh as a point of definition -- I understand some fo the pronunciation issues but not all of them either so I would appreciate any help here.
I recall learning ...
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Why no play on words for apple and honey?
The other simanim eaten on Rosh Hashana contain a play on words with the name of the food and either a wish for a good omen or a wish for bad to befall our enemies. The yehi ratzon for the apple has ...
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Why is the word Shofar somtimes spelled with a Vav and somtimes without a Vav?
There are times that the word Shofar is spelled without a Vav - for example
שמות: יט. טז.
ויהי ביום השלישי בהית הבקר ויהי קלת וברקים וענן כבד על ההר וקל שפר חזק מאד ויחרד כל העם אשר במחנה
or שמות: ...
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