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Rosh Hashanah is a Biblical holiday celebrated on the first and second days of the month Tishrei. Also known as the Day of Judgement.
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Mixing Shofar Sounds
This year we had multiple minyanim, some of which started at the same time. They all had shofar blown outside of the building. This created the possibility that people from one minyan might hear the ...
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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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Is there any source that claims a person who dies on Rosh haShanah is a Tzaddik?
I've seen multiple people tonight share a post claiming
in Jewish tradition, a person who dies on Rosh Hashanah, which began tonight, is a tzaddik, a person of great righteousness.
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Pomegranates on Rosh Hashana
The Rema (583:1) codifies the custom of eating pomegranates on Rosh Hashana as a good siman for the upcoming year, while the Ben Ish Chai (Nitzavim 1:5) says to avoid tart fruits - like pomegranates ...
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What Shabbat malachot are allowed on Rosh Hashanah(Sunday)?
I was wondering what Shabbat malachot are allowed on Rosh Hashanah(Sunday). I know that I am allowed to carry, transfer a flame, and increase a flame. Are there any other ones? I am specifically ...
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Why celebrate on Rosh HaShanah while on Yom Kippur we afflict ourselves
On the day of Rosh Hashanah we will be inscribed and on Yom Kippur it will be sealed. So why don’t we fast or repent more on Rosh Hashanah and celebrate Yom Kippur because the judgement is sealed? Why ...
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Delayed Judgement on Rosh Hashana
I heard that the judgement determined on Rosh Hashana does not start to get carried out until some date after the chagim, possibly in Marcheshvan or later. Is anyone familiar with this teaching and ...
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Yom Teruah a Rosh HaShanah and commemoration or memorial of what exactly?
The Tenach mentions that the first (day) of the seventh month (Tishri) shall be for us a solemn rest and a remembrance of blasts, a sacred occasion/convocation; no work shall be done, it shall be a ...
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Why aren't the two days of Rosh Hashannah structured as every other Rosh Hodesh? [duplicate]
I don't recall the exact location Rambam's Mishneh Torah, but he discusses that during the time of Sanhedrin, if witnesses came before sundown of the 30th day, then that day was considered Rosh Hodesh,...
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To which tzadik was revealed the melodies of the Beis Hamikdash
I recall hearing that a certain tzadik - I think it was the Maharal - was revealed to him the tunes from the Beis Hamikdash and we now use these tunes for Rosh Hashanah such as the tune for Yisgadal.
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Rosh Hashonoh. Pray for forgiveness and needs – or not?
In my copy of the Siddur HaGr”a there is an introduction to the prayers of Rosh Hashonoh. It is quite clear there that we mention neither our sins nor our needs.
Therefore our Rabbis forbade us to ...
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Musaf verses for Rosh Chodesh on Rosh Hashanah
When Ashkenazim daven a Musaf Shemoneh Esrei, they read pesukim from Parshat Pinchas, related to event of the day.
For example, if it is Shabbat, they read in the Musaf Amidah the pesukim from ...
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Where in the rabbinic writings are there examples of the word "Elul" that mean or imply "harvest" and/or "search"?
Where in the rabbinic writings are there examples of the word "Elul" that mean or imply "harvest" and/or "search"?
Which word in Aramaic means "search" that ...
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Covering a Shofar to prevent the spread of Coronavirus
Two nights ago, as part of his weekly livestream COVID update, Rabbi Dr. Glatt quoted Rav Mordechai Willig (he quoted "Poskim" but the implication was that it was Rav Mordechai Willig. Even ...
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Apparent contradiction if Elul was made full when necessary
The Gemara Rosh Hashanah 19b says:
והאמר רבי חיננא בר כהנא א"ר מימות עזרא ואילך לא מצינו אלול מעובר
לא מצינו דלא איצטריך הא איצטריך מעברינן ליה
Didn’t Rabbi Chinana bar Kahana say that Rav said: ...
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Why recite the Psalms verses out of order?
The Talmud (RH 32b) lists the three Torah verses suitable for mention in the Kingship section of Rosh Hashana's Musaf as Num 23:21, Deu 33:5 and Exo 15:18. The Tur (OC 591) among others quotes R' Hai ...
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Why does a Baal Tokeiah wear a new garment on the second day of Rosh Hashanah
I remember reading that a Baal Tokeiah is supposed to wear a new garment on the second day of Rosh Hashanah and it may have something to do with a Shechiyanu Bracha that he makes? Can someone please ...
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Can a good decree on Rosh Hashanah be rescinded?
If someone was decreed for the good on Rosh Hashanah and afterwards sinned (possibly say with nivul peh) can the good decree be rescinded?
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What happens on Hoshanah Rabbah?
On Rosh Hashanah the judgment is written.
On Yom Kippur it is sealed.
But we really have until Hoshanah Rabbah to repent. The Zohar [Tzav 31b] says that's when the judgment is delivered.
Who is ...
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Why do we say Dayanim Mumhim in Hatarat Nedarim (Canceling vows)?
The text of Hatatarat Nedarim starts like this:
שִׁמְעוּ נָא רַבּותַי דַּיָּנִים מֻמְחִים
"Please hear, expert Dayanim (court)
It's not just that usually we gather three random people to be ...
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How many tamids on Rosh Hashana? [duplicate]
In the musaf prayer on Rosh Hashana, we list the musaf offerings that they used to bring in the Temple in Jerusalem (and that we hope to bring again soon), special for Rosh Hashana. The text then ...
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Did anyone propose switching back to using date honey on Rosh-Hashanah to dip apples?
As seen from "why-use-bee-honey-on-rosh-hashana", the use of bee honey in the minhag is clearly circumstantial - the lack of "the original" honey led to use its substitute - bee honey.
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While studying for the purpose of conversion, is it acceptable to observe Yom Kippur? [closed]
I have studied Judaism on my own for a little over two years and I do have the FULL intent to ultimately convert. I live in a very rural area in the south, so Jewish communities are few and far ...
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Is Melech ever a verb?
In the Artscroll machzor (ashkenaz), in the Chazarat Hashatz for shacharit of Rosh Hashana, the piyut with the refrain "Hashem Melech, Hashem malach, Hashem yimloch le'olam va'ed" has a strange ...
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What had Hashem promised to Noach?
In the musaf of Rosh Hashana, in the Zichronot section, we say
וְגַם אֶת נֹֽחַ בְּאַהֲבָה זָכַֽרְתָּ. וַתִּפְקְדֵֽהוּ בִּדְבַר יְשׁוּעָה וְרַחֲמִים בַּהֲבִיאֲךָ אֶת מֵי הַמַּבּוּל לְשַׁחֵת כָּל ...
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Is there an approach that cuts the Teffilot on Rosh Hashanah in favor of Torah study?
It is clear from the Sugiyot Gemmorah (Brochos and Shabbos 10, here) that the lengthening the Teffilah at the expense of Torah learning was perceived negatively through many generations till late ...
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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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Maharal on Rosh Hashana and Yom Kippur
I am looking for work of the Maharal on Rosh Hashana and hopefully Yom Kipur. can someone help me?
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Why use bee honey on Rosh Hashana?
The honey in "land of milk and honey" is date honey (I believe), and yet most people use bee honey on Rosh Hashana. Does it matter what kind of honey you use at all?
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Source for Red Apples?
Rav Yisroel Reisman (Ki Savo 5775) mentions an interesting concept for dipping apples in honey,
The Mechabeir says that a sweet apple is typically red. I have seen
those who wonder of why we use ...
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Blowing the shofar in an "older" large shul
Mishnah Rosh Hashanna 3:7 says:
One who blows into a pit or a cistern or a jug, if he heard the sound
of the shofar, he has fulfilled his obligation, but if he hears the
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Songs Carlebach created from the Rosh Hashanna liturgy
Besides Simcha Lartzecha, did Shlomo Carlebach record other songs specifically from the Rosh Hashannah liturgy? If so which ones?
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Where does Breslov teach about Rosh Hashanah?
I'm looking to learn what R. Nachman of Breslov taught about Rosh Hashanah? Is there anything in Likutei Moharan? If so can you direct me to the Siman? I'm not exclusively looking for anything about ...
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Can you have almond milk on Rosh Hashana?
The custom in my community is not to eat or cook with whole nuts during Elul. But I don't know whether pulverized or otherwise disembodied nuts --for example, nuts as an ingredient in a processed food ...
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Rainbow on Rosh Hashana
The bracha on a rainbow is the subject of a disagreement on Brachos 59a. The Gemara brings זוכר הברית unattributed, Rabbi Yishmael the son of Rabbi Yochanan ben Beroka says נאמן בבריתו וקים במאמרו, ...
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Was there a bracha on blowing the silver trumpet?
The Torah mentions blowing the silver trumpet at various times during the year (e.g., RH, chagim). Was there a bracha on blowing the silver trumpets?
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Which translation is the most accurate for the phrase "העוֹנה לתפלת חסיד ידשׁן בּטוֹב חיינוּ ושׁנה טוֹבה ישׁלח לבית ישׂראל עמנוּ"?
My suggestions:
העוֹנה לתפלת חסיד
The response/answer to the prayer of a righteous person
The return to prayer of a righteous person
The season of prayer of a righteous person
ידשׁן בּטוֹב חיינוּ
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Why, in Yamim Noraim davening, do we discuss uprooting זדון instead of רעה?
There is a passage in the third bracha of Shemoneh Esrei said on Rosh HaShanah and Yom Kippur (at least in Nusach Ashkenaz) that reads as follows:
ועלותה תקפץ פיה וכל הרשעה כלה כעשן תכלה כי תעביר ...
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Exchanging presents on Rosh Hashana?
Nehemia 8:10 records that the people in Jerusalem were told to, among other things, provide food for Rosh Hashana for those who are lacking:
ויאמר להם לכו אכלו משמנים ושתו ממתקים ושלחו מנות לאין ...
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The tamid as well as the tamid in Rosh Hashana Musaf?
In the musaf amida of Rosh Hashana, at least in Nusach Ashkenaz, the list of the day's offerings concludes with the following two lines.
ומנחתם ונסכיהם כמדבר שלשה עשרנים לפר ושני עשרנים לאיל ועשרון ...
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what sources discuss dipping challah in both salt and honey or only honey during rosh hashanna?
Many people dip their bread in only honey over rosh hashanna but I was under the impression that one should dip in both salt and honey. What sources discuss either dipping in both salt then honey or ...
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What is the history and purpose behind Teki'ah Gedolah?
I am familiar with the origin and reasoning of the "regular" Tekiah blast that surrounds the shevarim, teru'ah and shevarim-teru'ah sounds.
What is the origin of the teki'ah gedolah in terms of its ...
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Why the Second day of Rosh Hashanah isn't בל תוסיף? [duplicate]
Rosh-Hashanah is clearly one day from the Torah.
As it falls on the first day of the month, in the days of keeping the Real New Moon, there's no way of informing the other places outside Jerusalem, so ...
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Hashem as the judge vs His omniscience
How can Hashem's role as the Supreme Judge on the High Holidays be reconciled with His omniscience:
On one hand, we picture Him as He weighs the Mitzvot and the sins and awaits for our Teshuvah for ...
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Hatoras Nedarim - mentioning specific examples
If one is aware of specific examples of vows or a 'minhag tov' that one undertook, then one should articulate this to at least one member of the 'judges'. Is this informing essential or does the ...
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Yom HaKaseh - Rosh HaShanah
Is it true that Rosh HaShanah is also called Yom HaKeseh, meaning “The Day of the Hiding” or “the Hidden Day.” I noticed that it’s called this way because of Tehillim 81. Is it true it’s also called ...
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Torah prohibition of Shofar on Shabbos Rosh Hashanah?
The Torah says Rosh Hashanah is a יום תרועה, a day of shofar blasts, and זכרון תרועה, a remembrance of shofar blasts. This seems like a contradiction.
The Gemara (Rosh Hashanah 29b) suggests that the ...
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(Why) is there a custom to have round challah for Rosh HaShanah?
I have noticed that the local kosher bakeries sell round challot (as opposed to their usual braided loaves) in advance of Rosh HaShanah.
Is such a custom noted in any written sources?
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Can the toke'ah practice blowing on Erev Rosh Hashannah?
For those that blow the shofar daily (except on Shabbat) throughout Ellul, common custom is not to blow on Erev Rosh Hashannah.
Does this regulation apply to all blowing, or only the one done ...
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Agreement of nouns and adjective in Rosh HaShana greeting
If addressing more than one person, would one say Ktivot V'chatimot Tovot in place of the common "k'tiva vachatima tova" to achieve agreement between the adjective and its nouns? Why or why not?
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