Last Updated on September 1, 2023
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Transliteration | Hebrew | |
The last month of the year – Elul. It is a time when we prepare ourselves spiritually and emotionally for the New Year | Elul | אלול |
The first month of the Hebrew calendar. Rosh Hashanah, Yom Kippur and Sukkot are celebrated in the month of Tishrei | Tishrei | תשרי |
Prayers for forgiveness recited during the month of Elul and on the Shabbat preceding Rosh Hashanah | Slichot | סליחות |
A ram’s horn is sounded during the month of Elul, on Rosh Hashanah, and at the end of Yom Kippur | Shofar | שופר |
The 10 days of awe between Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur | Yamim Nora’im | ימים נוראים |
The 10 days of repentance – another name for the 10 days of awe | Aseret Yemei Tshuva | עשרת ימי תשובה |
Symbolic foods eaten on Rosh Hashanah | Simanim | סימנים |
“May you be inscribed (in the Book of Life) for a good year” is a traditional Rosh HaShanah greeting, and wishing each other a good year. | L’shana Tova Tikatevu | לשנה טובה תכתבו |
The New Year | Rosh Hashanah | ראש השנה |
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