rosh hashanah jewish new year

Rosh HashanahJewish New Year

Rosh Hashanah• The Jewish New Year is

celebrated for 2 days.• They think about all the

mistakes they have made in the last year.

• Rosh Hashanah is a fresh start.

Rosh Hashanah• They eat apples dipped

in honey.• Apples and honey are

sweet.• Jewish people eat them

to show they hope the coming year will be sweet, or good, and full of good things.

Rosh Hashanah• They go to the river.• They say a prayer.• They throw bread crumbs or pieces of

paper in the water.• This means they get rid of all their

sins: the bad things they have done.• This means they can have a fresh

start and try to be good.

Rosh Hashanah

Rosh Hashanah• They go to the

synagogue.• They pray there.• The rabbi blows a

shofar: a ram’s horn.

• They blow it 100 times!

Rosh Hashanah• They eat

lots of special food to celebrate.

Rosh Hashanah• They eat a

pomegranate. • Pomegranates have

lots of seeds.• This shows that the

people want to do lots of good things in the next year.