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Rosh Hashanah

By the Numbers
Sweet! 15 Things About Apples in Judaism

Rosh Hashanah isn’t the only time apples get the spotlight. There are plenty of other moments throughout the Jewish year when we enjoy and make use of this natural treat.
Top 6 Reasons to Hear the Shofar This Year

Sometimes the most important reason is the simplest one: We do it because G-d asked us to.
Freeman Files
This Is a Bliss Year!

We've got a Shabbat Sandwich year: Shabbat at both ends, and all the other days of the year between them.
Your Questions
Why Do People Visit the Cemetery Before Rosh Hashanah?

The cemetery is the resting place of the righteous, and prayers offered there are more readily accepted.
Essay
The Missing Shofar

What it means when the first day of Rosh Hashanah falls on Shabbat.
Quiz
Take the Binding of Isaac Quiz

Do you know how old Isaac was at the time?
Podcasts
She Prayed to Die and Learned to Live

Raised in a strict Christian home, Chaya Rivka was abused and afraid. Then she discovered her father's Jewish heritage and became a Jew herself, today living in Israel with dozens of grandchildren.
As Long as There Is Breath

A meditation on the shofar.
Voices
Where Do Lonely People Go on Rosh Hashanah?

Accepting Jews wherever they are on their life journey is hardwired into the Chabad philosophy.
Video
“The Year of the Shabbat”

Join us for a special lecture by Rabbi Yaakov Raskin of Chabad of Jamaica, who will masterfully introduce us to the unique Jewish year of 5787 with Rosh Hashanah being on Shabbat. Prepare to be inspired, and most importantly, be ready to celebrate the new Jewish year.
Learning From the Rebbe
No Work This Year!

"The holiness of Rosh Hashanah becomes one with the holiness of Shabbos, giving this Rosh Hashanah a new dimension and content, which — in view of Rosh Hashanah being the "head" of the year, as mentioned above — must influence the daily life throughout the year..."
Between coldness and heresy stands an extremely thin wall. For it is written: "G-d is a consuming fire"--G-dliness is a blazing flame.
— Rabbi Sholom DovBer of Lubavitch
Print Magazine

On Rosh Hashanah all things return to their origin.

Your soul, too, returns to its origin.

And from there you can start to rebuild your entire being.

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