Research Paper On Rosh Hashanah

Starting this we decided it would be good to get in their first holiday I’ve experienced with them which was their Jewish new year also known as Rosh Hashanah which started Wednesday, September 20th through Friday, September 22. This is also the first of the High Holidays celebrated ten days before Yom Kippur. Rosh Hashanah is a two day celebration which begins on the first day of Tishrei, which is the first month of the Jewish civil year. This day marks the beginning of the year because it is held on the traditional anniversary of the creation of Adam and Eve, who are the first woman and man in the Hebrew bible. Because my patient is bed bound we watched the Jewish programs on the Tv and got to hear the sounding of the shofar which is a hollowed out ram’s horn. That night you enjoy a festive meal and the whole family came over and cooked and got to spend the first day of this celebration together. Mrs. Tina and her mother went to services the next day on Thursday, September 21 where they go over religious poems called piyyittim are added to their regular services. And the special prayer book, the mahzor is used. As I sat with my patient and watched the hosuton services on …show more content…
This was also the tenth day of Tishrei. Atonement is for personal and national sins and also sealing the fate of each other for the upcoming year. When Mrs. Tina was younger she would traditionally observe this holy day with a 24 hour fasting, abstaining from physical pleasures, refraining from work and doing intensive prayer often spending her day in synagogue services. But now she stays with her parents and celebrates the holidays from their apartment. This day they also all watched the services on the Tv where they had five prayer services. The prayer service may also include public and private confessions of sins and a unique prayer dedicated to he special Yom