Happy Rosh Hashana!

[MsMary]

A Shana Tova - a very healthy and happy New Year - to all!

[Savor Dam]

Todah, MsMary. A Shana Tova to you as well.

[aliantha]

Happy New Year to Watchers who are celebrating this week!

[MsMary]

Thanks, ali!

Shana Tova, Savor Dam!

[Avatar]

Happy Rosh Hashanah to them as celebrates it.

Yom Kippur too next week I note.

--A

[Menolly]

Yom Kippur is the final day of the "High Holidays," or "Days of Awe," but it is not really customary to wish each other a "Happy Yom Kippur" as it is the Day of Atonement. On Rosh Hashana we greet each other with L'shanah tovah ("for a good year"). This is a shortening of L'shanah tovah tikatev v'taihatem (or to women, L'shanah tovah tikatevi v'taihatemi), which means "May you be inscribed and sealed for a good year."

The ten days starting with Rosh Hashanah and ending with Yom Kippur are commonly known as the Days of Awe (Yamim Noraim) or the Days of Repentance. This is a time for serious introspection, a time to consider the sins of the previous year and repent before Yom Kippur.

One of the ongoing themes of the Days of Awe is the concept that G-d has "books" that he writes our names in, writing down who will live and who will die, who will have a good life and who will have a bad life, for the next year. These books are written in on Rosh Hashanah, but our actions during the Days of Awe can alter G-d's decree. The actions that change the decree are teshuvah, tefilah and tzedakah, repentance, prayer, good deeds (usually, charity). These "books" are sealed on Yom Kippur. This concept of writing in books is the source of the common greeting during this time is "May you be inscribed and sealed for a good year."

My understanding is traditionally between Rosh HaShana and Yom Kippur (the intermediary days) the greeting changes and we wish each other Kesiva ve-chasima tovah, which I think is basically the same as the greeting above, only since the inscribing supposedly already occurred on Rosh HaShana, this implies prayers, charity, and repentance during the intermediary days may influence the inscription.

On Yom Kippur, the greeting changes yet again to g'mar chasima tovah, which roughly translates to "may you finish with a good seal," as the books are sealed as the sun sets.

I am still only learning all of this stuff myself. MsMary is more than welcome to correct any mistakes I made, please.

[Vader]

Shana Tova

[Avatar]

Interesting Menolly. I wasn't aware that they were part of the same "cycle" or whatever.

--A

[Menolly]

Interesting Menolly. I wasn't aware that they were part of the same "cycle" or whatever.

The ten Days of Awe are the most well known, but technically, the two month period of Elul and Tishrei, including Rosh Hashana, Yom Kippur, Sukkot, Shemini Atzeret, and Sinchas Torah, is all tied together. This is what the thread in The Close which I revamp every year at this time, 60 Day Journey, is about. A time of reflection, and hopefully growth, for each individual who takes the journey.

[MsMary]

Yom Kippur is the final day of the "High Holidays," or "Days of Awe," but it is not really customary to wish each other a "Happy Yom Kippur" as it is the Day of Atonement. On Rosh Hashana we greet each other with L'shanah tovah ("for a good year"). This is a shortening of L'shanah tovah tikatev v'taihatem (or to women, L'shanah tovah tikatevi v'taihatemi), which means "May you be inscribed and sealed for a good year."

The ten days starting with Rosh Hashanah and ending with Yom Kippur are commonly known as the Days of Awe (Yamim Noraim) or the Days of Repentance. This is a time for serious introspection, a time to consider the sins of the previous year and repent before Yom Kippur.

One of the ongoing themes of the Days of Awe is the concept that G-d has "books" that he writes our names in, writing down who will live and who will die, who will have a good life and who will have a bad life, for the next year. These books are written in on Rosh Hashanah, but our actions during the Days of Awe can alter G-d's decree. The actions that change the decree are teshuvah, tefilah and tzedakah, repentance, prayer, good deeds (usually, charity). These "books" are sealed on Yom Kippur. This concept of writing in books is the source of the common greeting during this time is "May you be inscribed and sealed for a good year."

My understanding is traditionally between Rosh HaShana and Yom Kippur (the intermediary days) the greeting changes and we wish each other Kesiva ve-chasima tovah, which I think is basically the same as the greeting above, only since the inscribing supposedly already occurred on Rosh HaShana, this implies prayers, charity, and repentance during the intermediary days may influence the inscription.

On Yom Kippur, the greeting changes yet again to g'mar chasima tovah, which roughly translates to "may you finish with a good seal," as the books are sealed as the sun sets.

I am still only learning all of this stuff myself. MsMary is more than welcome to correct any mistakes I made, please.

Your information looks good to me, Menolly!

[Menolly]

Sunset tonight is the start of 5773!

♥ לְשָׁנָה טוֹבָה תֵּחָתֵמוּ וְתִכָּתֵבוּ
l'shanah tovah techatemu ve tikatevu
may you be inscribed and sealed (in the Book of Life) for a good year ♥

Because it's Rosh Hashanah - a musical video greeting

[MsMary]

Happy Rosh Hashana!

[Savor Dam]

Shana Tova!

[sgt.null]

Happy Rosh Hashana

[Menolly]

לְשָׁנָה טוֹבָה וּמְתוּקָה
L'Shana Tovah Umesukah

May each one of you and the entire world be blessed with a happy, healthy and sweet New Year, filled with only revealed good, physically & spiritually!

I Love You Rosh Hashanna video

[Avatar]

Happy Rosh Hashana guys.

--A

[Menolly]

Gmar Chasima Tova!

May you be inscribed for Good (in the Book of Life)!

[MsMary]

Happy New Year!

[MsMary]

Shana Tova!!! A very happy Jewish New Year to all, and may you have a sweet year!

I'll be busy cooking for company all day today and then will be offline for two days (tomorrow and Tuesday) in celebration of the holiday.

[Sorus]

Happy New Year!