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...week, in almost every corner of the world, skull-capped cantors put the curved Shofar (ram's horn) to their mouths and blew long, wailing blasts. Thus, Jews were called upon to take stock of their souls. It was the beginning of the two-day period of Rosh Hashana, the sacred celebration of the New Year 5710,* and the start of the ten High Holy Days which end Oct. 3 in Yom Kippur...
Resort hotels were booked solid by a younger generation to whom Rosh Hashana seemed little more than a two-day vacation. But in some Orthodox homes men received fish heads to symbolize their position as heads of families and honey was spread on bread to symbolize the coming of a sweet and fruitful year. Only in Jerusalem was there mourning-among the pious who could not hold their traditional services at the ancient Wailing Wall in the Arab-held Old City...
...horn (shofar) sounded, Jews around the world ushered in Rosh Hashana, the Hebrew New Year and 5,709 anniversary of the supposed date of the Creation...
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...Jews the President sent a message of goodwill: "It gives me special pleasure to extend cordial greetings ... on this Rosh Hashana. I trust that the New Year will bring . . . great prosperity and happiness...