Word: rosh
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...Rosh Hashanah, which began at sundown last night, marks the beginning of the Jewish calendar year. For many members of the Jewish community, the holiday is an opportunity for a new start...
Before losing ourselves in the magic of October, let us take a minute to reflect on the season that has gone by (kind of like baseball's version of Rosh HaShanah and Yom Kippur...
...Dean of Students Archie C. Epps III decided to make a change when he realized that the date conflicted with Rosh HaShana, the Jewish new year...
...face of it, Rosh HaShanah should be a joyous time for Jews. It represents the beginning of a new year, one full of possibilities that will hopefully enrich and fulfill each of us and the human community of which we are a part. But there is a disconcerting aspect of this high holiday for the modern mind...
...told in the most solemn moment of the service, the "Unetaneh Tokef," that Rosh HaShanah begins a period of divine judgment in which each man, woman and child passes in spirit before the heavenly throne to receive his or her fate. Rosh HaShanah is, then, an awesome moment of the year in the truest sense of the term--one that ought to summon feelings of humility before one's maker...