Maggie's Farm

Rosh Hashanah starts tonight. My ever-active boys sat still, watched, listened, learned, and had fun with this Lady Gaga inspired Rosh Hashanah performance. Who am I to argue with Lady Gaga anymore!

A few translations:

Days of Awe = The ten days from Rosh Hashanah to Yom Kippur, for especially intense introspection, self-correction and launching on better behaviors toward others.

Mahzor = Special holiday prayer book

Shofar = Rams horn, usually, blown from Biblical times to announce holidays, and at Rosh Hashanah to trumpet the Rebirth of the World and of us. In the Bible the day is called Yom Teruah, the day of the sounding of the shofar.

Shanah Tovah = Our greeting to others for a good year, a shortened version of "May you be inscribed and sealed for a good year."

Shanah Tovah to all from Maggie's Farm.