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Article: ROSH HASHANA A NEW YEAR BEGINS WITH GRIEF, HOPE.(LIFESTYLE)(Column)
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- The Capital Times
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- September 18, 2001
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Byline: Jan M. Brahms Special to The Capital Times
Today - Sept. 18, 2001 - corresponds with the first day of Tishri, 5762, on the Hebrew calendar. Today is Rosh Hashana, the Jewish new year.
Today Jews all over the world gather together in synagogues, praying to God for a sweet new year, a time filled with health, happiness, goodness and peace.
Today we sing special songs and offer words of thanks and praise to God for having preserved us, bringing us to a new year. Today we eat apples dipped in honey, symbolizing sweetness in the year to come.
Today we also hear the piercing sound of the shofar, the ram's horn. The shofar is uniquely ...