Article: ROSH HASHANA MARKS JEWISH NEW YEAR, TIME OF REPENTANCE

PHOTO Rabbi Raphael Ostrovsky of Congregation Beth-Israel in Hammond holds a shofar. (Paul Christopher Sancya/staff photographer)

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Rosh Hashana, the Jewish New Year, bears little resemblance to the noisy revelry that accompanies celebration of the Gregorian New Year on Jan. 1. Instead, the holiday which began Wednesday evening and continues through Friday, is considered a time of solemn reflections on one's deeds of the past year and the need for repentance. Rosh Hashana, also known as the Day of Judgment, begins a 10-day holy period of self-examination that culminates in Yom Kippur, the Day of Atonement.

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