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Article: Jews prepare for the 'hi' holidays; Rosh Hashana rings in the new year
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- Telegraph - Herald (Dubuque)
- Article date:
- September 16, 2006
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Pondering Judaism's annual high holidays, Rabbi James Diamond, of
Princeton University, says they could be called the "hi" holidays
because "Jews who haven't seen each other all year gather in
synagogues and temples to say 'Hi!'"
Los Angeles Rabbi Jacob Pressman, also witty, offers these
petitions in his Rosh Hashana (new year) prayer:
"May your hair, your teeth, your facelift and your stocks not
fall. And may your blood pressure, your cholesterol and your mortgage
interest rate not rise."
"May you have a spouse, or a child or a friend, or a grandchild,
who loves you, even though they really know you."
Those and more somber gleanings occur among 333 varied entries in
"Rosh Hashanah Readings: ...