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Article: sweet beginnings Rosh Hashana, the Jewish New Year, is a time of judgment, introspection, prayer and new starts
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- Dayton Daily News
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- October 3, 2005
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Honey. It's a natural way to sweeten everything from a cup of tea
to the prospects for the New Year. At sundown tonight, Jews will
begin celebrating Rosh Hashana, which means "new year" in Hebrew. The
two-day holiday is a time for introspection, prayer and food.
"It is a day of judgment," said Rabbi Hillel Fox of the Beth Jacob
Congregation in Harrison Twp. "It is our belief that God weighs our
deeds throughout the year and determines our future destiny for the
coming year. We use symbolic images such as the scale with good deeds
on one side and not good on the other. We work to have the good deeds
outweigh the bad."
The widespread use of honey at Rosh Hashana, according to the
rabbi, is ...
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