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Article: Jewish New Year's: How different from secular one?
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- Dayton Daily News
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- September 17, 2009
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DAYTON -- There are hats and horns at both New Year celebrations.
But, depending on the holiday, they'll look and sound dramatically
different.
It's about this time of year that non-Jewish friends and
colleagues begin to ask about the Jewish holidays. They're typically
apologetic because they're never certain about the dates.
Well, guess what? Jews don't know the dates either! In fact,
they're probably surreptitiously checking their calendars when you
ask the question.
That's because the secular New Year always falls on December 31
and January 1, but the Jewish New Year -- Rosh Hashana -- always
seems to be moving around.
Actually, if you go by the Jewish lunar calendar the date stays ...