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Many are arriving in Israel now to spend Rosh Ha’Shanah with their loved ones here.

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Shalom,

 

As the Hebrew New Year 5,781 is approaching soon, we would like to dwell on the concept of this special date. 

 

 

The words “Rosh Hashana”  רֹאשׁ הַשָּׁנָה  sound so familiar… 

“Rosh” means  head.

“Shana” – means year.

 

Rosh Hashana – literally means “Head of the Year“.

Even without the knowledge of Hebrew, just about everyone knows that Rosh Hashanah is the Jewish New Year.

Yet, there is probably much more in the concept of a “new year” than just referring to a different calendar date.

 

What is it then?

The answer to this  question may be hidden in the three-letter root of the Hebrew word “shana” – שנה. 

 

It shares the same root with the word “shinui” שִׁנּוּי– change.

 

שׁוֹנֶה – ‘Shoneh’ – different 

Thus, we can think of “Rosh Hashana” as of “Head of a Change“, head of something different in comparison to the previous year. 

So, the name “Rosh Hashana” seems to insinuate to ask the question:

 

“What’s really going to be NEW and DIFFERENT about this year?”

 

Change lays at the very heart of the Ten Days of Repentance –

עשרת ימי תשובה

period, which begins on Rosh Hashana and ends on Yom Kippur, the Day of Atonement.

We are asked to go through this process of repentance and atonement every year of our lives, and it means that there are still things we need to rectify, improve and change.

 

Widely known are the words from Albert Einstein:

 

“Insanity is doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results”.

 

This is the essence of a change. 

And we can make a decision to change, to improve, to do better and accomplish more during the coming year.

 

The Shofar tells us “A new year is waiting to begin“, but “the sort of the year” will depend on us.

 

 

If we keep on doing what we have been used to, it will be just another year.

But, if we do make a change for the better, this year will truly be NEW!

 

 

As posted previously, we have just launched our new curriculum for kindergartens.                                                                                     

 

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  !שבת שלום ושנה טובה 

 

 

Shabbat Shalom and
SHANAH TOVAH

 

 

 

                Yoel & Orly 

 

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