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The new moon on Wednesday evening marks the start of Rosh Hashana, the beginning of the Jewish year 5778. Our offices will be closed on Thursday and Friday.<\/p>\nThe new moon on Wednesday evening marks the start of Rosh Hashana, the beginning of the Jewish year 5778. Our offices will be closed on Thursday and Friday.<\/p>\n
Rosh Hashana [literally, \u201chead of the year\u201d], begins a 10 day period of personal reflection, culminating in Yom Kippur. In religious services, we hear the piercing trumpet blast from a shofar [ram\u2019s horn], triggering a period of personal and communal introspection, examining the past year while looking forward to improvement in the year ahead. The family dinners usually feature a number of traditional foods, like honey [for a sweet year], but it is very different from the kind of festivities and partying that mark the transition from December 31 to January 1.<\/p>\n
It is my hope that 5778 will be marked by good health, by personal and professional growth and may it also be a year of peace for all of us.<\/p>\n
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The new moon on Wednesday evening marks the start of Rosh Hashana, the beginning of the Jewish year 5778. Our offices will be closed on Thursday and Friday. Rosh Hashana [literally, \u201chead of the year\u201d], begins a 10 day period of personal reflection, culminating in Yom Kippur. In religious services, we hear the piercing trumpet …<\/p>\n