A Shana Tova Birthday..

The Jewish New Year: Rosh Hasanah

Rosh Hashanah is the first and second days of the first Jewish month of Tishrei. It marks the beginning of the Jewish new year. The celebration of this holiday is marked with solemnity, as it is the day on which the whole world is judged for the coming year. Rosh Hashanah is the birthday of the world, as it was on this day that G-d created Man on the 6th day of creation. Every year, on this day, we proclaim G-d as our one and true King.

http://www.torah.org/learning/yomtov/roshhashanah/

As 5768 Approaches...

Next week we Jews will begin our 5768th year on this earth! Who would have believed this possible? If anyone had told Abraham that his people would be around this long he probably would have been astounded.

Imagine, we did this without beheading anyone on TV, without a single suicide bomber , without kidnapping and murdering school children, without slaughtering Olympic athletes, and without flying airplanes into skyscrapers.

We lasted this long despite 400 years as slaves in Egypt, 40 years of wandering in the desert, the mighty Roman army who nailed us to ten thousand crosses; despite the best efforts offervent Crusaders, the Spanish Inquisition, Hitler's third Reich, Stalin's gulags, Arab wars of annihilation... and 100 years of hateful terrorism, hundreds of hate-filled UN resolutions. How did we Jews do it?

We survived by concentrating our efforts on education, love of family, faith, hard work, helping one another and a passionate dedication to life no matter what evil befell us.

We hung in there in hope the rest of the world would one day overcome it's hatreds, jealousies, violence and join us in a life of cooperation and mutual respect.
We're not there yet, but we're still hopeful.

And when so many of us enter our places of worship next weekend,this is what we'll pray for with all the strength in our hearts.

Best wishes for a New Year filled with health, happiness, laughter, success, joy, and kindness-- and may this coming year bring peace and security to Israel, to the Jewish communities in the Diaspora and to our planet. 5768 and counting!

In the Blink of an Eye
A Short Aish.com Movie


http://www.aish.com/movies/ynet/BlinkofEye.asp

This video is a special Rosh Hahanah gift, brought to us by our dear sister, Batya.

Happy Birthday, Sis!

The apple of the Internet...
The posts come sharp and funny.
The blogosphere is sour and crisp
and Batya is our honey!

The beautiful Rosh Hashanah card at the top, and others, may be found at:

http://www.postycards.com/product_detail/product_id.63/search_type.browse/cat_id.5