For those who aren’t familiar with the holiday, here’s a breakdown of the day known as the Jewish New Year. ... or Yom Teruah, the day of the sounding of the shofar, according to jewfaq.org.

The Jewish New Year is all about the themes of our current political moment. Forget your fancy suits and outdated liturgy. ... It’s called “Yom Teruah,” the Day of Sounding the Shofar.

T his time of year Jewish people around the world celebrate Rosh Hashanah, or the "head the year" AKA the Jewish New Year.The biblical name for this holiday is Yom Teruah, which means the day of ...

Rosh Hashanah is a seemingly a "deprived holiday." Almost nothing is written about this festival in the Torah, certainly less than about any other festival. Even the shofar is not mentioned explici ...

A Jewish man blows a shofar at the Western Wall in Jerusalem's Old City Although we are going to focus on Rosh Hashana in this article, we must first mention that this week’s parsha already ...

The biblical name for Rosh Hashanah is Yom Teruah, which means "day of shouting or blasting" and it is the first of the Jewish High Holy Days, as specified by Leviticus 23:23–25. But when is ...

However, its biblical name “Yom Teruah” means “day of shouting/blasting” and “day of shofar” — a ram’s horn customarily blown 100 times. Leviticus says very little about this feast: ...