The Shulhan Aruch (O.H. 583:1), based on the Gemara (Keritut 6a), writes that one should eat certain auspicious foods on […] Read More
Category: Rosh Hashana
There is a custom to recite a special prayer when eating each of the Simanim on Rosh Hashana that alludes […] Read More
The Talmudic sage Abaye explains (Keritut 5b) that on Rosh Hashana it is auspicious to eat symbolic foods, “Simanim”, and […] Read More
The Gemara (Rosh Hashana 26b) says that any type of horn is valid for a Shofar, be it a ram, […] Read More
Strictly speaking, the Torah mandates thirty Shofar blasts on Rosh Hashana. In order to ensure that we have unquestionably fulfilled […] Read More
The blowing of the Shofar is the central Mitzvah of Rosh Hashana and whoever is blowing it must do so […] Read More