/View.info/ On the evening of September 13, 2015, the New 5776 year of the Jewish calendar begins, which counts the years since the creation of the world. The festive ceremony to mark Rosh Hashanah will begin at 6:30 p.m. at the Central Sofia Synagogue, 16 Exarch Yosif Street.
The ceremony will be attended by: Sofia Cohen, president of the Central Israeli Spiritual Council and Maxim Benvenisti, president of OEB “Shalom”. Among the invitees are representatives of the diplomatic missions, the state administration, the capital municipality, the mayor of the “Vazrazhdane” district – SO Savina Savova, municipal councilors from the SOS, representatives of other religious denominations.
Rosh Hashana (New Year) is the first of the three major holidays in the month of Tishri (the seventh month of the Jewish year). Traditionally, the holiday begins the night before with a prayer in the synagogue, after which everyone gathers around the festive table, where they are served: apples with honey – that the next year will be sweet, a fish or ram’s head – that a person should be at the head, not at the tail and other dishes that are “signs” for the coming year and for the future that awaits everyone – cabbage, leeks, pomegranates, dates, etc. On the first day of Rosh Hashanah, everyone gathers around a pool of water and performs the ritual tashlich – throwing out sins. The sound of the shofar (horn from a ram or other kosher animal) marks the beginning of the New Year. Three books are opened in heaven – “The Book of Life”, “The Book of Death” and in the third book all the others, in which the Lord records the deeds of people. The time from Rosh Hashanah (New Year) to Yom Kippur (Day of Atonement) is the most important period for Jews – 10 days in which every Jew must evaluate his deeds during the past year, reconsider his actions and change his way, and ask for forgiveness.
The holiday greeting for Rosh Hashanah is “Shana Tova!” – “Good Year!”
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