Rosh Hashanah 2009: Happy New Year

September 18, 8:35 AMParenting ExaminerKaren Deerwester

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Rosh Hashanah, the Jewish New Year, begins tonight at sunset.  Rosh Hashanah is a joyful holiday that invites everyone to reflect on how to become a better person and to celebrate the blessings of the past year. 

It isn't easy for parents to find quiet time to reflect upon the joys and challenges of family life.  But with the first blast of the shofar, parents hear what Rabbi David Englander of B'nai Torah Congregation calls the "wordless prayer" - a spiritual connection both personal and shared.  The shofar awakens sleeping spirituality. What a wonderful time to celebrate family and to make a promise to yourself, your children and your families for the new year.

Enjoy this fun video from 2006 for the Guiness Record of "simultaneous shofar blowing" (though it's no longer the Guiness record holder).

 L'shanah tovah u'metukah (To a good and sweet new year)!