Jewish new year

New Year for Animals

Did you know that the Jewish calendar has four New Years? You probably know the one coming up in September – Rosh Hashanah, the New Year for Foreign Kings. And if we have a New Year for Foreign Kings, of course we need a New Year for Jewish Kings. You might also know the New [...]

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New Year

Jewish holidays / Judith Seid / September 28, 2019 / Jewish new year, Rosh Hashanah

It’s a new year. One of four. This one is the new year we count foreign kings’ reigns by. (This is sort of like all race horses having January 1 for their official birthdays.) A few months from now will be the new year for taxing trees. In the spring, is the new year

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