On Wednesday night at sundown, Rosh Hashanah began. Rosh Hashanah is the Jewish New Year, also thought to be the birthday of the world. Rosh Hashanah is a day of repentance and reconciliation, a day to make yourself right before God and man.
Some of my friends and I have decided to celebrate the Jewish holidays this year in order to more fully understand our "heritage." Rosh Hashanah is the first holiday of the season. We won't be doing everything kosher, but we want a taste. Most of all, we want to grow closer to God by celebrating the holiday He laid out in the Bible.
On Thursday night, eight of us dressed in white (the girls wearing head coverings) and walked to a nearby park. We read blessings and psalms, sang several songs, ate bread and apples dipped in honey (to signify a sweet new year), and then threw bread crumbs into the stream to symbolize God taking away our sins.
We did receive a few questioning looks and a policeman did drive slowly past us a few times, but other than that it went very well. It was very good. L'shanah tova tikatevu (may you be inscribed for a good year), my friends.
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