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Index][Thread Index] The question asked about Rosh Hashanah by
"Uri" was awkwardly timed -- he asked it after the 2-day
festival began, with the result that those in the best position
to give an answer were unable to do so at the time. Apparently
the questioner was unaware that on this (jointly with Yom
Kippur) most sacred day of the Jewish calendar, even Jews who
are far from strictly observant tend to abstain from such
secular activities as talking on the net..... The person who did
answer the question was in general correct, except for the
historical anachronism inherent in his comments, when he said:
>It was not called Rosh Hashana (Head of the Year) until
Mishnaic times. It known as Yom ha-Din (Day of Judgement). The
oldest name for the observance in Bible is found in Numbers
29:1, Yom Teruah (The Day of Blowing the Horn). The of the
Shofar was to call the devout to repentance before divine
judgement. The first sentence is correct; but the implication