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How to say happy Rosh Hashanah? Jewish New Year begins Wednesday [Video]

There are many acceptable ways to greet someone who is celebrating Rosh Hashanah.

WASHINGTON — Over the next few weeks, Jewish people around the world will gather together to observe the High Holy Days

There are two main High Holy Days, also known as the High Holidays, the first of which is Rosh Hashanah, which celebrates the Jewish New Year. 

Some of the key ways to observe Rosh Hashanah include attending synagogue services to hear the blowing of the shofar, a sacred ram’s horn, and eating apples and honey. Apples represent hopes for fruitfulness and honey symbolizes the desire for a sweet year.

Rosh Hashanah often involves a ritual called tashlich, where you throw bread onto running water to symbolically cast off sins from the past year. 

This year, for many, the emotions will be extraordinarily powerful, given that the midpoint of the 10 days spanning Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur is …

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