Hey, welcome to WatchMojo.com, I am your host Melissa and today is Rosh Hashanah. The Jewish New Year, it is celebrated on the first day of the seventh month and kicks of a ten day period, which as with Yom Kippur. These 10 days are referred to as the days of Shofar. Rosh Hashanah is also known as the day of judgment and this is when God judges all the people and decides their faith for the year.
Now the holidays by know means one is for fasting. In fact it is quite the opposite within the abundance of food and the number food have also becomes synonymous with the holiday. The most popular is that of red apples, which are dip in honey to signify a sweet New Year. The Challah bread is also popular during the holiday. Now traditionally this is baked in the form of braide but during the holiday its shape in the form of a circle to signify the cycle of the year.
Pomegranate have also becomes synonymous with the holiday because they 613 seeds. Also the same number as the commandments so to anyone who is celebrating Rosh Hashanah have a wonderful New Year and Saratoga.
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