Observing Rosh Hashanah

An Ultra-Orthodox Jew adjusts a Tefillin, also known as phylacteries, during a prayer at the Western Wall in Jerusalem's Old City, before the start the holiday of Rosh Hashana, early Sunday. Jews will mark the holiday of Rosh Hashana, or the Jewish NewThe Jewish New Year, Rosh Hashanah, began last night at sundown. To celebrate the start of a new year (per the Jewish calendar), those who observe eat a symbolic meal of apples and honey to represent hopes for sweetness in the months to

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