exist in the world, or have existed, at least fifteen calendar, that is, different ways of dividing the time.
The Gregorian calendar, for example, adopted in many countries including Italy, determines the length of years, months and days according to the cycle of seasons, then the passage of the sun from one equinox and start counting the years From the birth of Jesus, the date of this event as the year zero.
The Islamic calendar is based instead on the motion of the moon: the months and then begin again with the new moon, over a period of 29 or 30 days and moving the beginning of seasons each year about 11 days later. The counting of years is different than the Gregorian calendar and refers all'egira, that Muhammad, who made the flight from Mecca to Medina in what we consider the 622 d. C.
In the State of Israel, next to the Gregorian calendar, is normally also used the Jewish calendar. This is lunisolar, that makes reference to both the sun and the moon alternate years 12 months to more than 13, which lasts 29 or 30 days, so the seasons and the holidays associated with them fall more or less the same period. In this calendar, counting the years is that from the creation of the world, calculated based on the recommendation contained in the Bible, circa 3760 a. C. Considering that the rabbinical tradition believes that the year one begins on October 6 3761 BC and taking into account the oscillation of the seasons, in a few days, exactly on 19 and 20 September, we will enter the year 5770.
Rosh Hashanah, literally the head of the year, contrary to what one might expect with the idea of \u200b\u200bthe most popular New Year is not a secular party and, instead, a strongly religious connotation. According to the sacred texts at the beginning of each new year, God looks at the conduct of each individual and evaluate the behavior, which will then be judged on the day of Yom Kippur. Rosh HaShanah opens, therefore, a period of ten-day-time is approximately the time between the two holidays, in which every jew examine their own behavior and seek forgiveness to the next, and to God for the wrongs committed.
features the holiday of Rosh Hashanah the sounding of the shofar at the end of the reading of the Torah. According Barah, that makes its way through the holidays of Tishrei, the first month of the new year, it is preferable to use a ram's horn in remembrance of the sacrifice of Isaac and properly curved to symbolize the reverence of heart towards God, his sound has the power to "awaken" the Jewish people.
The two days of Rosh Hashanah are considered one long day, dedicated to prayer and reflection, but not without a ritual, though it has a religious root, acquires value for the laity: it is used for example going to a stream, fountain or just a small town, and do tashlih. The tashlih is the act of emptying their pockets and throw the contents into the water if your pockets are for the religious metaphor of the soul and the content symbolizes sin be freed, for secular Jews, explains Barah, is still a good time to get rid of what limits and make resolutions for the upcoming year.
Even the table of the Rosh Hashanah Seder is rich foods and dishes that have a religious significance or is a good omen for the coming year. They are in fact part of the plates that make up the dinner on the first day a piece of meat from the head of a lamb or a fish to symbolize the supremacy in the observations, a hallah (braided bread characteristic of Shabbat) round to remember the circularity of 'year, but the pomegranate because the new year is prosperous or slices of apple dipped in honey because it is sweet.
the end of our chat, Barah wishing us goodbye "vemetukah Hashanah Tovah, a good and sweet year. We on our part, about to celebrate our first Rosh Hashanah, we hope to have the opportunity to know and celebrate here also all other celebrations of the Jewish calendar!
fpunto@hotmail.it
The Gregorian calendar, for example, adopted in many countries including Italy, determines the length of years, months and days according to the cycle of seasons, then the passage of the sun from one equinox and start counting the years From the birth of Jesus, the date of this event as the year zero.
The Islamic calendar is based instead on the motion of the moon: the months and then begin again with the new moon, over a period of 29 or 30 days and moving the beginning of seasons each year about 11 days later. The counting of years is different than the Gregorian calendar and refers all'egira, that Muhammad, who made the flight from Mecca to Medina in what we consider the 622 d. C.
In the State of Israel, next to the Gregorian calendar, is normally also used the Jewish calendar. This is lunisolar, that makes reference to both the sun and the moon alternate years 12 months to more than 13, which lasts 29 or 30 days, so the seasons and the holidays associated with them fall more or less the same period. In this calendar, counting the years is that from the creation of the world, calculated based on the recommendation contained in the Bible, circa 3760 a. C. Considering that the rabbinical tradition believes that the year one begins on October 6 3761 BC and taking into account the oscillation of the seasons, in a few days, exactly on 19 and 20 September, we will enter the year 5770.
Rosh Hashanah, literally the head of the year, contrary to what one might expect with the idea of \u200b\u200bthe most popular New Year is not a secular party and, instead, a strongly religious connotation. According to the sacred texts at the beginning of each new year, God looks at the conduct of each individual and evaluate the behavior, which will then be judged on the day of Yom Kippur. Rosh HaShanah opens, therefore, a period of ten-day-time is approximately the time between the two holidays, in which every jew examine their own behavior and seek forgiveness to the next, and to God for the wrongs committed.
features the holiday of Rosh Hashanah the sounding of the shofar at the end of the reading of the Torah. According Barah, that makes its way through the holidays of Tishrei, the first month of the new year, it is preferable to use a ram's horn in remembrance of the sacrifice of Isaac and properly curved to symbolize the reverence of heart towards God, his sound has the power to "awaken" the Jewish people.
The two days of Rosh Hashanah are considered one long day, dedicated to prayer and reflection, but not without a ritual, though it has a religious root, acquires value for the laity: it is used for example going to a stream, fountain or just a small town, and do tashlih. The tashlih is the act of emptying their pockets and throw the contents into the water if your pockets are for the religious metaphor of the soul and the content symbolizes sin be freed, for secular Jews, explains Barah, is still a good time to get rid of what limits and make resolutions for the upcoming year.
Even the table of the Rosh Hashanah Seder is rich foods and dishes that have a religious significance or is a good omen for the coming year. They are in fact part of the plates that make up the dinner on the first day a piece of meat from the head of a lamb or a fish to symbolize the supremacy in the observations, a hallah (braided bread characteristic of Shabbat) round to remember the circularity of 'year, but the pomegranate because the new year is prosperous or slices of apple dipped in honey because it is sweet.
the end of our chat, Barah wishing us goodbye "vemetukah Hashanah Tovah, a good and sweet year. We on our part, about to celebrate our first Rosh Hashanah, we hope to have the opportunity to know and celebrate here also all other celebrations of the Jewish calendar!
fpunto@hotmail.it
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