Erin Swanson-Davies Emerald
Boris Dolin sits on the steps of the Hillel House blowing a horn known as a shofar. Tra
ditionally the shofar was used to call villagers to services. Now, less frequently used, it is
blown in ceremonies for the Rosh Hashanah holiday.
Holiday
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Rosh Hashanah itself isn’t solely
meant to celebrate the New Year. It
has a four-fold meaning. It is the
Jewish New Year, the Day of Judg
ment, the Day of Remembrance and
the Day of Shofar Blowing.
Rabbi Tal Shachar of the Ahavas
Torah synagogue, fiugene’s Ortho
dox congregation, said that while
Rosh Hashanah is Q festive event, it
is also a day of judgment and the
prayers are representative of the
coming new year.
“It is important in deciding
everything that will happen to you
in the year. It is a day of repen
tance,” he said. It is traditional for
Rosh Hashanah to start with servic
es, including a candle-lighting cere
mony, Shachar said. Services will
begin at Ahavas Torah,, located at
3800 Ferry St., at 6:37 p.m.
Canar said that people who have
passed away are always remem
bered during Rosh Hashanah.
There are special memorial services
that are held and candles that are
lit.
The traditions of Rosh Hashanah
also include the blowing of the sho
far, a ram's horn. Shachar said the
shofar is sounded 100 times to rep
resent the acceptance of the begin
ning of the High Holy Days. •
On the first day of Rosh
Hashanah, Shachar said, Jews visit
a body of water to symbolically cast
away their sins into the water.
There are traditional greetings each
day and families gather together for
the holiday meals.
Sophomore art major Nancy
Rhodes said the first night's meal
usually begins with apples dipped
in honey, which symbolize sweet
ness and blessings for a sweet year
ahead.
Challah, the bread usually paten
on the Sabbath, is baked in a circle
as a wish that the coming year will
roll around smoothly without sor
row. It is also dipped in honey be
fore eating.
Rhodes, along with other Jewish
students, including junior unde
clared major Stacey Schwartz,
share the belief that it is harder to
make time for Rosh Hashanah be
cause as students, they are no
longer living with immediate fami
ly
“You are not forced to do certain
things, such as going to syna
gogue,” Schwartz said.
Despite the distance from loved
ones, the holiday still holds value
CC It is important in de
ciding everything that will
happen to you in the year.
It is a day of repentance.
TalShachar
Rabbi, Ahavasa Torah
synagogue
for the Jewish community on cam
pus.
“Rosh Hashanah is one of the
most important holidays of the
year,” said Stephanie-Yellin, the
Jewish Campus Service Corps Fel
low at Hillel. “It is an intense peri
od of reflection and introspection.”
Personally, Yellin said, Rosh
Hashanah is influential because her
life has changed so much in the
past year.
“I graduated from college. I
moved 3,000 miles away. I started
my first job out of college and I'm
meeting all these new people,” she
said. “It's really hard not being with
my family for Rosh Hashanah.”
Yellin said that she feels it is nec
essary for Hillel to provide a “home
away from home” for students as
they ring in the Jewish New Year.
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