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Campus Jewish community
celebrates Rosh Hashana
The 10-day Jewish holiday
provides a time of reflection
and spirituality for some
students at the University
By Jared Paben
News Reporter
Abram Goodstein stepped to the
Willamette River's edge clutching a
handful of Fred Meyer white enriched
bread. Ihe dark lenses of his sunglass
es concealed his eyes, but he had a
solemn expression on his face.
Goodstein held in his thoughts one
of the sins he had committed in the
past year — the custom during this
Jewish Tashlich ceremony, which is
part of the Hebrew new year Rosh
Hashana. He then mashed some of
the bread into a tightly packed ball
and tossed it into the current, repeat
ing the spiritual exercise over and over
again, each time thinking about an
other one of his past sins.
For Goodstein, a freshman anthro
pology major, and the other members
of the Oregon Hillel who gathered at
the river for Sunday's ceremony, the
casting away of the bread symbolizes
the casting away of their sins.
But in reality, the ceremony was just
the lighter side to the first three days of
Rosh Hashana, explained Hal Apple
baum, executive director of Oregon
Hillel. The 10-day process of introspec
tion started on Friday evening when
campus Jews opened the holiday with
a service that brought together about 75
people to pray, chant and sing some of
their most ancient prayers.
Hillel board member Jonathan Sei
del — who works as a rabbi and teaches
in the University Judaic studies pro
gram — led the service Friday night.
This time is "more serious than a
football game," Seidel explained to
the crowd. "It's a time of reckoning;
a time of renewal. It's really that day
of oneness, getting that balance
with yourself."
Sharon Ungerleider, an ex-director
and current board member for Oregon
Hillel, also attended the service. She
took part in singing the English and
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As part of the Rosh Hashana celebration, senior Daniel Gruber blows the shofar as senior
Rachael Osofsky intermittently calls for the traditional sound of the shofar.
Hebrew songs, some of which are the
oldest and most central to Judaism.
She also participated in reciting the Sh'
ma, which she described as the first
prayer to declare the existence of only
one god. "Hear O Israel, the Eternal is
our God. The Eternal is one," an ex
cerpt from the prayer reads.
One of the chants has a melody that
is 2,000 years old, Ungerleider said.
Seidel said Rosh Hashana is the
most important time of the year for
Jewish people.
"It's a time for beginning anew
and getting a chance to hear the in
ner voice," he said. "That introspec
tive part has grown to be the most
important part."
On Saturday morning, members of
the campus Jewish community gathered
again at the Hiilel House, located at 1059
Hilyard St, for a smaller, yet equally im
portant ceremony. They prayed, sang,
and read directly from the Torah.
About 8,000 Jewish alumni have
passed through the University, Unger
leider said. The school's Hiilel House,
which is not directly affiliated with the
school, has been active for eight years.
Information about the Hiilel can be
found at www.oregonhillel.org. There
are houses just like it on campuses
across the United States and in coun
tries across the globe.
Ironically for Goodstein, who took
the Tashlich ceremony especially seri
ously, it was a first for him. Goodstein,
an Alaska native who was bom and
raised Jewish, hadn't heard of the cere
mony until recently.
Despite that, Rosh Hashana has not
only been a time of reflection and
prayer, but a time of understanding
for Goodstein.
"What it used to mean to me is sit
ting in a service; bored out of my mind,
listening to Hebrew, which I barely un
derstood," he said. "It's more just
atonement it's understanding — that's
what I feel about these holidays now."
About 40 students and community
members also celebrated the first night
of Rosh Hashana with Chabad of Eu
gene, rabbi Asi Spiegel said. Services
took place at the River Ranch events
center in Eugene, and traditional meals
followed the celebration.
"It's a very strong beginning, the way
you start the year," Spiegel said. "By try
ing to pray and focus and meditate, it
really effects things that will come in
the new year."
Chabad will also celebrate Yom Kip
pur starting Oct. 5 with a free prefast
meal at 5:30 p.m. and services at 6:30
pm. The event will also take place at
the River Ranch events center.
Contact the people/culture/
faith reporter
at jaredpaben@daiiyemerald.com.
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