Some information regarding Rosh Hashanah greeting
רֹאשׁ הַשָּׁנָה
Rosh Hashana
The Jewish New Year
for Hebrew Year 5782
Rosh Hashanah
Hebrew: ראש השנה,
literally “head of the year”,
is the Jewish Civil New Year. It is also in remembrance of Breresheet/Genesis and the day of earths re-creation, or New birth, which can be likened to our new birth in Messiah Yeshua/Jesus.
It is the first of the High Holidays or
Yamim Noraim
(“Days of Awe”),
celebrated ten days before Yom Kippur.
Rosh Hashanah is observed on the first two days of Tishrei, the seventh month of the Hebrew calendar. It is described in the Torah as יום תרועה (Yom Teru’ah, a day of sounding [the Shofar]).
The New Moon Day of the seventh month is called
‘Yom Teruah’ (יוֹם תְּרוּעָה).
This is oftentimes translated as the
‘Day of Trumpets’,
although it actually translates more like the
‘Day of Blowing,’
or the ‘Day of Shouting.’
Yom Teruah literally means the Day of the Shofar Sound.
It is also called The Feast of Trumpets.
It occurs six cycles of the new moon (i.e. six months) after Pesach on the first day of the seventh month in the Biblical calendar.
It marks the end of a long, hot, and dry summer and the beginning of the fall festivals.
Most importantly Yom Teruah is a day of
shouting and alarm
to remind men that Yom Kippurim is near.
“There are only 10 days left”
for the wicked to repent of their wickedness
and join themselves to True Israel.
Each month throughout the year the reminder,
the warning cry, has been blown;
the seventh month is coming
and soon
it will be too late to repent.
Teshuvah.
Some greetings are:
“Brachot l’shana tova ve…”
“ברכות לשנה טובה ו….”
“Greetings for a good and…year”.
“Have a happy and sweet new year”
is Shanah tovah u’metuka.
לשנה טובה תכתב. l-shanah tovah tikatev
May you be written and inscribed for a good year!
Generally, “shana tovah”
or “l’shava tova tikatev”
or “shana m’tuka”
and not the whole greeting and blessing.
There are four forms.
The correct greeting for Rosh Hashanah is
“L’shanah tovah”,
which translates to
“for a good year”.
People may also use a longer phrase, “Shanah Tovah um’tukah”,
Hebrew for “may you have a good and sweet new year.”
Both form parts of the traditional full greeting of
“L’shanah tovah tikatev v’taihatem”
L’Shanah Tovah Tikatevu: The literal Hebrew to English translation is
“May you be inscribed (in the Book of Life) for a good year.”
This traditional Rosh HaShanah greeting
wishes others a good year and is often shorted to
“Shanah Tovah” (Good Year) or “L’Shanah Tovah.”
לְשָׁנָה טוֹבָה. [To a] good year. [leʃaˈna toˈva] Hebrew.
Used as a greeting during Rosh Hashanah and the Days of Awe.
Also used, simply
” shanah tovah ” (שָׁנָה טוֹבָה),
meaning “a good year”,
or
” shanah tovah u’metukah ” (שָׁנָה טוֹבָה וּמְתוּקָה)
meaning “a good and sweet year”.
A more formal greeting commonly used among religiously observant Jews is
Ketivah VaChatimah Tovah
(Hebrew: כְּתִיבָה וַחֲתִימָה טוֹבָה), which translates as
“A good inscription and sealing [in the Book of Life]”,
or
L’shanah tovah tikatevu v’tichatemu meaning
“May you be inscribed and sealed for a good year”.
Shanah Tovah means good year, with no context.
In L’Shanah Tovah, the “L” is a Hebrew preposition
that corresponds in this case to the English preposition “for”,
and the context is the greeting
“May you be inscribed for a good year!”
טובה שאנה
Jerusalem from above.
The Golden Gate through which Messiah is believed to enter
Jerusalem.
Many believe that He may return around the day of blowing of trumpets, or that the catching away of the ecclesia will occur at this season; however Yeshua/Jesus said Himself
Matthew 24:36 But of that day and hour no one knows, not even the angels of heaven, but My Father only.
Yes we can see the day approaching and must be ready but we must remember He will come at an hour that we do not expect Him!
Luke 12:40 Be you therefore ready also: for the Son of man comes at an hour when you think not.
Luke 21:34-36. And take heed to yourselves, lest at any time your hearts be overcharged with surfeiting, and drunkenness, and cares of this life, and so that day come upon you unawares…. Matthew 24:42,44
This picture
and
the intriguing headline is worth a look:
The following video below was of interest to accompany the curious phenomena!
Link below to the post from last year as the content is always pertinent, simply change the date from 5781
to the new Hebrew Year 5782
https://www.minimannamoments.com/yamim-noraim-days-of-awe-or-high-holy-days/
https://www.minimannamoments.com/are-we-boxed-in/
further links for the Fall Appointed Times
are to be found on Home Page under heading
7 FESTIVALS/APPOINTED TIMES/FEASTS
