This is a Traditional Emanu-El reserved-seating service with organ and choir. Services take place in the Fifth Avenue Sanctuary* and Lowenstein Sanctuary. Learn more about High Holy Days at Emanu-El.
Rosh Hashanah is both a joyous time and a period of serious religious reflection. One of the common customs of Rosh Hashanah is to eat apples dipped in honey and to wish others a “sweet” New Year. The preeminent symbol, however, is that of blowing the shofar — a “trumpet” generally made from the horn of a ram (because of its association to the binding of Isaac, the Torah portion read for Rosh Hashanah). The shofar also should be bent or curved in a shape to symbolize the bent and humbled spirit appropriate on Rosh Hashanah.
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