God’s Calendar: The True Meaning of Rosh HaShana
BLOG: God’s Calendar: The True Meaning of Rosh HaShana Amir’s commentary on the Feast of Trumpets known to the Jews as Rosh Hashana. ******************* Rosh Hashana means “The head of the year” – namely the beginning of the year. It’s the Jewish New Year. Yet Biblically the feast that we are told to be celebrating has absolutely nothing to do with the beginning of the year as it was the first day of the seventh month. “…Then the Lord spoke to Moses, saying, “Speak to the children of Israel, saying: ‘In the seventh month, on the first day of …