Image: Brightly colored logo for Jewish Gateways‘ High Holidays 2021 Logo. A pomegranate is cupped in a blue arc like a hand. A rainbow surrounds.
L’shana tova! Happy New Year! The Jewish New Year of 5782 begins at sundown on Monday night, September 6, and continues until sundown September 7.
Normally I’m a “Jew in the Pew” for High Holy Days, but this year I am pinch-hitting for Rabbi Bridget Wynne, who is recovering from an accident last week. If you’d like to join me for online services with Jewish Gateways, the registration and information for that is available on their website.
For more information about the High Holy Days I recommend reading my article High Holy Days for Beginners, 2020. The dates have changed but the information is the same.
Other ways you may hear Jews refer to these days, all correct:
- High Holidays
- Days of Awe
- Yamim Noraim (Hebrew) (ya-MEEM no-rah-EEM)
- Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur (ROSH ha-sha-NAH and YOM kee-POOR)
- “High Hols” (very informal)
- HHD’s (in tweets and other shorthand media)
Whatever you call them, I wish you a Good and Sweet New Year. May it bring you health, healing, light, and love.
L‘shana tova! Happy New Year!
Shana tova!