Rosh Hashanah, mimiti Taun Anyar Yahudi, begins on Sept 24th at sundown. In a world of insecurity and instability, Rosh Hashana acts as a promise for hope, karapihan, freedom, and new beginnings. Rosh Hashana also acts as a holiday of symbolism. We blow the shofar, rams horn, to symbolize a wakeup call to start fresh. This idea is perpetuated by the eating of new fruits. By tasting the sweet juices of these new fruits of the earth, we can enter into the New Year in the right mindset. As we bring in the Jewish New Year here at the Y, we are celebrating our own new beginnings. For instance, our new Y Beginnings Parenting Center is dedicated to celebrating the bringing of a new life into this world, and educating new parents.
As many families come together and celebrate this holiday, a common fruit found on the table is a pomegranate. As we peel away the rough inedible exterior to reach the sweet seeds of the fruit we say the words “may our merits be multiplied like the seeds of a pomegranate.” That is all well and good, but we can learn a great deal from the peel as well. Just as the peel is an integral part of this beautiful fruit, we must understand that every person within a community has a specific purpose through their contribution.
Rosh Hashana is a time for introspection, waktos pikeun pamikiran, waktu pikeun celebrating milestones, waktos pikeun recommitment kana tujuan urang, sareng waktos pikeun ngadefinisikeun deui tujuan urang. Rosh Hashana is the time where we gather as a community and celebrate integral themes of solace, karapihan, kabagjaan, sareng kasehatan kanggo sadayana. Ieu mangrupikeun ideu anu ngalegaan wengkuan agama sareng nyabak sadayana umat manusa. Kami ngarepkeun sataun katengtreman sareng kasuksésan dimimitian di bumi, sareng ngalegaan ka komunitas urang, nagara urang, jeung dunya urang.
Kami ngarepkeun nampi berkah sareng kasabaran, sareng yén naon waé kasusah atanapi kasangsaraan anu urang alami dina taun sateuacana dirobih janten hasilna anu langkung positip.. Jalan urang nuju panyuhun sareng pamenta ieu tiasa ditingkatkeun ku pikiran sareng tindakan urang, sareng ngalangkungan amal soleh sareng kahadean. Just as we try new fruits, try a new way to fulfill your role in your community. Nyumbangkeun sababaraha duit pikeun amal bermakna, nyiapkeun tuangeun kanggo tatangga anu gering, atawa ngan saukur ngucapkeun salam ka batur di jalan. Urang sering hilap kana kumaha jerona dampak anu tiasa dilakukeun ku tindakan anu katingalina teu penting.
Pangpangna, urang ngarepkeun ngumpul salaku kulawarga. The word “family” can take many forms. Terserah masing-masing urang pikeun ngartikeun kecap ieu pikeun diri urang sorangan, melak sikina, ngajaga hubungan urang, sareng nonton kulawarga urang mekar kana bagian anu paling indah sareng integral tina kahirupan urang.
Kami di Y hoyong nyandak waktos ieu pikeun ngalegaan taun anyar anu ikhlas ka sadaya anggota sareng réréncangan anu ngawangun kulawarga urang.. Hayu waktos taun ieu janten perayaan awal anyar sareng perayaan kulawarga & komunitas pikeun sakabéh. Masing-masing anjeun ngajantenkeun urang saha kami, sarta kami jadi ngahatur nuhun nu ngidinan kami pikeun ilubiung dina kahirupan anjeun. Mugia urang dipaparinan taun amis, sataun kabagjaan jeung taun hajatan, jeung meureun taun 5775 nganteurkeun katengtreman sareng katengtreman kanggo sadayana.
