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Jewish New Year means repenting, self-examination
By Mary Jo Howe;
Happy New Year and welcome to 5738 in the month
ofTishrei. '
That's right, it's time to be sending out those New Year
cards again-if you're a member of the Jewish community.
Rosh Hashana, the Jewish New Year, began at sunset
Monday. It is the first part of the "10 days of awe"
or the high holy days which will culminate on. Sept. 22
with the day of atonement, Yom Kippur.
"This is the most important holiday for Jews, other
than the Sabbath,' said Howard Wax, president of the
Hillel Foundation of UNL. Hillel is a Jewish student
organization.
But observing the holiday at a largely non Jewish
school can be a problem, he said.
The holiday is a time of self-examination, repent
ance for past wrongs and rededication to a more righteous
future.
5738th year
Rosh Hashana, calculated by the old Jewish lunar
calendar, marks the legendary 5738th year since creation,
but the occasion is celebrated as a 4new year" of con
science rather than a chronological measuring point, Wax
said.
Services are held morning and evening in the two
Lincoln synagogues and according to traditional Jewish
law, students must attend the services rather than school,
Wax said.
"We're (Jewish UNL students) supposed to be exempt
from classes and exams," Wax said. "But that makes it
hard to keep up with school work."
' "According to the laws, we aren't even supposed to ,
study, Wax said. Jewish students are not supposed to
write, drive a car, or read, unless the reading is for enjoy
ment not for study.
This abstinence from classes 'and studying lasts only
for the first two days of the holiday and the last day,
Yom Kippur, But that means there will be a lot of cram
ming done Wednesday night, Wax said.
Many students wUl probably go td classes rather than
observe the holiday, he added. In Jewish communities,
the schools close.
Solemn celebration
The Jewish New Year is more solemn than the regular
New Year's celebrations, Wax said. The blast of the
shofar, Hebrew for ram's horn, the world's oldest wind
instrument, marks the start of the holiday.
All Jews are required to hear the horn at the syno
gogue, Wax said. It signifies that the new year has begun,
and alerts the peop' ) to repent.
Services consist of individual prayers and a sermon.
Following the Monday night service is a traditional,
festive meal.
Hillel started a home-hospitality program this year
where UNL students are invited to tne nomes oi jews in
Lincoln for the meal following the service, Wax said.
The traditional meal begins with a yiddisft wine, a
blessing over the meal, a piece of bread to signify the meal
has begun, and then a piece oi appie aippea in noney 10
symbolize, the sweetness of the year. But that's only the
preliminaries, Wax said. A 14-course meal of chicken
soup, fish, and vegetables usually follows.
Other than the services and sending New Year's cards,
the holiday is mainly a personal observance, Wax said.
Some people will make resolutions and follow all the
traditional laws, and others may not' observe them at all
he said.
The holiday will conclude with Yom Kippur with a
24-hour fast.
ASUN agenda
ASUN will meet at 6:30
tonight- in the Nebraska
Union,
I. Roll call and approval
, of minutes
H. Senate committee re
ports III, Open forum
-Doug Zatechka , hous
ing director
IV, Old business
-Swear in Charles Mc
Grath, Student Court
V. New business
-Committee appoint
ments VI. Announcements
VII. Adjourn
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