Rosh Hashanah, one of the High Holy Days, means the "head of the year" and is a celebration of the Jewish New Year filled with sweetness and introspection.

The holiday is considered Judaism’s most sacred day of the year, sometimes referred to as the “Sabbath of Sabbaths,” and is when Jews are closest to God and to the essence of their souls, according to ...

Rosh Hashanah, the Jewish New Year, begins a period of reflection known as the High Holidays. Yom Kippur, the Day of Atonement, is the holiest day in Judaism and involves a daylong fast. The High ...

The holiest Jewish holiday, Yom Kippur, begins at sundown today, Oct. 1, described as the Day of Atonement where fasting, prayer and repentance will take place for 25 hours. While Americans should be ...