{"id":1222,"date":"2013-09-04T00:59:19","date_gmt":"2013-09-04T00:59:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.aupairinamerica.com\/val\/?p=363"},"modified":"2015-02-13T21:51:41","modified_gmt":"2015-02-13T21:51:41","slug":"rosh-hashanah","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.aupairinamerica.com\/val\/2013\/09\/04\/rosh-hashanah\/","title":{"rendered":"Rosh Hashanah"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/farm7.staticflickr.com\/6139\/6194230350_2829b7fd53.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"351\" height=\"250\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Rosh Hashanah starts at sundown and is a solemn celebration of the beginning of the Jewish year.\u00a0 Synagogue services are held on Rosh Hashanah. During the services, the shofar, a ram&#8217;s horn, is sounded.\u00a0 During Rosh Hashanah special dishes are prepared. Many of the dishes contain honey which symbolizes the desire for a sweet year. A round bread represents the fullness of the year.<\/p>\n<p>Here  is a great site for children including information about the holiday  traditions, games, word searches, Hebrew vocabulary and crafts: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.akhlah.com\/jewish-holidays\/roshhashanah\/\">http:\/\/www.akhlah.com\/jewish-holidays\/roshhashanah\/<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: right\"><span style=\"color: #888888\">Photo: <span><span>Robert Couse-Baker<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Rosh Hashanah starts at sundown and is a solemn celebration of the beginning of the Jewish year.\u00a0 Synagogue services are held on Rosh Hashanah. During the services, the shofar, a ram&#8217;s horn, is sounded.\u00a0 During Rosh Hashanah special dishes are prepared. 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