On Rosh HashanahThe Jewish New Year, also considered the Day of Judgment. The period of the High Holidays is a time of introspection and atonement. The holiday is celebrated with the sounding of the shofar, lengthy prayers in synagogue, the eating of apples and honey, and round challah for a sweet and whole year. Tashlikh, casting bread on the water to symbolize the washing away of sins, also takes place on Rosh Hashana. it is written,
the prayerbook says,
and on Yom KippurThe holiest day of the Jewish year and the culmination of a season of self-reflection. Jews fast, abstain from other worldly pleasures, and gather in prayers that last throughout the day. Following Ne'ilah, the final prayers, during which Jews envision the Gates of Repentance closing, the shofar is sounded in one long blast to conclude the holy day. It is customary to begin building one's sukkah as soon as the day ends. it is sealed
who shall live
and who shall die
Tami Suchman, 71, peace activist,
killed on Kibbutz Be’eri, IsraelLit. ''the one who struggles with God.'' Israel means many things. It is first used with reference to Jacob, whose name is changed to Israel (Genesis 32:29), the one who struggles with God. Jacob's children, the Jewish people, become B'nai Israel, the children of Israel. The name also refers to the land of Israel and the State of Israel.
who in good time
and who by untimely death
Mohammed al-Aloul, father of four children
killed in airstrike, central Gaza
who by water
and who by fire
Yakovi and Biha Inon, burned to death,
Moshav Netiv HaAsara, Israel
who by sword
and who by wild beast
Bilal Saleh, shot dead by a settler
while harvesting olives, Al-Sawiya, West Bank
who by famine
and who by thirst
Carmella Dan, 80 and her granddaughter Noya, 12,
killed on Kibbutz Nahal Oz, Israel
who by earthquake
and who by plague
Huda Al-Sosi, member of “word artist” youth group
We Are Not Numbers, killed in airstrike, Gaza
who by strangulation
and who by stoning
Shani Louk, 21, killed at music festival near
Kibbutz Re’im, identified by skull fragment, Israel
Unidentified men, women and children buried in mass grave, Gaza
Unidentified corpses burned beyond recognition, Israel
Unidentified man crying over body of a child wrapped in a bloody sheet, Gaza
*Poem about day of judgment (“Let us ascribe holiness to this day”) recited on the Jewish High Holy Days
