To All My Forum Amigos y Amigas!!!

[+ Gar1eth]

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Gman

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Rosh Hashanah

Rosh Hashanah (in Hebrew)

 

Level: Basic

 

Significance: New Year

Observances: Sounding the shofar (ram's horn trumpet)

Length: 2 Days (Some: 1 Day)

Customs: Dipping apples in honey; Casting off "sins" into a river

Greeting: L'shanah tovah! (For a good year!)

...In the seventh month, on the first of the month, there shall be a sabbath for you, a remembrance with shofar blasts, a holy convocation. -Leviticus 16:24

Rosh Hashanah occurs on the first and second days of Tishri. In Hebrew, Rosh Hashanah means, literally, "head of the year" or "first of the year." Rosh Hashanah is commonly known as the Jewish New Year. This name is somewhat deceptive, because there is little similarity between Rosh Hashanah, one of the holiest days of the year, and the American midnight drinking bash and daytime football game.

 

http://www.jewfaq.org/holiday2.htm

[marylander1940]

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Gman

 

Amigos, Amigas?

 

This ain't "5 de mayo".

 

What a bad joke?

 

Next time just google the Hebrew word for friend: chaver (male), chaverah (female).

[+ azdr0710]

What a bad joke?

 

 

no good deed goes unpunished....sorry about that, Gman.....

[+ FreshFluff]

Shana tova, everyone!

 

Maryland,

As I understand it, "Chavera" in current colloquial use connotes some kind of a romantic relationship when a man is using it to refer to a woman. The word for a platonic female friend is "yedida." Someone on this forum makes the same point: http://www.rootsoffaith.net/forum/topics/looking-to-connect-with-the

 

Anyway, I prefer "amiga."