Here we go with the answers. Although my answers are not 100% authoritative, they should be fairly complete.

Question: What is the name of the month in which Rosh Hashanah falls?
Answer: Tishrei. It is the seventh month from Nisan, the beginning of the religious calendar, and of course it is the first month on the civil calendar.

Question: What are some other names for this day (biblical or traditional)?
Answer: Yom T’ruah (Day of Sounding), Yom HaDin (Day of Judgement), Feast of Trumpets, New Year’s Day, Yom HaZikkaron (The Day of Remembering), Yom Harat Olam (The day of the birth of the world), Coronation Day (Celebrating the Kingship of Hashem)

Question: Why is Rosh Hashanah attributed as the first day of Creation?
Answer: Got a lot of good responses from this, but this is specifically what I had in mind.

The first sentence in the Bible is one with which we are all familiar: “In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth.” In Hebrew it is the following: בראשית ברא אלהים את השמים ואת הארצ. The sages tell us that it is possible to rearrange the letters of the first word of this sentence (בראשית – b’reisheet – “in beginning”), to read בתשרי א, which means “on the first of Tishrei.” So, if we use this reading, it becomes the following: “On the first of Tishrei God created the heavens and the earth.” Therefore, 1 Tishrei is thought to be the birthdate of the world (although some believe it is the birthdate of mankind).

Question: Why do we blow the shofar on this day?
Answer: There are a few reasons we blow the shofar on this day, but the obvious ones are 1) It is commanded in Scripture (Leviticus 23:24; Numbers 29:1), 2) It is to announce the new moon, 3) It is a call to assembly.

The not-so-obvious is that it is a wake-up call to pierce our hearts and souls, beckoning us to awaken our slumbering souls, reminding us of who we were and who we are to become in the following year. It is a time to take all accounts into consideration, righting wrongs and making good on vows in preparation for when the Books of Life will be shut ten days later on Yom Kippur.

Question: Why do we eat sweets on this day?
Answer: Not only do we eat sweets in order to celebrate the hopes of a sweet new year, but also as a reminder that Hashem is our provision for the upcoming year as it is said, “With honey from a rock will I satisfy you” (Psalm 81:16).

Question: What attributes of G-d are emphasized on this day?
Answer: The main attribute of Hashem emphasized on Rosh Hashanah is His Kingship. It is considered Coronation Day, and the sounding of the shofar is in recognition of His Kingship. Other attributes which are inseparably tied to Rosh Hashanah are: His Judgement and His Mercy (with the recitation of the 13 Attributes of Mercy-Exodus 34:6-7 and remembering the Akeidah-Genesis 22:1-19)

Question: What is “tashlich”?
Answer: Tashlich is a beautiful tradition based off of Micah 7:18-20, which states “You will cast [tashlich] your sins into the depths of the sea.” We go to a body of moving water (not a pond, but a living body of water) and symbolically cast our sins off by turning our pockets inside out and casting bread crumbs onto the water while reading the following passages: Micah 7:18-20; Psalm 118:5-9; Psalm 33 and Psalm 130.

Question: What is the traditional greeting for this day?
Answer: “L’shanah tovah tikatevu” (May you be inscribed for a good year), sometimes shortened to “Shanah tovah” (Good year).

Question: Why is Rosh Hashanah celebrated for 2 days, even within Israel?
Answer: A quick answer can be found here on AskMoses.com.

Question: Put the following events of this month in the correct order:
Answer:

1 Rosh Hashanah
2 Yom Kippur
3 Sukkot
4 Sh’mini Atzeret
5 Simchat Torah (Unless you are in Israel, at which time it would coincide with Sh’mini Atzeret)Similar Posts:

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Day 1
Genesis 21; Numbers 29:1-29:6

Day 2
Genesis 22; Numbers 29:1-29:6

If you don’t know, or don’t remember, this Friday night begins Rosh Hashanah / Yom T’ruah / Feast of Trumpets. It is celebrated for 2 days, and the readings for these days commemorate both the commandment to celebrate this event and the birth and binding of Isaac. What do these have in common? More than you might think…

The Talmud tells us that Rav Saadiah Gaon makes the following correlation:

The sound of the shofar is “a reminder of the Akedah, since the ram that was substituted for Isaac was caught in the thicket by its horns.” R. Abbahu said: “Why do we blow a ram’s horn [on the New Year]? The Holy and Blessed One said: ‘Sound before Me a ram’s horn so that I may remember on your behalf the binding of Isaac the son of Abraham and account it to you as if you had bound yourselves before Me.’”(Rosh Hashanah 16a)

With this in mind, we must also look to the daily liturgy as well. Every morning, the pious Jew (and some of us goy weirdos) pray from the Siddur, the Jewish prayer book. In the morning prayers we recite the Akeidah — the Binding of Isaac (Genesis 22:1-19). Before and after this reading we a blessing connected to the mitzvah of recalling the Akeidah. The concluding blessing includes the following:

“Master of the universe! May it be Your will, Hashem, our God, and the God of our forefathers, that You remember for our sake the covenant of our forefathers. Just as Abraham our forefather suppressed his mercy for his only son and wished to slaughter him in order to do Your will, so may Your mercy suppress Your anger from upon us and may Your mercy overwhelm Your attributes. May You overstep with us the line of Your law and deal with us — O Hashem, our God — with the attribute of kindness and the attribute of mercy. In Your great goodness may You turn aside Your burning wrath from Your people, Your city, Your land, and Your heritage.”

Too many times Judaism gets a bad rap, because people think that it is a religion that does not know about grace and mercy. There has never been anything further from the truth. It is obvious from this prayer that Judaism teaches that we need to reckoned to Hashem not through the just penalty of the Law that we all deserve, but rather through the grace and mercy of Hashem as expressed through the shed blood of His very own son. This is why Hashem’s Thirteen Attributes of Mercy (Exodus 34:6-5) are recited within the Rosh Hashanah prayers. We call upon the Almighty who acts in mercy on behalf of His creatures, relying upon His mercy that is displayed through His very own law. We are to “Speak and act as those who are going to be judged by the law that gives freedom.” Why? “Because judgment without mercy will be shown to anyone who has not been merciful. Mercy triumphs over judgment!” (James 2:12-13)

Let mercy triumph in your life during this season!Similar Posts:

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1. What is the name of the month in which Rosh Hashanah falls?
2. What are some other names for this day (biblical or traditional)?
3. Why is Rosh Hashanah attributed as the first day of Creation?
4. Why do we blow the shofar on this day?
5. Why do we eat sweets on this day?
6. What attributes of G-are emphasized on this day?
7. What is “tashlich”?
8. What is the traditional greeting for this day?
9. Why is Rosh Hashanah celebrated for 2 days, even within Israel?
10. Put the following events of this month in the correct order:

___ Sukkot
___ Rosh Hashanah
___ Simchat Torah
___ Yom Kippur
___ Sh’mini Atzeret

Update 09.22.06: Answers have been posted here
http://diggingwithdarren.com/blog/?p=145Similar Posts:

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