The New Year, which is called in Hebrew Rosh Hashonah, and is the beginning of the Jewish civil year, is kept in memory of the creation of the heavens and the earth.
It is sometimes called “Day of Judgment (Yom Hadin) because on that day we represent ourselves as being judged by God for our past lives.
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