Jeru Posted September 15, 2004 Report Share Posted September 15, 2004 !שנה טובהYou need the Hebrew ISO-Logical character encoding to see this greeting correctly. In my own transliteration, this is rendered "Šanáh Ťōváh" - Most other people would simply render it something like "Shana Tova". It's pronounced |shah-NAH toh-VAH|, and please try to keep the vowels as pure as possible, as in Spanish. It literally means "good year".But enough about the greeting; I thought I should tell you a little bit about the meaning of the holiday, Roš Hašanáh (Rosh Hashanah). This holiday marks the beginning of the Hebrew year, which is based on a lunisolar calendar and uses a leap month (for more about the Hebrew calendar, see Wikipedia: Hebrew Calendar). It is the beginning of the Jewish holiday season, which includes 10 days of repentence, concluding in Yom Kippur, the Jewish day of atonement.This holiday is characterized by the blowing of the shofar, a trumpet made from a ram's horn. During the afternoon of the first day occurs the practice of tashlikh, the symbolic casting away of sins by throwing either stones or bread crumbs into the waters. Rosh Hashanah meals often include:- Apples and honey, to symbolize a sweet new year- Pomegranates, to symbolize a year full of success as the pomegranate is full of seeds- Carrots (gezer), to symbolize a year free of draconian measures (gzeirot)- A fish's head, to symbolize fertility and success.Happy new year! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CodeOptimist Posted September 15, 2004 Report Share Posted September 15, 2004 Happy New Year, Aviv! I happened to have the Hebrew character set installed so the characters rendered correctly.Funny that you posted this; some friends of ours invited us to a Jewish congregation last Friday (I believe it was Elul 24) for their Shabbat service and they were talking about Rosh Hashanah.Shana Tova! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
akya Posted September 15, 2004 Report Share Posted September 15, 2004 happy new year Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Red_08 Posted September 15, 2004 Report Share Posted September 15, 2004 Cool Nathanael!I did somthing like that with some of our Jewish friends too last year although we did the Passover at the same time. (too busy to do it this year ) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Black Op Posted September 16, 2004 Report Share Posted September 16, 2004 Have a happy new year, Aviv! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
evilHurdle Posted September 16, 2004 Report Share Posted September 16, 2004 hmm jewish newyear. first time i've heard of it Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yiuel Posted September 16, 2004 Report Share Posted September 16, 2004 Sinnen Akemasite!There are a lot of new years around the world. The one North America and Europe mostly follow is the Gregorian year (which ends a few days after the Winter solstice, or Yüle). In Russia, and a few close countries, they have also a new year that differs of about 14 days. from the Gregorian one.In Asia, I learned that the Afghan common new year was on the Spring equinoxe. In Chinese culture, it mostly happens a month after Yule (at least for the few last years). And there are more, that I cannot remember. And you can, if you want, have your proper new year. I have mine, which usually falls 20 days before the Spring equinoxe. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rohirwine Posted September 16, 2004 Report Share Posted September 16, 2004 Shana Tova, Aviv! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Curufinwe Posted September 16, 2004 Report Share Posted September 16, 2004 (Happy Jewish New Year Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Natedog Posted September 16, 2004 Report Share Posted September 16, 2004 Shana Tova, Jeru, Happy Jewish New Year! B-) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
King Tutankhamun Posted September 16, 2004 Report Share Posted September 16, 2004 Have a Happy New Year. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Argalius Posted September 16, 2004 Report Share Posted September 16, 2004 *checks calender* Hmm, happy new year... Do you have firework too? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeru Posted September 16, 2004 Author Report Share Posted September 16, 2004 *checks calender* Hmm, happy new year... Do you have firework too? We only have fireworks on Israeli Independence Day (Iyar 15th, usually the end of April or the beginning of May). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheCobra1 Posted September 19, 2004 Report Share Posted September 19, 2004 happy new year! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Uppy Posted September 19, 2004 Report Share Posted September 19, 2004 Happy new year. Though in America new years day dosn't happen for another couple months. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeru Posted September 19, 2004 Author Report Share Posted September 19, 2004 Happy new year. Though in America new years day dosn't happen for another couple months. Thank you, Uppy, but in Israel we use both the Jewish calendar and the calendar most of the rest of the world, including the USA, uses (called the Gregorian calendar). So there's no need for the heads-up Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yiuel Posted September 19, 2004 Report Share Posted September 19, 2004 The Gregorian Year 5765?It will be a strange year, where one month will distinguish it with the Julian calendar (used in Russia, religiously). And it's 3761 years ahead!But it's still fun to compare calenders. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeru Posted September 19, 2004 Author Report Share Posted September 19, 2004 What year is it in Melville, Yiuel? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yiuel Posted September 19, 2004 Report Share Posted September 19, 2004 Well the Calendar of Melville is what I have called my personal calendar. Since its basis are my stories of Ie Ien, all dates are planned from there.We are now in the year "-0009", that means, "9 years before the Foundation of Sevy".I have counted (what a long task) the day in which we are, in a format YYYY/MM/DD-0009/07/22Since I don't have precise names for months (except for the Festaro [Feasts, in Esperanto], which is the fifth month), I won't give it's name. To calculate that date, I had to know the precise day on which the the Summer Solstice fell in Calgary (which holds the same time as the Melville Island, in reality) on year 2013 (which is the Genuine year to calibrate my calendar). Then I had to know the first day of the -9 year. Then, I could count, since the month are regularly distributed. The official beginning of my calendar is on February 25th 2013. This is the day 0000/00/00 in my calendar, called "［北島時代］元日 [Kitashima Jidai] Genniti ([Melvillian Era] Talon Day)" in Japanese.We will end a Jarkvaro [Esperanto rendering of "Olympiad"], next year, since next year will be a Jarkvarjaro [Olympiadic Year] (Bissextile year) next year. This means a 366th day will be added. The "［北島時代］元年 [Kitashima Jidai] Gennen - ([Melvillian Era] Talon Year)" is also a Jarkvarjaro.(Why did I put so much calculations in my calendar? It's because I had to link it with myself, and because it is an essential part of my story Ie Ien.) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sukkit Posted September 24, 2004 Report Share Posted September 24, 2004 Oh well, this thread is kind of old, but anyway: Shanah tovah!Cool, two words I already knew. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeru Posted September 25, 2004 Author Report Share Posted September 25, 2004 Today I observed the Yom Kippur fast, not insomuch for religious reasons but for tradition's sake. I came to the synagogue both today and yesterday for the same reason, plus for the anthropological experience. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rohirwine Posted September 27, 2004 Report Share Posted September 27, 2004 True! Saturday was Yom Kippur! Well, greetings and best wishes, even if in retard... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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