This year, Rosh Hashanah, the Jewish New Year, starts on the evening of October 2, five days before the one-year anniversary of the October 7 attack in Israel. Just a few days later, Jews around the world will be observing Yom Kippur, the Day of Atonement.
As it has been for the entire past year, our High Holiday experience will likely be steeped with memories and reminders of that attack, the ensuing and ongoing war, and the hostages we’re still missing.
If you’re looking for a meaningful way to incorporate and acknowledge this painful year into your celebration at home — be it your Rosh Hashanah dinner, your meal before the Yom Kippur fast or a lunch in your sukkah — we’ve created a document with six meaningful ways to observe the anniversary of October 7 at home, from additional blessings, dishes and rituals, to poems you can recite and music you can play.
We wish you a meaningful High Holiday season.
