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The Jewish New Year <\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n


Rosh Hashanah, the 1st of the Hebrew month of Tishrei, is the true New Year, the birthday of the universe, the day that G-d created Adam and Eve. How does the Hebrew date of Rosh Hashanah correspond to the secular calendar? Well, for example, this year, Rosh Hashanah was celebrated beginning at sunset of the 15th of September and continued until nightfall on 17 September. That was the day on wich the New Year of 5785 started. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Rosh Hashanah is important for all human beings because this is the day that G-d judges everyone, as we read in the Mishnah Rosh HaShanah 1:2<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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On Rosh HaShanah, all creatures pass before Him like sheep [benei maron], as it is stated: \u201cHe Who fashions their hearts alike, Who considers all their deeds\u201d (Psalms 33:15)<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

The judgment on Rosh Hashanah, is more of a moral\/religious judgment.[1]<\/sup><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Torah\u2019s yearly cycle is important for the whole world because it makes us aware of the time plan G-d has with the world: how long it will exist, and when the world as we know it today will be changed because the Messiah will be revealed, and a new spiritual era will begin.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Western “New Year” on January 1st<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

The Gregorian solar calendar, widely used for civil affairs worldwide, took years to be universally adopted. For example, in the Netherlands, this transition spanned from 1583 to 1701, while Japan switched in 1873, Russia in 1918, and Saudi Arabia in 2016.[2]<\/sup><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

This calendar, proclaimed by Pope Gregory XIII in 1582, improved upon the Julian-Roman Calendar, still utilized in Eastern Orthodox churches today. The Julian calendar, introduced by Julius Caesar in 45 BC, was a Roman adaptation of the Egyptian calendar, which featured three seasons, divided into four months of 30 day each, which were again divided into three decades. Five more days were added to these 360 days, so that the year has 365 days. Alexander the Great promoted this Egyptian calendar throughout the Mediterranean region.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Romans, in 153 BC, added two months before March and shifted the new year’s celebration to January, named after the two-faced god Janus, who was the Roman god of beginnings. He had two faces, allowing him to look back into the past and forward into the future. Emperor Julian made slight changes, primarily renaming the months. Besides the political significance of starting the year on January 1, as it marked the consuls’ assumption of office in Rome, the Roman influence is evident in month names. For instance, September, October, November, and December, although now representing the ninth to twelfth months, were originally named for their positions in the Roman calendar (7th, 8th, 9th and 10th). [3]<\/sup><\/a> <\/sup>Despite the year beginning on Jan 1, March 25 remained New Year’s Day for many Christians, celebrating the Annunciation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Dionysius Exiguus, a Scythian monk commissioned by Pope Joannes I in 525 BCE, devised the Western calendar, separating Easter from the Jewish Passover, to create a new Easter table. [4]<\/sup><\/a> <\/sup>This was because the Pope did not want to be dependent on having to ask the Jews when to celebrate Easer. The sentiment was expressed in The Council of Nicea as follows:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The new calender separated the celebration of Easter from the Jewish Passover, stating, \u201cFor it is unbecoming beyond measure that on this holiest of festivals we should follow the customs of the Jews\u201d[5]<\/sup><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Thus,many Christian countries initially marked the new year on Easter. Over time, Western European[6]<\/sup><\/a> <\/sup>nations shifted to January 1 even before adopting the Gregorian calendar.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Celebrating the First of January<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Because the Torah\u2019s year doesn\u2019t start on January 1st<\/sup>, there is no specific reason to celebrate that date; in fact, it is a somber date for the Jews. Below are some examples of events that occurred on January 1st.<\/p>\n\n\n\n