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Rosh Hashanah

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Rosh Hashanah is a celebration that marks the Jewish New Year.

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Traditional meals

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Traditional meals are often part of these celebrations.

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The Jewish calendar is a lunar calendar.

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It follows the phases of the moon.

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Number of months in most Jewish years.

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12 months

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Basis for Jewish holidays

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Jewish calendar day

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Rosh Hashanah is another New Year.

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Rosh Hashanah is the Jewish New Year.

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Rosh Hashanah literally means "the head of the year" in Hebrew.

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Rosh Hashanah usually takes place between September and October.

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Rosh Hashanah has two main ideas.

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One idea of Rosh Hashanah is to celebrate the creation of the world.

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Rosh Hashanah is a day for reflecting on past actions.

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God reviews all the good and bad a person did in the past year.

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Yom Kippur follows Rosh Hashanah.

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It occurs 10 days after Rosh Hashanah.