Happy New Year 5772

Rosh Hashanah  ראש השנה‎, (literally "head of the year"), is the Jewish New Year.  It started at sundown this evening.

 It is the first of the High Holidays (Yamim Noraim "Days of Awe"), celebrated ten days before Yom Kippur (Day of Atonement.)  Rosh Hashanah is described in the Torah as יום תרועה (Yom Teru'ah, a day of sounding [the Shofar]).  

 Traditional Rosh Hashanah meals usually include apples and honey to symbolize a sweet new year.   

Shana Tova is the traditional greeting on Rosh Hashanah which in Hebrew means "A Good Year." (שנה טובה)