In 2019, with the rise of the first star on September 29, the Jewish New Year festival began - Rosh Hashanah. The holiday will continue until the evening of October 1. Jewish New Year is always celebrated in the fall. This is due to the fact that the Jewish calendar - LUNAR - SUNNY. All holidays fall on different dates.
The first month in it (Aviv or Nisan) falls on March-April of the Gregorian calendar. The seventh month of tishrei falls in September-October. 2019 is divided into two parts according to the Jewish calendar: 5779 and 5780.
The ancient Jews did not establish the new moon by astronomical calculations; it was announced solemnly according to the testimonies of witnesses who observed the appearance of a new crescent moon.
It is interesting that among the heavenly luminaries among the Jews, the HONORARY PLACE is assigned to the MOON. Why?
The moon has a characteristic feature - its visibility in the night sky changes, sometimes it reaches full concealment, while it does not disappear, and certainly appears again. Probably, it was from the Moon that the Jews borrowed the ability to be reborn and restored.
By the way, they have an interesting custom - in the days of the Jewish New Year to eat carrots, cut into circles, representing coins. This is so that the coming year will be profitable and attract money.
Who knows, maybe we need to believe it and take it "into service"
