{"id":122734,"date":"2024-09-30T17:47:34","date_gmt":"2024-09-30T21:47:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/122734///news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/122734//www.ucf.edu/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/122734//news/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/122734//?p=122734"},"modified":"2025-06-24T14:50:59","modified_gmt":"2025-06-24T18:50:59","slug":"ucf-adjunct-professor-and-rabbi-shares-insight-on-jewish-high-holy-days","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/122734///news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/122734//www.ucf.edu/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/122734//news/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/122734//ucf-adjunct-professor-and-rabbi-shares-insight-on-jewish-high-holy-days/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/122734//","title":{"rendered":"Âé¶¹Ó³»­´«Ã½ Adjunct Professor and Rabbi Shares Insight on Jewish High Holy Days"},"content":{"rendered":"

This year Oct. 2-4, Jewish people around the world will observe Rosh Hashanah. Also known as the Jewish New Year, it is the first of the Jewish High Holy Days /news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/122734/u2014 a 10-day period of introspection and repentance that takes place at the start of Tishrei, the seventh month of the Hebrew calendar, which falls during September or October. In all synagogues, a shofar /news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/122734/u2014 a ram/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/122734/u2019s horn trumpet /news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/122734/u2014 is played to remind listeners to reflect on their behavior. After services, Jewish people often return home for a festive meal of foods symbolizing the new year, such as apples dipped in honey and challah bread that is round rather than braided./news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/122734/n