New Year

Proud to be a Jew

Embracing Faith and Unity in challenging times.

Torah Mitzion:

May the year and Its blessings begin

Already since the days of the Rishonim, it was noted that the custom is not to attach the reading of the Parashat Ki Tavo with the curses to Rosh Hashanah. Why?

5783 is over

The era of 5783 (2022-2023) is over. That is sad because, despite much unrest, there were good things in our lives in the previous year.

Bidding “Adieu” to the Old You

The rectifications required and repair of the past misdeeds are in the days of repentance that conclude with Yom Kippur.

The Daily Portion / What's your new year's resolution?

Here are a few suggestions...

Wrapping up 5783

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Wanted: A breakthrough year

Don't think prolem, think opportunity.

Standing together at the start of the New Year and Tzom Gedaliah

Among the Israeli Jewish public there is a clear and absolute majority in favor of national and traditional identity,

The last Shabbat of the year

We complain that kids are going off the derech but do we ever take a good, honest look at ourselves? Op-ed.

Thoughts for the end of summer and the new school year

The first day of school, the first week of Elul, and how we can work on the road leading from our head to our hearts and tongues.

President Herzog:

'We must make space for stories of 1.2m Russian Israelis'

On New Year’s Eve, President Isaac Herzog and the First Lady send a special Novy God greeting to Russian-speaking Israelis.

Office of the UK Chief Rabbi

What Creation can teach us about New Year's Resolutions

When Hashem created the world, He embedded clues for how to start, continue and finish a project-clues that we can use in the New Year.

2020 hindsight

If 2020 was supposed to be a year of high visual acuity and clarity, it failed miserably. Opinion.

What is Hashem planning for His people in Eretz Yisrael in 5781

Nothing of significance has ever evolved or will evolve without implicit or covert implications for the Jewish people.

Sivan Rahav-Meir/ The Daily Portion / A little commitment

The soul, too, needs a new garment for the holidayץ It is called commitment.

Marking time

The moments of our lives...do we control our calendar or does it control us?

The Daily Portion / We are important

Every one of us is unique and has a part to play in the life of the nation.

The Daily Portion - Turning dreams into reality

If we plan how to carry them out, the New Year can see the dreams we have in our hearts come to pass.

Exiled Syrian director sends New Year's greetings to Israelis

Writer and Director Kamal Alhasson blesses "our Israeli brothers" with "a year of peace, security and victory over Iran."

Rosh Hashanah eve:

About 9 million residents in Israel

Jewish population numbers about 6.744 million (74.2% of total population); Arab population - about 1.907 million (21%).

Happy New Year from around the Jewish world

Jewish Agency conveys wishes from around Jewish world for a happy New Year. At year's end, world Jewish population stands at 14.8 million.

President Rivlin calls for mutual respect in New Year message

In a recorded greeting marking the civil New Year, President Reuven Rivlin issued a call for 2017 to be a year of “mutual respect".

'Conflict here not a war against religion, but against hate'

Rivlin meets with Christian leaders in Israel ahead of New Years' to emphasize Israel's value of free speech, religion.

Watch: The IDF Wishes a Happy New Year 2015

The IDF celebrates 2015 in style, holding a special night drill to wish its supporters a happy new year.

Rabbi David Avraham Spektor of Beit Shemesh Passes Away

The rabbi, who was close to Rav Tzvi Yehuda Kook, died Monday after a long battle with cancer.

5773's Number One Names: Itai if it's a Boy, Noa if it's a Girl

Interior Ministry's Population Registry released their statistics on the Hebrew Calendar Year of 5773.

Divine Partnership for the New Year

E-Mail 'Nagger' Helps You Keep Rosh Hashannah Vows

A group of rabbis have devised a new e-mail alert service aimed at reminding people to keep their Rosh Hashannah resolutions.