Commonalities for the New Year: celebrating with different customs.(HOLIDAY SECTION)

The Jewish Advocate (Boston, MA) | September 14, 2007| | Copyright

As we approach Rosh Hashanah, a brief overview of the new year's traditions of other cultures offers interesting similarities to the Jewish New Year. These include painstaking cleaning of the home, dressing in one's finest, visits to loved ones, special foods, wishes for good luck and health, honoring ancestors, attending houses of worship, offering forgiveness, reflecting on past mistakes, and looking forward to the upcoming year with hope and determination to make life better at home and--if possible--in the world. Before the Japanese New Year on Jan. 1, houses are ...

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