Synagogues across Northeast Ohio and the world will soon celebrate the Jewish new year.

This year, Rosh Hashanah, set by the lunar calendar, begins on the evening of Sept. 22 and is celebrated until the evening of Sept. 24.

It is the first of the High Holy Days and begins the first 10 days of the month of Tishrei, or the 10 Days of Repentance, that lead up to Yom Kippur, the Day of Atonement, that will begin in the evening of Oct. 1, and is considered the holiest day of the year.

The most significant ritual of Rosh Hashanah is the blowing of the shofar.

The shofar, an instrument craved from the horn of an animal, often a ram, is blown on multiple occasions during multiple prayer services in synagogues during the two-day observance of Rosh Hashanah.

The purpose of the blowing of the sh

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