Rosh Hashanah, the Jewish New Year, begins Monday evening and is the start of high holidays that are a chance for a fresh look and a new opportunity, said Rabbi Yosef Wolvovsky of the Glastonbury Chabad Jewish Center .

Rosh Hashanah begins on Monday at sundown, and it concludes at nightfall on Wednesday. Yom Kippur, the Day of Atonement, begins Oct. 1

Rosh Hashanah is observed on the first two days of the Jewish new year, and it’s celebrated with candle lighting in the evenings, festive meals with sweet delicacies during the night and day, prayer services that include the sounding of the ram’s horn (shofar) on both mornings, and desisting from creative work,” according to chabad.org .

Wolvovsky said message for Rosh Hashanah, especially this year, is unity.

“A basic Jewish ide

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