Mumbai's Jewish Community Welcomes Hebrew New Year 5787 With Shofar, Prayers And Reflection
Mumbai: Jews in Mumbai joined the international community in celebrations that included their weekly holiday of Sabbath on Saturday and Rosh Hashanah, their New Year, on Sunday. In the city, they gathered at different synagogues to listen to the blowing of the shofar, the sheep's horn that heralded the new year. At the 185-year-old Shaare Rason synagogue on Tantanpura Street, Khadak, near Masjid…
Mumbai's Jewish community welcomed the Hebrew New Year 5787 with shofar blowing, prayers, and reflection. The celebrations were held at multiple synagogues, with the 185-year-old Shaare Rason synagogue on Tantanpura Street being a popular gathering spot. Over 20 people attended the ceremony at Shaare Rason, marking the beginning of the Hebrew year 5787 at sundown on September 11.
Since the day fell on the Sabbath, the celebrations were pushed to the following Sunday. Sinora Kolatkar, secretary of Shaare Rason, explained that the shofar is blown 101 times to symbolize the new year and serve as a spiritual wake-up call. The Jewish high holidays, beginning with Rosh Hashanah, are a 10-day period of repentance and reflection that culminates with Yom Kippur, the Day of Atonement.
This holy day, observed for 25 to 26 hours, is the most significant in Judaism and involves fasting, prayer, and abstaining from certain activities.
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