Rosh Hashanah: The Multifaceted Celebration of Creation and Family https://mosaicmagazine.com/picks/religion-holidays/2020/09/rosh-hashanah-the-multifaceted-celebration-of-creation-and-family/

September 18, 2020 | Meir Soloveichik
About the author: Meir Soloveichik is the rabbi of Congregation Shearith Israel and the director of the Straus Center for Torah and Western Thought at Yeshiva University. His website, containing all of his media appearances, podcasts, and writing, can be found at meirsoloveichik.com.

No Jewish holiday, according to Meir Soloveichik, contains a greater diversity of themes and ideas than Rosh Hashanah, which begins tonight at sunset. While rabbinic sources state that the day commemorates the creation of mankind, the scriptural readings in the synagogue revolve around parents, children, and the drama of the human family. Drawing on a wide range of sources, Rabbi Soloveichik seeks to explain the relationship between these two themes—and much else.

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