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  • Ten Ways You Know Rosh Hashana in Israel is Almost Here

    09/13/2012 12:03:13 PM PDT · by jerusalemjudy · 11 replies
    Algemeiner.com ^ | September 13 2012 | Judy Lash Balint
    1. Turn on the radio any time in the weeks between the date school starts and Yom Kippur, and it’s a sure bet that on any station you’ll hear a version of Adon Haselichot (Master of forgiveness), a traditional prayer of repentance with a particularly catchy Sephardi melody, You can even download it as a ringtone… 2. Nightly selichot tours take place in the Jewish Quarter of the Old City, the Bukharan Quarter, Nachlat Shiva and Nachlaot. Swarms of Israelis who generally spend as little time as possible in any synagogue, suddenly get nostalgic about the sights and sounds of...