Prayer, reflection, repairing relationships, atonement, forgiveness, fasting, resolutions and a fresh start followed by eight days of happiness starting with what else? plenty of Jewish food. The Jewish High Holy Days cover it all, said Rabbi Nancy Wechsler-Azen of Carmichael's Reform synagogue Beth Shalom.
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Rabbi Nancy Wechsler-Azen of Carmichael's Beth Shalom synagogue blows a shofar, or ram's horn, which is sounded daily in the period leading up to Rosh Hashana.
