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goylentgreen:

I’ve never done anything for Rosh Hashanah–I just haven’t had a long-term community for it–but this time I feel compelled

Is there a way I can celebrate Rosh Hashanah all on my lonesome?

Suggestions for a DIY Rosh Hashanah (choose as many or as few as you wish): 

• Listen to the sound of the Shofar
• Eat something sweet like apples and honey, pomegranate, sweet challah, honey cake, apple jam, tzimmes, candied gourd, honeyed dates, baklava, etc. 
• Watch a Rosh Hashanah service being streamed online
• Do your own personal Tashlich and cast away your sins from the past year by throwing breadcrumbs into a body of water while reflecting on the year to come. 
• Make New Year’s cards and send them out to friends or family
• Make a special New Year’s resolution in regards to Judaism or Jewishness
• Light candles and say the blessing
• Read the torah portion for Rosh Hashanah or recite one of the holiday’s prayers
• Listen to Jewish music from around the world
• Read a book about Judaism or the high holidays
• Do a Rosh Hashanah-themed craft project
• Go for a hike and meditate on what the new year and being Jewish means to you
• Wish your Jewish friends and family a shana tovah!