Rosh HaShanah: Universal Meanings and Sephardic Insights

In this presentation we will discuss Rosh HaShanah as a time of  accountability and teshuvah [return, repentance] and the corresponding  symbolism of the shofar. Then, we will share a couple of Sephardic stories: ‘A shofar by another name’  and ‘A New Year in a New World’. Finally, we discuss a very unique Sephardic tradition: The Rosh HaShanah Seder.

About the speaker:

Rabbi  Dr. Shlomo Pereira is the director of adult education at the  Chabad of  Virginia, Richmond. He can be reached at shlomo@chabadofva.org. Rabbi  Pereira was a Professor of Economics and has Rabbinical ordination. He  is the author or co-author of Jewish Ethics from Portugal and other  books. He is widely published and lectures around the world on history  of Jews from the Iberian Peninsula and the Sephardic World.

In collaboration with J-RVA Jewish Studies Center, A project of Chabad of VA, Genie Milgrom, Reconectar, and SAMi Global

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