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[\/et_pb_text][et_pb_image align_tablet=”center” align_last_edited=”on|desktop” _builder_version=”4.27.4″ global_colors_info=”{}” alt=”Honey-Dipped Apples” title_text=”honey-dipped-apples1″ src=”https:\/\/www.kabbalah.info\/bb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/honey-dipped-apples1.jpg” align=”center” align_phone=”center”][\/et_pb_image][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][et_pb_row _builder_version=”4.16″ background_size=”initial” background_position=”top_left” background_repeat=”repeat” custom_padding=”0px|0px|0px|0px” global_colors_info=”{}” column_structure=”2_3,1_3″][et_pb_column type=”2_3″ _builder_version=”4.16″ custom_padding=”|||” global_colors_info=”{}” custom_padding__hover=”|||”][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.16″ text_font=”PT Serif||||” text_text_color=”#363636″ text_font_size=”24″ max_width=”620px” custom_margin=”10px||0px|” global_colors_info=”{}”] Rosh Hashanah<\/i>\u00a0(the \u201cbeginning\u201d or \u201chead\u201d of \u201cthe year\u201d) is the Jewish New Year, celebrated on the 1st of Tishrei (September-October) each year. As with all Jewish holidays, understanding \u00a0its complete meaning requires understanding the law of root and branch<\/a><\/font> by which spiritual causes precede their corporeal consequences. [\/et_pb_text][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.16″ text_font=”PT Serif||||” text_text_color=”#363636″ text_font_size=”20″ text_line_height=”1.5em” custom_margin=”30px||0px|” global_colors_info=”{}”]<\/p>\n According to the spiritual roots, <\/span>Rosh Hashana<\/span><\/i> marks the creation of the soul of <\/span>Adam HaRishon<\/span><\/em> (lit. \u201cThe First Man\u201d). The soul of <\/span>Adam HaRishon<\/span><\/em> is the root of every person\u2019s soul. It is where we, humanity, exist in complete unification, perfectly and harmoniously, with the higher force of bestowal and love permeating our connection to each other. <\/span><\/p>\n The soul of <\/span>Adam HaRishon<\/span><\/em> is both where we are all from and where we are all headed. The environment (called \u201cthe upper world\u201d or \u201cthe spiritual world\u201d) for this soul\u2019s existence was created in the five days leading up to <\/span>Rosh Hashana<\/span><\/i>, and on the fifth hour of the Friday, the soul of <\/span>Adam HaRishon<\/span><\/em> was created. The word \u201c<\/span>Adam<\/span><\/em>\u201d means \u201csimilarity\u201d (\u201c<\/span>Domeh<\/span><\/em>\u201d) to the higher force of bestowal and love, as the unity of all our souls in a harmonious whole is possible only through the revelation of this force of bestowal and love between us.<\/span><\/p>\n Through various actions, we became separated from our root, causal state of <\/span>Adam HaRishon <\/span><\/em>to our current branch state, called \u201cour world\u201d or \u201cthis world,\u201d which we now experience. This took place in order for us to:<\/span><\/p>\n [\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][et_pb_column type=”1_3″ _builder_version=”4.16″ custom_padding=”|||” global_colors_info=”{}” custom_padding__hover=”|||”][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.16″ text_font=”PT Sans||||” text_text_color=”#363636″ text_font_size=”18″ text_line_height=”1.5em” module_alignment=”left” custom_margin=”30px||0px|” global_colors_info=”{}”]<\/p>\n [\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][et_pb_row _builder_version=”4.16″ background_size=”initial” background_position=”top_left” background_repeat=”repeat” custom_padding=”0px|0px|0px|0px” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”4.16″ custom_padding=”|||” global_colors_info=”{}” custom_padding__hover=”|||”][et_pb_image align_tablet=”center” align_last_edited=”on|desktop” _builder_version=”4.27.4″ global_colors_info=”{}” alt=”Rosh Hashanah Diagram” title_text=”Rosh Hashanah Diagram” src=”https:\/\/www.kabbalah.info\/bb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/rosh-hashanah-diagram_F2.jpg” align=”center” align_phone=”center”][\/et_pb_image][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.16″ text_font=”PT Serif||||” text_text_color=”#363636″ text_font_size=”20″ text_line_height=”1.5em” module_alignment=”left” custom_margin=”30px||0px|” global_colors_info=”{}”]<\/p>\n While living in our world, we identify <\/span>Rosh Hashanah\u00a0<\/span><\/i>as the day when a man in this world underwent that transformation, and discovered the perfection of the upper world. It took place on the 1st of Tishrei (September-October), 5,778 years ago. This was a man who, like many of us, asked about the meaning and purpose of life. However, instead of brushing this question aside, he devotedly sought its true answer and wouldn\u2019t stop investigating until he discovered it. This man was also given the name, \u201cAdam HaRishon,\u201d due to being the first man known to humanity who made that transition, and who also wrote a book of his discoveries.<\/span><\/p>\n Therefore, <\/span>Rosh Hashanah<\/span><\/i>\u00a0signifies the beginning of change. It involves undergoing an introspection of our attitude in the previous year in relation to the attitude of bestowal and love that exists among us in our root and goal state\u2014the soul of <\/span>Adam HaRishon<\/span><\/em>: a state of connection, love of others as ourselves, and not to do to others what we hate done to ourselves. <\/span><\/p>\n Rosh Hashanah<\/span><\/i>\u00a0is an opportunity to perform this self-examination and change. The implications of this process are far reaching, and can make the difference between individuals and society living a life of suffering, insecurity and emptiness and a life of happiness, confidence and fulfillment.<\/span><\/p>\n\n
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