and happy isn't the right word because it is a serious holiday, but happy Yom Kippur
2006-09-19 08:56:17 · 11 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Holidays ➔ Other - Holidays
I know, I ment the happy for my Yom Kippur, becasue that is a serious holiday, I am Jewish
2006-09-19 09:02:33 · update #1
thank you though
2006-09-19 09:02:46 · update #2
L'shanah tovah to you. And you don't say Happy Yom Kippur, thats true. What you say is g'mar chatimah tovah or may you be sealed for a good year in the Book of Life.
2006-09-19 14:58:43 · answer #1 · answered by phoenix2987 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I will answer this question by explaining both holidays - Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur.
Rosh Hashanah is a happy and serious holiday.
Rosh Hashanah is the birthday of all humanity - which took place on the sixth day of creation. It is also the same day that Adam and Eve were created, ate the forbidden fruit, and were exiled from the Garden of Eden. Adam and Eve's sin brought death into the world.
Therefore it is a happy day because we are celebrating our birthday and a serious day because we are held accountable for our actions.
For Rosh Hashanah - you can say Happy Rosh Hashanah and you may also say Shana Tova in Hebrew (Good Year).
Yom Kippur is the Day of Atonement when G-d finalizes his decrees about whether or not we will live or die. It is our opportunity to repent and to influence G-d's judgment in our favor. We are fasting on this day. So we do not say Happy Yom Kippur because of the seriousness of this holiday. We say may you be written in the Book of Life (have the blessings of life).
2006-09-20 23:52:02 · answer #2 · answered by happy inside 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
L'shanah tovah tikatevi v'taihatemi
(BTW, Rosh Hashanah is celebratory...the new year..., Yom Kippur is not particularly happy... Atonment and asking G-d for your life another year...)
2006-09-19 08:58:52 · answer #3 · answered by Akkakk the befuddled 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Being happy and serious is not a contradiction. Ones wedding day is usually both happy and serious. Same goes for your first day at college etc.
Our sages emphasize strongly that one needs to express extra happiness on Rosh Hashana, to show our confidence in the bright future of the year.
HAPPY ROSH HASHANA!!!
2006-09-20 11:50:52 · answer #4 · answered by jewishanswers 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
whos Rosh Hashanah ?
2006-09-19 08:58:16 · answer #5 · answered by Big R 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Happy tuesday
2006-09-19 08:58:09 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
yeah happy yom tov too
2006-09-19 08:57:34 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
every time i ask a question, even if it's the easiest one, they can't offer me a proper informed answer on this website. What happened to people who actually make the effort to answer?
2016-08-23 07:08:28 · answer #8 · answered by lucrecia 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
uhhh,thanx,but what is that all about? How is today a holiday? I don't see any family,gifts,no school,or anything gathered infront of me,so it's not a holiday for me in that case.
2006-09-19 09:04:37 · answer #9 · answered by Jeremy 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Never thought too much about that
2016-08-08 15:21:46 · answer #10 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋