On the 25th day of Elul the world came into being (Midrash – Jewish Lore).<\/p>\n
Adam, the First Man, and Chava, the First Woman, were created on the last of the Six Days of Creation, the Eve of Shabbat – This day is celebrated as Rosh HaShanah.<\/p>\n
Thus, when we say on Rosh HaShanah “Today is the Birthday of the World,” we mean that it was the Date of Creation of the first Human Beings.<\/p>\n
The Midrash (VaYikra Rabbah 29:1) tells us that on the very first Rosh HaShanah Adam and Chavah committed the very first sin. G-d judged them and forgave them. G-d said, “Just as you were judged before me on this day and emerged forgiven, so will your children be judged this day and emerge forgiven.”<\/p>\n
For this reason, G-d sees fit to judge all the people and nations of the world every year on this day.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
On the 25th day of Elul the world came into being (Midrash – Jewish Lore). Adam, the First Man, and Chava, the First Woman, were created on the last of the Six Days of Creation, the Eve of Shabbat – This day is celebrated as Rosh HaShanah. Thus, when we say on Rosh HaShanah “Today […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":730,"featured_media":40233,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[362,337],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-28192","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-months","category-rosh-hashanah"],"yoast_head":"\n