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Rosh Hashanah celebrates the Jewish new year, and like the secular new year, the most common greeting for the holiday is “Happy New Year.” Jews will often greet one another on the holiday with the rough Hebrew equivalent, shana tovah (pronounced shah-NAH toe-VAH), which literally means “good year.”
Learn the appropriate Rosh Hashanah greetings and traditional sayings in English, Hebrew and Yiddish to wish someone a happy Jewish New Year or write in a card.
The catch-all Jewish new year greeting for the entire season is “Shanah tovah” (שנה טובה), which means “Good year.” The word “u’metuka” (ומתוקה), and sweet, is sometimes appended to the end. Here are some other greetings that you may hear: Before Rosh Hashanah, people wish each other “Ketivah v’chatima tovah ...
14 wrz 2023 · A gut yohr (אַ גוט יאָר), which means “A good year” or “Happy New Year.” This is a common way to wish someone a happy Rosh Hashanah in Yiddish.
30 wrz 2024 · Learn all about Rosh Hashanah, including Happy Rosh Hashanah greetings and sayings, dates, why the Jewish New Year is important, and more.
20 wrz 2017 · What you need to know about how to wish somebody a happy Rosh Hashanah, the Jewish New Year, including how to say the greeting in Hebrew.
