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GCSE Religious Studies · key term
The Jewish New Year festival, commemorating creation and beginning a period of reflection, judgement and repentance.
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Paper 1
Revise: Jewish FestivalsRosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur are often called the High Holy Days. They focus on judgement, repentance and forgiveness. Pesach remembers liberation from slavery and explores what freedom means.
Paper 3
The Jewish New Year, associated with God’s judgement, repentance and hopes for the coming year.
Revise: FestivalsRosh Hashanah is the Jewish New Year. It begins the period known as the Days of Awe, leading to Yom Kippur. This is a time to consider the past year, recognise wrongdoing and seek a fresh start through repentance.
Distinguish Rosh Hashanah, which begins the Ten Days of Repentance, from Yom Kippur, which ends them.
Distinguish Rosh Hashanah, the Jewish New Year, from Yom Kippur, the Day of Atonement.
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