Rosh Hashanah postcard depicting the priestly blessing : "May the Lord bless you and guard you; May the Lord make His face shed light upon you and be gracious unto you; May the Lord lift up His face unto you and give you peace."
Rosh Hashanah postcard with a portion of the Ma Tovu prayer, recited by Jews upon entering the synagogue : "How goodly are thy tents, O Jacob, thy dwellings, O Israel."
Rosh Hashanah postcard with text excerpted from the Avodah service on Yom Kippur : "They would kneel and prostrate themselves and give thanks and fall upon their faces."
Rosh Hashanah postcard depicting the ceremony of kapparot. The following is recited during the ceremony : "This is my exchange, this is my substitute, this is my atonement. This rooster will go to its death, while I will enter and proceed to a good long life and to peace."
Rosh Hashanah postcard depicting the Simchat Torah tradition of Kol HaNe'arim. The postcard includes a Yiddish poem : "Small children under the tallis / Exactly like little birds in a nest / Also keep yourselves together / As the Torah holds you fast."
Rosh Hashanah postcard with a Yiddish poem : "Make then a blessing and say Shehecheyanu / 'Who has brought us to this time' / May You guard us against every danger / And and may we have a good year once again!"
Rosh Hashanah postcard with a Yiddish poem : "'The rabbi has bid us to be happy' / Lively! With dveykes, with fire! / Out with exile! Out with worry! Out with sorrow and pain! / A sweet, new year is coming!"
Rosh Hashanah postcard depicting a festival meal. The postcard includes a Yiddish poem : "Holiday joy, holiday cheer / So much good fortune you bring to us!"
Rosh Hashanah postcard with a Yiddish poem : "The family holds a little dance / Young and old happily together / Give them, God, a beautiful year / Grant them good things fit for a king!"
Rosh Hashanah postcard with a Yiddish poem : "The grandchildren dance and wish their grandfather / They shout, they sing all in chorus : / 'Oh, dear grandfather, beloved grandfather / May you have a good, happy year!'"
Rosh Hashanah postcard with a Yiddish poem : "A hopkele for the New Year / The children with their fathers / May God grant a year / That is good and full!"
Rosh Hashanah postcard with a Yiddish poem : "How clean the house is. Mother lights the candle / And pours out her heart for the Creator / Father's face radiates joy / And he is mefalpel in Torah."
Rosh Hashanah postcard with a Yiddish poem : "Grandfather blesses him for the New Year / And whispers quietly / 'May you grow and may you bloom, child / In naches and in joy!'"
Rosh Hashanah postcard depicting a grandfather blessing his grandchildren. The postcard includes a Yiddish poem : "Grandfather blesses / He whispers quietly / 'Riches, child, / And much naches!'"
Rosh Hashanah postcard with a Yiddish poem : "And sometimes grandfather asks him / An expression from the Torah / And Motel scarcely ponders over it / And he answers without delay."
Rosh Hashanah postcard depicting a festival meal. The postcard includes a Yiddish poem : "Make the kiddush my child, light of my life - it's time / Chant it in a voice that's true / May you, my child, be a man among men / And also be a Jew."
Rosh Hashanah postcard depicting a celebratory dance. The postcard includes a Yiddish poem : "No more doom and gloom! / Dance, sing and praise the Creator / Great is He beyond measure! / Marvels and miracles He performs / From the yoke of exile He will redeem us / In the coming year."
Rosh Hashanah postcard with a Yiddish poem : "'…You have chosen us from among the nations' / And we extol and praise You / God, may the New Year / Increase and raise us up!"
Rosh Hashanah postcard with a Yiddish poem : "Make then a blessing and say Shehecheyanu / 'Who has brought us to this time' / May You guard us against every danger / And and may we have a good year once again!"
Rosh Hashanah postcard depicting going to synagogue. The postcard includes a Yiddish poem : "Go, Jews, go into God's house / And pray for a good year to come in!"
Rosh Hashanah postcard depicting Hayom T'amtzenu, a litany that concludes the Musaf service of both Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur : "Today, may you strengthen us."
Rosh Hashanah postcard depicting a bris (circumcision). The postcard inclues a Yiddish poem : "A child, a little boy is born / May happiness and long years be his! / A child, a naches, sugar-sweet / Today was his bris."
Rosh Hashanah postcard with a Yiddish poem : "From the chuppah! From the chuppah! / Play louder fiddle, flutes! / Make way for the groom and bride! / May happiness accompany your love!"
Rosh Hashanah postcard with a Yiddish poem : "The maiden becomes a bride soon / A chuppah is put in place / 'Behold! You are…' whispers Motel / And happy is his world!"
Rosh Hashanah postcard with a Yiddish poem : "Bride, may this year be for you / One of absolute happiness / One of love, loyalty, sunshine / And sweet moments."
Rosh Hashanah postcard with a portion of the Ma Tovu prayer, recited by Jews upon entering the synagogue : "But as for me, let my prayer be unto Thee, O Lord, in an acceptable time; answer me with the truth of Thy salvation."
Rosh Hashanah postcard with a Yiddish poem : "And his name is called Motel / A little boy full of grace / Mother pushes him in the carriage / Her naches, her crown."
Rosh Hashanah postcard with a Yiddish poem : "And his name is called Motel / A little boy full of grace / Mother pushes him in the carriage / Her naches, her crown."
Rosh Hashanah postcard with a Yiddish poem : "The years go on / Through joy, and through pain / Motel already has a sister / And he plays with her quite nicely."
Rosh Hashanah postcard with an excerpt of the Al Chet confession of sins recited during Yom Kippur services : "For the sin which we have committed before You in business dealings."
Rosh Hashanah postcard by Hayyim Goldberg depicting a group of boys reciting the Shema Yisrael at the bedside of a kimpeturin, a mother recovering after childbirth.
Rosh Hashanah postcard depicting the ceremony of tashlikh. The postcard includes a Yiddish poem : "No matter how great the transgression / No matter how grave the sin / Gather them all together now / And cast them, God, into the sea."
Rosh Hashanah postcard with a Yiddish poem : "Grandfather, grandmother, mother, children / Draw near one to another / Gives us, God, a good year! / Make us free from care and need."
Rosh Hashanah postcard with a Yiddish poem : "Three generations sit here now / A generation sits with a generation… / Grant them all, dear God / A good and happy year!"
Rosh Hashanah postcard by Hayyim Goldberg depicting a festival meal. The postcard includes a Yiddish poem : "'L'chaim!' L'shalom! / May it be absolutely / A year, which one should / Remember for good!"
Anti-Nazi Rosh Hashanah postcard depicting the ceremony of kapparot, with Hitler's head in place of the rooster's head. The postcard includes a Yiddish poem : "And a new, sweet year comes / Then we will shlogn kapores / With every one of Hitler's men / With all troubles and afflications."
Rosh Hashanah postcard depicting charity given on Erev Yom Kippur. The postcard includes a Yiddish poem : "In virtue of the charity we give / No matter when, no matter how small or large / Inscribe us God, in the Book of Life / And nevermore may it be erased."
Rosh Hashanah postcard depicting charity given on Erev Yom Kippur. The postcard includes a Yiddish poem : "In virtue of the charity we give / No matter when, no matter how small or large / Inscribe us God, in the Book of Life / And nevermore may it be erased."
Rosh Hashanah postcard by Hayyim Goldberg depicting Motzei Yom Kippur. The postcard includes a Yiddish poem : "The fast is over. We have come from shul / Hearts are full with comfort and hope / We mark a happy New Year / Sitting around the table eating and drinking / "Who distinguishes between sacred..." the gramophone sings / And we breathe cheerfully, freely."
Rosh Hashanah postcard by Hayyim Goldberg depicting the ceremony of Kiddush. The postcard includes a Yiddish poem : "You have chosen us from among the nations / Of all people, God, you have placed us higher / You have given us holidays good and beautiful / I will lift the cup of wine for You."
Rosh Hashanah postcard by Hayyim Goldberg with a Yiddish poem : "I beg your pardon, Father God, please! / The spark, in those who have it, has been already been long yearning / For Your shofar of the Messiah!"
Rosh Hashanah postcard depicting Torah study on the Sabbath. The postcard includes a Yiddish poem : "The Sabbath holiday meal is done / All is light and pure / Sweet words of Torah resound / And fill the air all around."
Rosh Hashanah postcard with a Yiddish poem : "Father and mother come from shul / The children in the window smile / 'A good year!' the mother wishes from afar / 'A good year!' the smallest calls from the window."
Rosh Hashanah postcard depicting Birkat Hamazon on Erev Yom Kippur. The postcard includes a Yiddish poem : "And may God, who we praise and bless / From His hand only bring us our release / Bring us not, God forbid, to the donations of men / To their gifts, to their loans!"
Rosh Hashanah postcard by Hayyim Goldberg depicting the commencement of the holiday. The postcard includes a Yiddish poem : "May God inscribe you / In the Book of Life / And may He bless our union / And grant us happiness and good fortune."
Rosh Hashanah postcard depicting young girls in prayer. The postcard includes a Yiddish poem : "A tear of a Jewish girl / A prayer, a pleading glance / They will not be lost in the abyss / They will not go unanswered."
Rosh Hashanah postcard with a Yiddish poem : "Grandfather goes away to shul / Mother lights the candles with tears / 'God in heaven, May you with joy / Bring us the New Year!'"
Rosh Hashanah postcard with a Yiddish poem : "I give you, little children, a blessing / For the New Year, which is coming! / May you grow big and bloom / Like flowers in the flower patch."
Rosh Hashanah postcard with a Yiddish poem : "Grandfather, grandmother, mother, children / Draw near one to another / Gives us, God, a good year! / Make us free from care and need."
Rosh Hashanah postcard depicting the steps of the Jewish life cycle, starting from birth, through childhood to bar mitzvah, then marriage and children, ending with old age.
Rosh Hashanah postcard with text excerpted from Genesis 2:24 : "Therefore shall a man leave his father and his mother, and shall cleave unto his wife, and they shall be one flesh."
Rosh Hashanah postcard depicting the priestly blessing : "May the Lord bless you and guard you; May the Lord make His face shed light upon you and be gracious unto you; May the Lord lift up His face unto you and give you peace."
Rosh Hashanah postcard with an excerpt of the liturigical poem Unetanneh Tokef, which is recited during the Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur liturgy : "But repentance, prayer, and righteousness avert the severe decree."
Rosh Hashanah postcard depicting blowing the shofar on Rosh Hashanah. The text reads : "With trumpets and sound of the horn shout ye before the King, the Lord."
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