Raised relief 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."
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."
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."
Rosh Hashanah postcard with text excerpted from Isaiah 2:3 : "For out of Zion shall go forth the law." With text above the ark from Psalm 113:3 : "From the rising of the sun unto the going down thereof the Lord's name is to be praised."
Rosh Hashanah postcard with an illustration of Yom Kippur in a synagogue on New York's Lower East Side. Illustration originally published with the article "In the New York Ghetto" by Katherine Hoffman, Munsey's Magazine.
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."
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