what does rosh hashanah celebrate

Rosh Hashanah is a Jewish holiday that celebrates the Jewish New Year and marks the first and second days of the Jewish year. It is a time of both celebration and introspection, where Jews from all over the world celebrate Gods creation of the world and ask for forgiveness for the things they've done wrong during the past year. The holiday has been celebrated for over a thousand years and has its roots in the Talmud. Rosh Hashanah is a two-day observance and celebration that begins on the first day of Tishrei, which is the seventh month of the ecclesiastical year. It is also the first of what is called the High Holidays, a ten-day period that ends with Yom Kippur, the holiest day of the Jewish year. During Rosh Hashanah, Jews are supposed to begin a self-examination and repentance, a process that culminates in the ten days of the Yamim Nora'im, the Days of Awe, beginning with Rosh Hashanah and ending with the holiday of Yom Kippur. Some popular traditions associated with the holiday include eating sweet foods like apples dipped in honey, which symbolize the hope of a sweet year to come, and challah bread, baked in round loaves instead of braids and dipped in honey.