Quoted: Rosh Hashanah is often treated as a time to reflect on the previous year and focus on hopes for the coming year, according to Jordan Rosenblum, the Belzer Professor of Classical Judaism and Max and Frieda Weinstein-Bascom Professor of Jewish Studies at the University of Wisconsin – Madison.
“It’s the beginning of the Jewish calendar, and like all new years there are, it’s a time for sort of taking stock, right? … What do I want to improve? You know, the equivalent of joining the gym in January,” he said.