Q&A: The Season of the Year
The Season of the Year
Question
Why isn’t Rosh Hashanah celebrated in Nisan? And also, what is “the season of the year”? According to the Bible, isn’t that actually in Nisan, when the year is completed and the sun returns to where it began?
Answer
I have no idea. But the Torah also says that it is in the seventh month, meaning Tishrei.
Discussion on Answer
With God’s help, Saturday night after Shabbat Shirah, 5783
The end of a year is the beginning of a new year. The remembrance of the deeds of the past year, and the atonements that come close on the heels of that remembrance, pave the way for opening a new and clean page.
Perhaps Ezekiel and the Sages, speaking after the destruction, preferred to emphasize the aspect of beginning,
Rabbi Sherki has a lecture exactly on this topic—about the mention of Rosh Hashanah in the Torah.
Search on YouTube; maybe there you’ll find answers.
Yes, but the Torah does not call it Rosh Hashanah.