On 24 September, Heritage Day, the Jewish community will be gathering in their homes and synagogues to usher in Rosh Hashanah - the Jewish New Year.
It is a time both of solemn introspection and joyous renewal, of looking back and learning from the year that has past while celebrating and gathering strength for the challenges and opportunities that lie ahead. We commend our Jewish citizens for continuing to foster and live by their age-old traditions whilst at the same time fully identifying with and contributing in multiple ways to the building of our young democracy.
It is fitting that Rosh Hashanah commences on the evening of Heritage Day, the public holiday through which South Africans celebrate their cultural diversity in a spirit of friendship and unity. Ours is a country where the different backgrounds - religious, cultural, linguistic or otherwise - are not merely tolerated but whole-heartedly affirmed.
We wish our Jewish citizens well over the Fast and may all have a successful New Year.
Enquiries:
Mac Maharaj
Cell: 079 879 3203
E-mail: macmaharaj@icloud.com
