Shanah Tovah 2024 Tacoma. Rosh hashanah 5785 begins at sundown on the. On rosh hashanah, we can say “shanah tovah umtukah,” which means “may you have a good and sweet new year.” the greeting can be shortened to “ shanah tovah l’shanah.
G’mar chatima tova is the traditional hebrew greeting said before (and on) yom kippur, the holiest day of the jewish year and the culmination of the high holiday season. Rosh hashanah celebrates the jewish new year, and like the secular new year, the most common greeting for the holiday is “happy new year.”.