Shana Tova U M'tukah

The traditional greeting for Rosh Hashanah is Shana Tova. Translated, that means "good year", short for Happy New Year. Rosh Hashanah literally means "the head of the year" or the new year. Another possible greeting is the title of this post, shana tova u m'tukah -- "have a good and sweet new year".

The complete greeting, probably poorly transliterated, is ktav v'chatimah shana tova u m'tukah. "May you be inscribed and sealed for a good and sweet new year. It is the traditional Jewish belief that on Rosh Hashanah G-d weighs us and determines our fate for the coming year. We then have ten days to pray for forgiveness for any evil decrees he may have made, culminating in the fast of Yom Kippur when our fates are sealed.

Without inflicting religion on anyone, may we all have a sweet, happy, prosperous new year.

Erica

Just a thought -- you don't suppose the government fiscal year was codified on October 1 to roughly coincide with the Jewish New Year? Neah......