The Šiauliai Regional Jewish Community celebrated the Jewish New Year, Rosh Hashana, at the Žemaitis restaurant in Šiauliai. Community chairman Naumas Gleizeris greeted celebrants and wished everyone a good and healthy year. Vadimas Kamrazeris performed live music and Community members took to the dance floor. The shofar horn was blown during the celebration. Some snapshots follow below.

The Kaunas Jewish Community ushered in the Jewish new year 5784 with greetings from chairman Gercas Žakas to a large number of members who assembled for the celebration, tables laden with holiday dishes, singing, games and lively conversation.

Snapshots from the party below.

Last Friday the Lithuanian Jewish Community hosted a bnei maskilim–followers of Progressive Judaism–Kabalat Shabat ceremony and marked the Jewish New Year or Rosh Hashana, 5784, at the same time. Shana tova!

Thanks to Viljamas Žitkauskas for providing photos of the event below.

Lithuanian prime minister Ingrida Šimonytė presented the following greeting on the occasion of Rosh Hashana, the Jewish New Year:

“Today when the Jewish communities in Lithuania, Israel and the whole world celebrate the birth of the world, in the name of our entire Government I greet you with the New Year, on the occasion of Rosh Hashana. The New Year with the call of the Shofar horn and the sweetness of apples dipped in honey begins a sacred time of reflection, repentance and renewal. It is a time to stop and look inward. It is a time to ask what sort of people we want to be and how we achieved that over the foregoing year, what we can still do for tranquility and peace in our countries and the world. I wish everyone a happy and peaceful year. May Rosh Hashana bring happiness, health and success to your families and peace to your homes. Shanah tovah u’metuka! A good and sweet year!”