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In a Book of Life (B’sefer Chayim)
This week celebrates the beginning of a New Year according to the Jewish liturgical calendar. In all traditions around the world—from Nowruz of Zoroastrianism in Iran to Losar of Bon Buddhism in Tibet, and from the return of the star Sirius in ancient Egypt to the return of the Pleiades for the Maori in New Zealand—the beginning of the Year is one of the most important celebrations,