Traditional Greetings
- On the first night of Rosh Hashanah after the evening prayer, it is the Ashkenazi and Hasidic custom to wish Le'shana Tova Tikoteiv Vetichoteim (Le'Alter LeChaim Tovim U'Leshalom) which is Hebrew for "May you (immediately) be inscribed and sealed for a Good Year (and for a Good and Peaceful Life)".
- Shana Tova is the traditional greeting on Rosh Hashanah which in Hebrew means "A Good Year." (Hebrew: שנה טובה)
- Shana Tova Umetukah is Hebrew for "A Good and Sweet Year." (Hebrew: שנה טובה ומתוקה)
- Ketiva ve-chatima tovah which translates as "May You Be Written and Sealed for a Good Year." (Hebrew: כתיבה וחתימה טובה)
- The formal Sephardic greeting is Tizku leshanim rabbot ("may you merit many years"), to which the answer is ne'imot ve-tovot ("pleasant and good ones"). Less formally, people wish each other "many years" in the local language.
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