Station: [11] Hebrew script

"Happy New Year!" is the wish of many German speakers at the turn of the year. Rutsch comes from the Hebrew "Rosh", which means "beginning or Lord". The Jews wished each other a good start to the new year, a good Rosh. It is the first word in the Hebrew Bible, which Christians call the "Old" or "First Testament". Hebrew is written from right to left. "In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth. The line below also contains a word familiar to German speakers: "Tohu wa bohu": "tohu" means "desolate", the "wa" means "and" and the "bohu" means "confused". the earth was desolate and confused.