L'Shanah Tovah Tikatevu! -- May you be inscribed [in the Book of Life] for a good year!
As a shiksa, I am so the wrong person to explain Rosh Hashana, so I will not. It's not hard to find interesting things to read about it. But while I was helping my friend mettle fatigue format her related diary recently, I was idly googling around, looking for images, which she did not at all need, and happened upon the Book of Life for real. Behold:
This beautiful metal sculpture is the work of popular artist David Kracov, who has made a signature of the butterfly, using it to represent the soul or spirit. The sculpture is called The Book of Life, and commemorates the work of Rabbi Yossi Raichik in rescuing thousands of children from the Chernobyl disaster through the organization Chabad's Children of Chernobyl.
No one link has a huge amount of additional information; here are one or two more, besides those already included. Mostly, I just wanted you to see this beautiful thing, which seemed to me perfect for the occasion. Here are a few more pictures of it being made.
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