Sephardi, Eastern, and Hasidic Jews Then Blow 30 More during the Silent Additional Service Amidah, Another 30 during the Reader's Repetition of the Amidah, and the Remaining Notes at the End. In the Ashkenazi Rite, However, There Is No Sounding of the Shofar during the Silent Amidah, Only in the Course of the Reader's Repetition (30), and at Various Points Thereafter (30), Usually Concluding with a Final Sequence of Ten Blasts Prior to Adon Olam.

Since Rosh Ha-Shanah Is a Solemn Rather than a Joyous Festival, No Hallel Is Recited, but Various Parts of the Service (E.G., the Kaddish) Are Chanted to Traditional High Holiday Prayer Modes. The Liturgy Includes Numerous Liturgical Poems (Piyyutim,), Avinu Malkenu, and Alenu Le- Shabbe'ah (during the Additional Service's Repetition), When Kneeling and Prostration Are Customary in Orthodox and Some Conservative Synagogues. The Additional Service Amidah Includes Three Groups of Ten Verses Relating to God's Kingship (Malkhuyyot), Remembrance of His Covenant, Mercy, Etc. (Zikhronot), and the Sounding of the Ram's Horn (Shofarot). The Judgment Day Theme Looms Large in the Ashkenazi Prayer, U-Netanneh Tokef, Which Concludes on a Hopeful Note, with Worshipers Proclaiming That "Repentance, Prayer, and Charity Can Avert the Evil Decree." Also Reflected in the New Year Liturgy Is the Rabbinic View of Rosh Ha-Shanah as the "Birthday of the World" (Rh, 8a, 10b, 27a).   

A Custom Still Widely Observed, by Orthodox Ashkenazim in Particular, Is the Ceremony of Tashlikh, Consisting of the Symbolic Casting of One's Sins into a River, Lake, or Other Body of Water on the Afternoon of the First Day of Rosh Ha-Shanah (or of the Second Day If the First Coincides with a Sabbath). The Traditional Greetings Exchanged on the Festival Convey a Wish That Jews May Be "Inscribed for a Good Year" or "for a Good Life."   

Customs in the Home Add a Poetic, Popular Touch to the Observances. After Kiddush, a Piece of Bread Is Dipped in Honey for the Ha-Motsi Benediction, a Piece of Apple Is Likewise Dipped in Honey and Eaten after a Brief Prayer That the Year Ahead May Be "Good and Sweet. " Also Customary Is the Eating of a New Season's Fruit, on the Second Night of Rosh Ha- Shanah, to Justify Reciting the She-Heheyanu Benediction on Enjoying New Things. Hallah Loaves Baked Specially for the Festival Are Usually round or with the Plaited Crust in the Shape of a Ladder, to Signify Hopes for a "Good round Year" or Man's Effort to Direct His Life Upward to God.