Gather around the table for a transformative Seder celebrating compassion, creation, and our shared covenant with all living beings.

Available as a beautifully designed printed Haggadah and digital edition.

What is the New Year for Animals?

For nearly two thousand years, the Jewish calendar has marked the first day of Elul as Rosh Hashanah LaBehemot, the New Year for Animals.

Once used to count and care for livestock, this ancient day offers a powerful opportunity to reflect on our relationship with the living beings who share our world.

This Haggadah reimagines that forgotten holiday as a moving communal Seder rooted in Torah, Jewish tradition, ritual, music, and hope.

More Than a Book

This is not something you simply read.

It is something you experience together.

Around the table, participants:

• Share four symbolic cups
• Read ancient and modern Jewish texts aloud
• Bless animals and creation
• Sound the shofar
• Participate in meaningful rituals
• Share personal commitments
• Celebrate a joyful plant based feast
• Welcome the month of Elul with compassion and hope

What Makes This Haggadah Different?

Unlike traditional educational resources, this Haggadah is designed to transform the heart.

It blends:

• Torah and classical Jewish sources
• Beautiful liturgy and blessings
• Interactive rituals
• Music and communal singing
• Reflection and discussion
• Symbolic foods
• A complete Seder experience for individuals, families, synagogues, Hillels, Jewish organizations, and community groups

Inside You’ll Find

• A complete four movement Seder
• Four symbolic cups
• Original prayers and blessings
• The Four Questions of the Animals
• Jewish teachings on compassion toward animals
• Songs in Hebrew, transliteration, and English
• Interactive rituals with water, olive branches, and the shofar
• A compassionate Seder plate
• A festive plant based meal
• Closing commitments for the coming year

Perfect For

• Families
• Synagogues
• Jewish Community Centers
• Hillels
• Jewish schools
• Retreats
• Vegan and environmental organizations
• Interfaith gatherings
• Anyone seeking a meaningful Elul experience

Why We Created It

Our tradition teaches that Elul is a season of returning.

Returning to God.

Returning to ourselves.

Returning to one another.

This Haggadah invites us to expand that return to include the countless living beings with whom we share creation.

As we prepare our hearts for the High Holidays, we also prepare our tables to reflect the compassion at the heart of Judaism.

What’s Included

• Beautiful full color Haggadah
• Hebrew, transliteration, and English
• Original prayers and liturgy
• Discussion prompts
• Songs
• Seder guide
• Suitable for groups of any size

Begin a New Tradition

Every Jewish holiday began because someone chose to gather around a table and tell a story worth remembering.

This Elul, gather your family, friends, or community to celebrate a forgotten holiday with a renewed purpose.

Order your copy today and help revive the New Year for Animals.