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title: "Shana tova in Hebrew"
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question: "What does Shana tova mean in Hebrew?"
answer: "A good year — the Rosh Hashanah greeting that is also in every politician’s message this week."
description: "A good year — the Rosh Hashanah greeting that is also in every politician’s message this week."
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# Shana tova

שנה טובה — Shana tova

A good year — the Rosh Hashanah greeting that is also in every politician’s message this week.

Israeli papers run “Netanyahu’s shana tova” as a headline the way English papers run “Christmas address.” It is a greeting and a political genre.