The fifth aliyah continues the commandments to observe the annual Jewish holidays. In this aliyah are the discussions of Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur.

On the subject of Rosh Hashanah, the Torah uses the words "zichron truah" meaning a memorial proclaimed with a blast of horns, or the shofar. Rashi says that this expression implies the reminding of the binding of Yitzchak (by his father Avrohom avinu), in whose stead a ram was offered. It says in the Tanya that this tremendous mesiras nefesh (self-sacrifice) of Avrohom is bequeathed to every Jew.