Rosh Hashana 1779 / רֹאשׁ הַשָּׁנָה 5540
The Jewish New Year 🍏🍯
Rosh Hashana for Hebrew Year 5540 began on Friday, 10 September 1779 and ended on Sunday, 12 September 1779 .
Rosh Hashanah (Hebrew: ראש השנה ), (literally “head of the year”), is the Jewish New Year. It is the first of the High Holidays or Yamim Noraim (“Days of Awe”), celebrated ten days before Yom Kippur. Rosh Hashanah is observed on the first two days of Tishrei, the seventh month of the Hebrew calendar. It is described in the Torah as יום תרועה (Yom Teruah, a day of sounding [the Shofar]).
Read more from Judaism 101
or Wikipedia
Advertisement
Dates for Rosh Hashana
Holiday Starts Ends Hebrew Dates
Rosh Hashana 1776
Friday Fri , September 13 Sep 13
Sunday Sun , September 15 Sep 15
1-2 Tishrei 5537
Rosh Hashana 1777
Wednesday Wed , October 1 Oct 1
Friday Fri , October 3 Oct 3
1-2 Tishrei 5538
Rosh Hashana 1778
Monday Mon , September 21 Sep 21
Wednesday Wed , September 23 Sep 23
1-2 Tishrei 5539
Rosh Hashana 1779
Friday Fri , September 10 Sep 10
Sunday Sun , September 12 Sep 12
1-2 Tishrei 5540
Rosh Hashana 1780
Friday Fri , September 29 Sep 29
Sunday Sun , October 1 Oct 1
1-2 Tishrei 5541
Rosh Hashana 1781
Wednesday Wed , September 19 Sep 19
Friday Fri , September 21 Sep 21
1-2 Tishrei 5542
Rosh Hashana 1782
Sunday Sun , September 8 Sep 8
Tuesday Tue , September 10 Sep 10
1-2 Tishrei 5543
Rosh Hashana 1783
Friday Fri , September 26 Sep 26
Sunday Sun , September 28 Sep 28
1-2 Tishrei 5544
Tanakh
Rosh Hashana I (on Shabbat)
/ רֹאשׁ הַשָּׁנָה יוֹם א׳ (בְּשַׁבָּת)
Saturday, 11 September 1779 / 1 Tishrei 5540
Torah Portion:
Genesis 21:1-34 ; Numbers 29:1-6
1:
Genesis 21:1-4
· 4 p’sukim
2:
Genesis 21:5-8
· 4 p’sukim
3:
Genesis 21:9-12
· 4 p’sukim
4:
Genesis 21:13-17
· 5 p’sukim
5:
Genesis 21:18-21
· 4 p’sukim
6:
Genesis 21:22-27
· 6 p’sukim
7:
Genesis 21:28-34
· 7 p’sukim
maf:
Numbers 29:1-6
· 6 p’sukim
Haftarah:
I Samuel 1:1-2:10
· 38 p’sukim
Rosh Hashana II
/ רֹאשׁ הַשָּׁנָה ב׳
Sunday, 12 September 1779 / 2 Tishrei 5540
Torah Portion:
Genesis 22:1-24 ; Numbers 29:1-6
1:
Genesis 22:1-3
· 3 p’sukim
2:
Genesis 22:4-8
· 5 p’sukim
3:
Genesis 22:9-14
· 6 p’sukim
4:
Genesis 22:15-19
· 5 p’sukim
5:
Genesis 22:20-24
· 5 p’sukim
maf:
Numbers 29:1-6
· 6 p’sukim
Haftarah:
Jeremiah 31:2-20
· 19 p’sukim
References
The
Jewish Holidays: A Guide & Commentary
(paid link)
Rabbi Michael Strassfeld
Tanakh:
The Holy Scriptures
(paid link)
Jewish Publication Society
Sefaria Tanakh
Sefaria.org
“Rosh Hashanah” in Wikipedia: The Free Encyclopedia
Wikimedia Foundation Inc.