Rosh Hashana for Hebrew Year 5856 begins at sundown on and ends at nightfall on .
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]).
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Holiday | Starts | Ends | Hebrew Dates |
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Rosh Hashana 2092 | 1-2 Tishrei 5853 | ||
Rosh Hashana 2093 | 1-2 Tishrei 5854 | ||
Rosh Hashana 2094 | 1-2 Tishrei 5855 | ||
Rosh Hashana 2095 | 1-2 Tishrei 5856 | ||
Rosh Hashana 2096 | 1-2 Tishrei 5857 | ||
Rosh Hashana 2097 | 1-2 Tishrei 5858 | ||
Rosh Hashana 2098 | 1-2 Tishrei 5859 | ||
Rosh Hashana 2099 | 1-2 Tishrei 5860 |
Torah Portion: Genesis 21:1-34; Numbers 29:1-6
Haftarah: I Samuel 1:1-2:10 · 38 p’sukim
Torah Portion: Genesis 22:1-24; Numbers 29:1-6
Haftarah: Jeremiah 31:2-20 · 19 p’sukim
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