Rosh Hashana for Hebrew Year 5876 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 2112 | 1-2 Tishrei 5873 | ||
Rosh Hashana 2113 | 1-2 Tishrei 5874 | ||
Rosh Hashana 2114 | 1-2 Tishrei 5875 | ||
Rosh Hashana 2115 | 1-2 Tishrei 5876 | ||
Rosh Hashana 2116 | 1-2 Tishrei 5877 | ||
Rosh Hashana 2117 | 1-2 Tishrei 5878 | ||
Rosh Hashana 2118 | 1-2 Tishrei 5879 | ||
Rosh Hashana 2119 | 1-2 Tishrei 5880 |
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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