Rosh Hashana for Hebrew Year 5881 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 2117 | 1-2 Tishrei 5878 | ||
Rosh Hashana 2118 | 1-2 Tishrei 5879 | ||
Rosh Hashana 2119 | 1-2 Tishrei 5880 | ||
Rosh Hashana 2120 | 1-2 Tishrei 5881 | ||
Rosh Hashana 2121 | 1-2 Tishrei 5882 | ||
Rosh Hashana 2122 | 1-2 Tishrei 5883 | ||
Rosh Hashana 2123 | 1-2 Tishrei 5884 | ||
Rosh Hashana 2124 | 1-2 Tishrei 5885 |
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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