Rosh Hashana for Hebrew Year 5917 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 2153 | 1-2 Tishrei 5914 | ||
Rosh Hashana 2154 | 1-2 Tishrei 5915 | ||
Rosh Hashana 2155 | 1-2 Tishrei 5916 | ||
Rosh Hashana 2156 | 1-2 Tishrei 5917 | ||
Rosh Hashana 2157 | 1-2 Tishrei 5918 | ||
Rosh Hashana 2158 | 1-2 Tishrei 5919 | ||
Rosh Hashana 2159 | 1-2 Tishrei 5920 | ||
Rosh Hashana 2160 | 1-2 Tishrei 5921 |
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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