Rosh Hashana for Hebrew Year 5976 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 2212 | 1-2 Tishrei 5973 | ||
Rosh Hashana 2213 | 1-2 Tishrei 5974 | ||
Rosh Hashana 2214 | 1-2 Tishrei 5975 | ||
Rosh Hashana 2215 | 1-2 Tishrei 5976 | ||
Rosh Hashana 2216 | 1-2 Tishrei 5977 | ||
Rosh Hashana 2217 | 1-2 Tishrei 5978 | ||
Rosh Hashana 2218 | 1-2 Tishrei 5979 | ||
Rosh Hashana 2219 | 1-2 Tishrei 5980 |
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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