Rosh Hashana for Hebrew Year 6553 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 2789 | 1-2 Tishrei 6550 | ||
Rosh Hashana 2790 | 1-2 Tishrei 6551 | ||
Rosh Hashana 2791 | 1-2 Tishrei 6552 | ||
Rosh Hashana 2792 | 1-2 Tishrei 6553 | ||
Rosh Hashana 2793 | 1-2 Tishrei 6554 | ||
Rosh Hashana 2794 | 1-2 Tishrei 6555 | ||
Rosh Hashana 2795 | 1-2 Tishrei 6556 | ||
Rosh Hashana 2796 | 1-2 Tishrei 6557 |
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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