Rosh Hashana for Hebrew Year 8943 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 5179 | 1-2 Tishrei 8940 | ||
Rosh Hashana 5180 | 1-2 Tishrei 8941 | ||
Rosh Hashana 5181 | 1-2 Tishrei 8942 | ||
Rosh Hashana 5182 | 1-2 Tishrei 8943 | ||
Rosh Hashana 5183 | 1-2 Tishrei 8944 | ||
Rosh Hashana 5184 | 1-2 Tishrei 8945 | ||
Rosh Hashana 5185 | 1-2 Tishrei 8946 | ||
Rosh Hashana 5186 | 1-2 Tishrei 8947 |
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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