Rosh Hashana for Hebrew Year 11781 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 8017 | 2-3 Tishrei 11778 | ||
Rosh Hashana 8018 | 2-3 Tishrei 11779 | ||
Rosh Hashana 8019 | 2-3 Tishrei 11780 | ||
Rosh Hashana 8020 | 2-3 Tishrei 11781 | ||
Rosh Hashana 8021 | 2-3 Tishrei 11782 | ||
Rosh Hashana 8022 | 2-3 Tishrei 11783 | ||
Rosh Hashana 8023 | 2-3 Tishrei 11784 | ||
Rosh Hashana 8024 | 2-3 Tishrei 11785 |
Torah Portion: Genesis 22:1-24; Numbers 29:1-6
Haftarah: Jeremiah 31:2-20 · 19 p’sukim
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