Rosh Hashana for Hebrew Year 11917 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 8153 | 2-3 Tishrei 11914 | ||
Rosh Hashana 8154 | 2-3 Tishrei 11915 | ||
Rosh Hashana 8155 | 2-3 Tishrei 11916 | ||
Rosh Hashana 8156 | 2-3 Tishrei 11917 | ||
Rosh Hashana 8157 | 2-3 Tishrei 11918 | ||
Rosh Hashana 8158 | 2-3 Tishrei 11919 | ||
Rosh Hashana 8159 | 2-3 Tishrei 11920 | ||
Rosh Hashana 8160 | 2-3 Tishrei 11921 |
Torah Portion: Genesis 22:1-24; Numbers 29:1-6
Haftarah: Jeremiah 31:1-19 · 19 p’sukim
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