Rosh Hashana for Hebrew Year 12617 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 8853 | 2-3 Tishrei 12614 | ||
Rosh Hashana 8854 | 2-3 Tishrei 12615 | ||
Rosh Hashana 8855 | 2-3 Tishrei 12616 | ||
Rosh Hashana 8856 | 2-3 Tishrei 12617 | ||
Rosh Hashana 8857 | 2-3 Tishrei 12618 | ||
Rosh Hashana 8858 | 2-3 Tishrei 12619 | ||
Rosh Hashana 8859 | 2-3 Tishrei 12620 | ||
Rosh Hashana 8860 | 2-3 Tishrei 12621 |
Torah Portion: Genesis 22:1-24; Numbers 29:1-6
Haftarah: Jeremiah 31:1-19 · 19 p’sukim
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