Rosh Hashana for Hebrew Year 12640 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 8876 | 2-3 Tishrei 12637 | ||
Rosh Hashana 8877 | 2-3 Tishrei 12638 | ||
Rosh Hashana 8878 | 2-3 Tishrei 12639 | ||
Rosh Hashana 8879 | 2-3 Tishrei 12640 | ||
Rosh Hashana 8880 | 2-3 Tishrei 12641 | ||
Rosh Hashana 8881 | 2-3 Tishrei 12642 | ||
Rosh Hashana 8882 | 2-3 Tishrei 12643 | ||
Rosh Hashana 8883 | 2-3 Tishrei 12644 |
Torah Portion: Genesis 22:1-24; Numbers 29:1-6
Haftarah: Jeremiah 31:1-19 · 19 p’sukim
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