Rosh Hashana for Hebrew Year 12859 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 9095 | 2-3 Tishrei 12856 | ||
Rosh Hashana 9096 | 2-3 Tishrei 12857 | ||
Rosh Hashana 9097 | 2-3 Tishrei 12858 | ||
Rosh Hashana 9098 | 2-3 Tishrei 12859 | ||
Rosh Hashana 9099 | 2-3 Tishrei 12860 | ||
Rosh Hashana 9100 | 2-3 Tishrei 12861 | ||
Rosh Hashana 9101 | 2-3 Tishrei 12862 | ||
Rosh Hashana 9102 | 2-3 Tishrei 12863 |
Torah Portion: Genesis 22:1-24; Numbers 29:1-6
Haftarah: Jeremiah 31:1-19 · 19 p’sukim
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