Rosh Hashana for Hebrew Year 12917 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 9153 | 2-3 Tishrei 12914 | ||
Rosh Hashana 9154 | 2-3 Tishrei 12915 | ||
Rosh Hashana 9155 | 2-3 Tishrei 12916 | ||
Rosh Hashana 9156 | 2-3 Tishrei 12917 | ||
Rosh Hashana 9157 | 2-3 Tishrei 12918 | ||
Rosh Hashana 9158 | 2-3 Tishrei 12919 | ||
Rosh Hashana 9159 | 2-3 Tishrei 12920 | ||
Rosh Hashana 9160 | 2-3 Tishrei 12921 |
Torah Portion: Genesis 22:1-24; Numbers 29:1-6
Haftarah: Jeremiah 31:1-19 · 19 p’sukim
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