Rosh Hashana for Hebrew Year 12942 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 9178 | 2-3 Tishrei 12939 | ||
Rosh Hashana 9179 | 2-3 Tishrei 12940 | ||
Rosh Hashana 9180 | 2-3 Tishrei 12941 | ||
Rosh Hashana 9181 | 2-3 Tishrei 12942 | ||
Rosh Hashana 9182 | 2-3 Tishrei 12943 | ||
Rosh Hashana 9183 | 2-3 Tishrei 12944 | ||
Rosh Hashana 9184 | 2-3 Tishrei 12945 | ||
Rosh Hashana 9185 | 2-3 Tishrei 12946 |
Torah Portion: Genesis 22:1-24; Numbers 29:1-6
Haftarah: Jeremiah 31:1-19 · 19 p’sukim
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