Rosh Hashana for Hebrew Year 12959 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 9195 | 2-3 Tishrei 12956 | ||
Rosh Hashana 9196 | 2-3 Tishrei 12957 | ||
Rosh Hashana 9197 | 2-3 Tishrei 12958 | ||
Rosh Hashana 9198 | 2-3 Tishrei 12959 | ||
Rosh Hashana 9199 | 2-3 Tishrei 12960 | ||
Rosh Hashana 9200 | 2-3 Tishrei 12961 | ||
Rosh Hashana 9201 | 2-3 Tishrei 12962 | ||
Rosh Hashana 9202 | 2-3 Tishrei 12963 |
Torah Portion: Genesis 22:1-24; Numbers 29:1-6
Haftarah: Jeremiah 31:1-19 · 19 p’sukim
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