Rosh Hashana for Hebrew Year 12997 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 9233 | 2-3 Tishrei 12994 | ||
Rosh Hashana 9234 | 2-3 Tishrei 12995 | ||
Rosh Hashana 9235 | 2-3 Tishrei 12996 | ||
Rosh Hashana 9236 | 2-3 Tishrei 12997 | ||
Rosh Hashana 9237 | 2-3 Tishrei 12998 | ||
Rosh Hashana 9238 | 2-3 Tishrei 12999 | ||
Rosh Hashana 9239 | 2-3 Tishrei 13000 | ||
Rosh Hashana 9240 | 2-3 Tishrei 13001 |
Torah Portion: Genesis 22:1-24; Numbers 29:1-6
Haftarah: Jeremiah 31:1-19 · 19 p’sukim
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