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Rosh Hashanah 2024
- begins Wednesday, October 2 at sunset (in 86 days)
- begins Wednesday, October 2
Rosh HaShanah (Hebrew: רֹאשׁ הַשָּׁנָה , Rōʾš hašŠānā, literally "head of the year") is the New Year in Judaism. The biblical name for this holiday is Yom Teruah (יוֹם תְּרוּעָה , Yōm Tərūʿā, lit. "day of shouting/blasting").
Rosh Hashanah is the birthday of the universe, the day G‑d created Adam and Eve, and it’s celebrated as the Jewish New Year. It begins at sundown on the eve of Tishrei 1 (Oct. 2, 2024) and ends after nightfall on Tishrei 2 (Oct. 4, 2024).
Rosh Hashanah, the Jewish New Year, falls on the Hebrew calendar dates of 1 and 2 Tishrei. Here are the coinciding secular dates for the upcoming years: 2025: September 22 at sundown - nightfall on September 24. 2026: September 11 at sundown - nightfall on September 13.
Oct 27, 2009 · Rosh Hashanah, the Jewish New Year, is one of Judaism ’s holiest days. Meaning “head of the year” or “first of the year,” the festival begins on the first day of Tishrei, the seventh month of...
What: Rosh Hashanah is the birthday of the universe, the day G‑d created Adam and Eve, and it’s celebrated as the head of the Jewish year. When: Rosh Hashanah is observed on the first two days of the Jewish new year, Tishrei 1 and 2, beginning at sundown on the eve of Tishrei 1.
The two possibilities were Nisan, the month of Passover, and Tishrei, the month of what is now known as the festival of Rosh Hashanah. In the Torah, the beginning of the year was clearly set at the first of Nisan, in the context of a description of the first Passover.
Sep 16, 2022 · Origins and meaning of Rosh Hashanah. Jewish people welcome the new year in September or October, not January, in observance of the lunisolar Hebrew calendar. Rosh Hashanah begins on the...
