Rosh Hashanah
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Rosh Hashanah

Holiday information
NameRosh Hashanah
Official name 
Also calledJewish New Year
Observed byJudaism and Jews; Samaritans; Messianic Jews
TypeJewish; Samaritan
SignificanceNew year's day according to the Hebrew calendar. Commemorates the creation of the world as narrated in the Bible. It begins the ten "Days of Awe" culminating in Yom Kippur.
BeginsStart of first day of Tishrei
EndsGenerally at the end of second day of Tishrei
ObservancesPraying in synagogue, hearing the shofar. Festive meals with challah. Symbolic foods such as apples dipped in honey, fish heads, as well as new fruits on the second night. Refraining from work.
Related toYom Kippur, the "Day of Atonement."

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Rosh Hashanah ( ) (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 Hashana is observed on the first two days of Tishrei, the seventh month of the Hebrew calendar. It is described in the Torah as "Zikaron Terua" ("remembrance of the blowing of the horn")

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The Mystery of the Dueling New Year's Days - Forward Tweet this news
Forward--The other calendar enters our lives only at odd moments � when we give it the obligatory nod on -Rosh Hashanah- or make plans for Passover. ... - Date : Wed, 22 Dec 2010 23:35:26 GMT+00:00
Postal, Check Fraud at Synagogues - myfoxny.com Tweet this news
myfoxny.com--The problem began just before the -Rosh Hashanah- holiday in September, said New York Assemblyman Dov Hikind. "People have to be vigilant," Hikind said. ... - Date : Thu, 23 Dec 2010 04:21:34 GMT+00:00
Winter is for Christians - News & Observer Tweet this news
News & Observer--In full disclosure, I must say that I love Passover and Purim, -Rosh Hashana- and Sukkot, Shavuot and Shabbat more than Christmas. ... - Date : Thu, 23 Dec 2010 07:02:32 GMT+00:00
Harvard schools will remain open for holy holidays - Nashoba Publishing Tweet this news
Nashoba Publishing--This year, school closed for the Jewish High Holiday of -Rosh Hashanah- on Thursday, Sept. 9. Yom Kippur commenced at sunset Friday, Sept. ... - Date : Fri, 24 Dec 2010 12:43:29 GMT+00:00
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Dining Chicago (blog)--The Spertus Institute of Jewish Studies will help you tool up for a sweet 5771 with "-Rosh Hashanah- Boot Camp, real brand Diclofenac online, Fast shipping ... - Date : Mon, 13 Dec 2010 00:21:07 GMT+00:00
Seasonal services planned across the area - Carroll County News Tweet this news
Carroll County News--Although the Head of the Year, or Jewish New Year, is celebrated on -Rosh Hashanah-, The Tabernacle, located at 256 Church Road, in Branson, Mo., ... - Date : Fri, 24 Dec 2010 06:10:53 GMT+00:00
Jewish museum adopts unique compromise - Texarkana Gazette Tweet this news
Texarkana Gazette---...- in Los Angeles and their gift shops are open on the Sabbath. And the museum will be closed on -Rosh Hashanah-, Yom Kippur and the first two days of Passover.--- - Date : Sat, 23 Oct 2010 08:47:01 GMT+00:00
Book Giveaway - making Cheshvan just a little less bitter - Beliefnet.com (blog) Tweet this news
Beliefnet.com (blog)--While that might sound like a gift, after the hectic pace of Tishrei, when -Rosh Hashanah-, Yom Kippur and eight days of Sukkot fall in rapid succession, ... - Date : Fri, 22 Oct 2010 21:50:24 GMT+00:00
Author says Jewish cooking connects people to their ancestors - Kansas City Jewish Chronicle (blog) Tweet this news
Kansas City Jewish Chronicle (blog)--During those presentations, she loves to tell stories, like this one: “I was cooking for -Rosh Hashanah-. I have 115 people at my house and I have no family ... - Date : Fri, 22 Oct 2010 17:12:53 GMT+00:00
The Original Hammering Hank - The Weekly Standard Tweet this news
The Weekly Standard---...- Greenberg's club was scheduled to play the Boston Red Sox on September 10, which was when -Rosh Hashanah- fell that year, the Jewish New Year. ... - Date : Sat, 23 Oct 2010 04:04:11 GMT+00:00

Jewish holidays and observances

Jewish holidays
and observances
Shabbat * Rosh Chodesh * High Holy Days (Rosh Hashanah * Fast of Gedalia * Yom Kippur) * Sukkot and Hoshana Rabbah * Shemini Atzeret and Simchat Torah * Isru chag * Hanukkah * Tenth of Tevet * Tu Bishvat * Fast of Esther and Purim * Purim Katan * Fast of the Firstborn and Passover * Pesach Sheni * Lag BaOmer * Shavuot * 17th of Tammuz * The Three Weeks * The Nine Days * Tisha B'Av * Tu B'Av
Chasidic holidays19 Kislev
Modern holidaysYom HaShoah * Yom Hazikaron * Yom Ha'atzmaut * Yom Yerushalayim
Ethnic holidaysMimouna * Sigd
Hebrew calendar monthsTishrei * Cheshvan * Kislev * Tevet * Shevat * Adar * Nisan * Iyar * Sivan * Tammuz * Av * Elul

High Holidays

Rosh HashanahErev Rosh Hashanah * Rosh Hashanah greetings * Shofar * Tashlikh
Yom KippurAtonement * Break fast * Confession * Jonah * Kapparos * Kittel * Kol Nidre * Ne'ila * Repentance * Selichot * Ten Martyrs * Unetanneh Tokef
Ten Days of RepentanceAvinu Malkeinu * Fast of Gedalia



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