Rosh Hashana

[rohsh hah-shaw-nuh, -shah-, huh-, rawsh; Ashk. Heb. rohsh hah-shaw-nuh; Seph. Heb. rawsh hah-shah-nah]

Rosh Ha·sha·nah

[rohsh hah-shaw-nuh, -shah-, huh-, rawsh; Ashk. Heb. rohsh hah-shaw-nuh; Seph. Heb. rawsh hah-shah-nah]
noun
a Jewish high holy day that marks the beginning of the Jewish New Year, celebrated on the first and second days of Tishri by Orthodox and Conservative Jews and only on the first day by Reform Jews.
Also, Rosh Ha·sha·na, Rosh Ha·sho·noh, Rosh Ha·sho·no.


Origin:
1840–50; < Hebrew rōsh hashshānāh literally, beginning of the year
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Rosh Hashanah or Rosh Hashana (ˈrɒʃ həˈʃɑːnə, Hebrew ˈrɔʃ haʃaˈna, ˈrɒʃ həˈʃɑːnə, Hebrew ˈrɔʃ haʃaˈna)
 
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the festival marking the Jewish New Year, celebrated on the first and second days of Tishri, and marked by penitential prayers and by the blowing of the shofar
 
[from Hebrew rōsh hasshānāh, literally: beginning of the year, from rōsh head + hash-shānāh year]
 
Rosh Hashana or Rosh Hashana
 
n
 
[from Hebrew rōsh hasshānāh, literally: beginning of the year, from rōsh head + hash-shānāh year]

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