Rosh Hashanah

or Rosh Ha·sha·na, Rosh Ha·sho·noh, Rosh Ha·sho·no

[ rohsh hah-shaw-nuh, -shah-, huh-, rawsh; Ashkenazic Hebrew rohsh hah-shaw-nuh; Sephardic Hebrew rawsh hah-shah-nah ]

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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.

Rosh Hashanah

/ ˈrɒʃ həˈʃɑːnə; ˈrɔʃ haʃaˈna /

noun

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

Rosh Hashanah

The festival of the New Year in Judaism , falling in September or October. Rosh Hashanah, Yom Kippur , and the eight days in between are special days of penitence.

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Word History and Origins

Origin of Rosh Hashanah¹

First recorded in 1840–50, Rosh Hashanah is from Hebrew rōsh hashshānāh literally, “beginning of the year”

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Word History and Origins

Origin of Rosh Hashanah¹

from Hebrew rōsh hasshānāh , literally: beginning of the year, from rōsh head + hash-shānāh year

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