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Rosh Hashana / רֹאשׁ הַשָּׁנָה

Rosh Hashana (The Jewish New Year) for Hebrew Year 5782 begins at sundown on Monday, 6 September 2021 and ends at nightfall on Wednesday, 8 September 2021 .

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 Teru'ah, a day of sounding [the Shofar]).

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Tanakh

Rosh Hashana I / רֹאשׁ הַשָּׁנָה יוֹם א׳

Torah Portion: Genesis 21:1-21:34

Haftarah: I Samuel 1:1 - 2:10

Rosh Hashana I (on Shabbat) / רֹאשׁ הַשָּׁנָה יוֹם א׳ (בְּשַׁבָּת)

Torah Portion: Genesis 21:1-21:34

Haftarah: I Samuel 1:1 - 2:10

Rosh Hashana II / רֹאשׁ הַשָּׁנָה יוֹם ב׳

Torah Portion: Genesis 22:1-22:24

Haftarah: Jeremiah 31:1 - 31:19

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