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Jewish New Year festival
Answer for the clue "Jewish New Year festival ", 13 letters:
rosh hashanah
Word definitions for rosh hashanah in dictionaries
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Word definitions in Wikipedia
Rosh Hashanah is the name of a text of Jewish law originating in the Mishnah which formed the basis of tractates in both the Babylonian Talmud and the Jerusalem Talmud of the same name. It is the eighth tractate of the order Moed . The text contains the ...
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Jewish new year, 1846, from Hebrew rosh hashshanah , literally "head of the year," from rosh "head of" + hash-shanah "the year."
Usage examples of rosh hashanah.
September 13th, just before the High Holy days of Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur, an order went out that all stores had to be kept open on those days and synagogues were to be closed.
He poured mint tea, gave me sweetmeats, sat me down, and generally fussed over me until I felt as if I'd gone back to my mom's for Rosh Hashanah dinner.
He poured mint tea, gave me sweetmeats, sat me down, and generally fussed over me until I felt as if I'd gone back to my mom's for Rosh Hashanah dinner, I don't care for the feeling at my mom's and I didn't care for it here, either.
Where in the Newmanhome calendar did you put Christmas, Ramadan, or Rosh Hashanah?