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rosh hashanah
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."
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 most important rules concerning the calendar year, together with a description of the inauguration of the months, laws on the form and use of the shofar and laws related to the religious services during the Jewish holiday of Rosh Hashanah.
Rosh Hashanah (, literally "head [of] the year") is the Jewish New Year. The biblical name for this holiday is Yom Teruah , literally "day [of] shouting/blasting", sometimes translated as the Feast of Trumpets. It is the first of the Jewish High Holy Days ( Yamim Nora'im, lit. "Days [of] Awe") specified by , which usually occur in the early autumn of the Northern Hemisphere.
Rosh Hashanah is a two-day celebration, which begins on the first day of Tishrei. Tishrei is the first month of the Jewish civil year, but the seventh month of the ecclesiastical year.
According to Judaism, the fact that Rosh Hashanah is the beginning of the year is explained by it being the traditional anniversary of the creation of Adam and Eve, the first man and woman according to the Hebrew Bible, and their first actions toward the believed realization of humanity's role in God's world. According to one secular opinion its origin is in the beginning of the economic year in the ancient Near East, marking the start of the agricultural cycle.
Rosh Hashanah customs include sounding the shofar (a hollowed-out ram's horn), as prescribed in the Torah, following the prescription of the Hebrew Bible to "raise a noise" on Yom Teruah; and among its rabbinical customs, is the eating of symbolic foods such as apples dipped in honey to evoke a "sweet new year".
Rosh Hashanah may refer to:
- Rosh Hashanah, the Jewish new year
- Rosh Hashanah (tractate), a tractate of mishnah
- Rosh Hashana (Feast of Trumpets), Resurrection of the Righteous Dead at Last Shofar Blast
- Rosh Hashana kibbutz, a large prayer assemblage of Breslover Hasidim held on Rosh Hashanah
- Rosh Hashana Arab Assault
- A Christian variant of the Jewish Rosh Hashanah observance, sometimes called Feast of Trumpets
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?