Articles of category "Rosh Hashanah (Jewish New Year)"

Rosh Hashanah is the first and second days of the first Jewish month of Tishrei. It is New Year to the Jews celebration their new year and discussing their schedules of the previous year with their relatives. The Jewish New Year is a bit differnet from the American New Year, it has a festive touch to it but the Jews spend Rosh Hashanah praying and gaining spiritual guidance from God.

If you are looking for the Jewish holiday for the New year, then you cannot just look up the name Jewish New Year because that is not what it is called. Rosh Hashanah is the right term to use, and it is literally translated to head of the year, which makes since that this would be the name of New Years. Rosh Hashanah is a term that first appeared in Tanakh in Ezekiel. However, you should keep in mind that Rosh Hashanah does not refer to the first day of the new year, but to the beginning of the year in general.