New Year: September 13-19.New Year: The Jewish holiday
A Jewish holiday or Jewish Festival is a day or series of days observed by Jews as a holy or secular commemoration of an important event in Jewish history. of Rosh Hashanah Rosh Hashanah Jewish New Year. Sometimes called the Day of Judgment, Rosh Hashanah falls on Tishri 1 (in September or October) and ushers in a 10-day period of self-examination and penitence that ends with Yom Kippur. begins at sundown on Wednesday (15th) and is celebrated Thursday and Friday (16th-17th). The holiday marks the New Year on the Hebrew calendar and is the beginning of the Jewish high holidays that conclude with Yom Kippur, the Day of Atonement Day of Atonement n. See Yom Kippur. [Translation of Hebrew yôm kippûr.] Day of Atonement Noun same as Yom Kippur Noun 1. . on Sept. 25. |
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