Rosh Hashanah

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Jewish holiday holy day religious festival

Rosh Hashanah is the Jewish New Year festival, marking the beginning of the High Holy Days with prayer, reflection, and the sounding of the shofar.

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All labels observed (5)

Label	Occurrences
Rosh Hashanah canonical	46
Yom Teruah	3
Jewish New Year	2
Feast of Trumpets	1
ראש השנה	1

Statements (65)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Jewish holiday ⓘ holy day ⓘ religious festival ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	Rosh Hashanah ⓘ surface form: Jewish New Year
associatedConcept	divine judgment of all creatures ⓘ inscription in the Book of Life ⓘ teshuvah (repentance) ⓘ
associatedPeriod	Aseret Yemei Teshuvah ⓘ Ten Days of Repentance ⓘ
biblicalName	Rosh Hashanah self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Yom Teruah day of blowing (the shofar) ⓘ
biblicalSource	Leviticus 23:23–25 ⓘ Numbers 29:1–6 ⓘ
calendarRelation	occurs in the seventh month Tishrei of the Hebrew calendar ⓘ
category	High Holy Days ⓘ surface form: Jewish High Holy Days Jewish festivals ⓘ Tishrei observances ⓘ
centralRitual	sounding of the shofar ⓘ
commandmentType	biblical commandment (mitzvah d’oraita) to hear the shofar ⓘ
custom	Tashlich ceremony ⓘ attending synagogue services ⓘ reciting special piyyutim (liturgical poems) ⓘ
dateRule	1 Tishrei ⓘ 1–2 Tishrei in the Hebrew calendar ⓘ
duration	one day in some communities in Israel historically ⓘ two days in most of the Jewish world ⓘ
endsWith	Yom Kippur ⓘ
followsCalendar	Hebrew calendar ⓘ
foodCustom	eating apples dipped in honey ⓘ eating pomegranate ⓘ eating round challah ⓘ eating symbolic foods (simanim) ⓘ
greeting	Shanah Tovah ⓘ Shanah Tovah Umetukah ⓘ
greetingMeaning	Have a good year ⓘ
HebrewName	Rosh Hashanah self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: ראש השנה
liturgicalBook	Siddur ⓘ surface form: Machzor
observedBy	Jewish communities worldwide ⓘ Jews ⓘ
partOf	High Holy Days ⓘ
prayerType	Amidah with special additions ⓘ
religion	Judaism ⓘ
season	early autumn in the Northern Hemisphere ⓘ
shofarBlastsTypes	shevarim ⓘ tekiah ⓘ tekiah gedolah ⓘ teruah ⓘ
shofarMaterial	ram’s horn ⓘ
specialPrayerSection	Malchuyot ⓘ Shofarot ⓘ Zichronot ⓘ
symbolism	honey symbolizes a sweet new year ⓘ pomegranate symbolizes abundance and mitzvot ⓘ round challah symbolizes continuity and the cycle of the year ⓘ
TashlichDescription	symbolic casting of sins into a body of water ⓘ
theme	divine kingship ⓘ introspection ⓘ judgment ⓘ prayer ⓘ reflection ⓘ renewal ⓘ repentance ⓘ
translation	Head of the Year ⓘ
workRestriction	considered a Yom Tov with prohibited forms of work ⓘ
yearType	marks the beginning of the Jewish civil year ⓘ

Referenced by (53)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Jews → hasMajorHoliday → Rosh Hashanah ⓘ

Judaism → hasHoliday → Rosh Hashanah ⓘ

Rosh Hashanah → alsoKnownAs → Rosh Hashanah ⓘ

this entity surface form: Jewish New Year

Rosh Hashanah → HebrewName → Rosh Hashanah self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: ראש השנה

Rosh Hashanah → biblicalName → Rosh Hashanah self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Yom Teruah

Yom Kippur → pairedWith → Rosh Hashanah ⓘ

Karaite Jews → observesHoliday → Rosh Hashanah ⓘ

Ten Days of Repentance → startsWith → Rosh Hashanah ⓘ

Persian Jews → observesHolidayWithLocalCustoms → Rosh Hashanah ⓘ

Cheshvan → followsMajorHolidays → Rosh Hashanah ⓘ

High Holy Days → consistsOf → Rosh Hashanah ⓘ

High Holy Days → startWith → Rosh Hashanah ⓘ

Malchuyot → associatedHoliday → Rosh Hashanah ⓘ

Leviticus 23:23–25 → associatedWith → Rosh Hashanah ⓘ

this entity surface form: Yom Teruah

Yom Tov (Jewish festival days) → includes → Rosh Hashanah ⓘ

subject surface form: Yom Tov

Elul → preparationFor → Rosh Hashanah ⓘ

Aseret Yemei Teshuvah → startsOn → Rosh Hashanah ⓘ

Tishrei → containsHoliday → Rosh Hashanah ⓘ

Anno Mundi → associatedWith → Rosh Hashanah ⓘ

Musaf → recitedOn → Rosh Hashanah ⓘ

Machzor → usedOn → Rosh Hashanah ⓘ

New Year → hasVariant → Rosh Hashanah ⓘ

this entity surface form: Jewish New Year

New Year → hasVariant → Rosh Hashanah ⓘ

Georgian Jews → holiday → Rosh Hashanah ⓘ

Unetaneh Tokef → liturgicalOccasion → Rosh Hashanah ⓘ

Selichot → associatedWith → Rosh Hashanah ⓘ

Avinu Malkeinu → liturgicalUse → Rosh Hashanah ⓘ

Yamim Noraim → includes → Rosh Hashanah ⓘ

Yamim Noraim → startEvent → Rosh Hashanah ⓘ

Kingship verses → associatedWith → Rosh Hashanah ⓘ

this entity surface form: Yom Teruah

Musaf prayer → performedOn → Rosh Hashanah ⓘ

Yaaleh VeYavo insertion in Amidah → recitedOn → Rosh Hashanah ⓘ

Simchat Torah → relatedHoliday → Rosh Hashanah ⓘ

Fast of Gedaliah → relatedTo → Rosh Hashanah ⓘ

Jewish Canadians → holiday → Rosh Hashanah ⓘ

Leviticus 23 → listsFestival → Rosh Hashanah ⓘ

this entity surface form: Feast of Trumpets

Messianic Jews → observe → Rosh Hashanah ⓘ

Psalm 47 → associatedWithFeast → Rosh Hashanah ⓘ

Yom Tov → includes → Rosh Hashanah ⓘ

Beta Israel liturgy → includesHolidayService → Rosh Hashanah ⓘ

Sefer HaChaim → associatedWith → Rosh Hashanah ⓘ

Heavenly court → associatedWithEvent → Rosh Hashanah ⓘ

Kedushat HaYom section → recitedOn → Rosh Hashanah ⓘ

Musaf service → recitedOn → Rosh Hashanah ⓘ

Rabbi Amnon of Mainz → associatedWith → Rosh Hashanah ⓘ

Kane Street Synagogue → observesHoliday → Rosh Hashanah ⓘ

French Jews → observesHoliday → Rosh Hashanah ⓘ

Rosh Hashanah Musaf service → observedOn → Rosh Hashanah ⓘ