Rosh Hashanah
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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.
Observed surface forms (3)
| Surface form | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Yom Teruah | 3 |
| Jewish New Year | 2 |
| 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 (36)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
ראש השנה
this entity surface form:
Jewish New Year
this entity surface form:
Yom Teruah
this entity surface form:
Yom Teruah
this entity surface form:
Yom Teruah
this entity surface form:
Jewish New Year
subject surface form:
Yom Tov