Rosh Hashanah is the Jewish celebration of what?
Rosh Hashanah Sukkot concludes God will deliver a final, merciful judgment, hence the use of ""gmar"" ("end") that is ""tov"" ("good"). Rosh Hashanah Rosh Hashanah (), literally meaning the "head [of] the year" is the Jewish New Year. The biblical name for this holiday is Yom Teruah (), literally "day of shouting or blasting". It is the first of the Jewish High Holy Days ( "Yamim Nora'im". "Days of Awe") specified by that occur in the early autumn of the Northern Hemisphere. Rosh Hashanah is a two-day celebration that begins on the first day of Tishrei, which is the seventh month of
Rosh Hashanah never falls on a Sunday, Wednesday, or Friday. The Torah defines Rosh Hashanah as a one-day celebration, and since days in the Hebrew calendar begin at sundown, the beginning of Rosh Hashanah is at sundown at the end of 29 Elul. The rules of the Hebrew calendar are designed such that the first day of Rosh Hashanah will never occur on the first, fourth, or sixth day of the Jewish week (i.e., Sunday, Wednesday, or Friday). Since the time of the destruction of the Second Temple of Jerusalem in 70 CE and the time of Rabban Yohanan ben Zakkai, normative