What does the Jewish holiday Rosh Hashanah celebrate?
Rosh Hashanah 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 the ecclesiastical year. It marks the beginning of the civil year, according to the teachings of Judaism, while the
Rosh Hashanah (tractate) Rosh Hashanah (tractate) Rosh Hashanah () is the name of a text of Jewish law originating in the Mishnah which formed the basis of tractates in both the Babylonian Talmud and the Jerusalem Talmud of the same name. It is the eighth tractate of the order "Moed". The text contains the most important rules concerning the calendar year, together with a description of the inauguration of the months, laws on the form and use of the shofar and laws related to the religious services during the Jewish holiday of Rosh Hashanah. The Mishnah commences with an account of the four