rosh hashanah

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(Bilgisayar) roş aşana
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A Jewish holiday that takes place over the first two days of Tishrei, 163 days after the first day of Pesach
Rosh Hashana an important Jewish religious holiday, which celebrates the beginning of the Jewish new year and continues for two days. It is usually in September. 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. The liturgy includes the blowing of the ram's horn, or shofar, a call for spiritual awakening associated with the giving of the Law to Moses on Mount Sinai. It is also called the Day of Remembrance, since it celebrates the creation of the world and the responsibilities of the Jews as God's chosen people. It is a solemn but hopeful holiday; bread and fruit dipped in honey are eaten as omens of sweetness for the year ahead
Jewish New Year
(rosh hah-shah-nah) The fall holiday that marks the begin-ning of the Jewish year; the day on which the SHOFAR is sounded
Literal translation: head of the year; Jewish new year
(Judaism) a solemn Jewish feast day celebrated on the 1st or 1st and 2nd of Tishri; noted for the blowing of the shofar
Head of the Year " The Jewish New Year Celebrated on the first day of Tishri The holiday initiates a period of soul-searching and reflection that culminates on Yom Kippur
The Hebrew New Year, which occurs in the Fall It is believed that on this day God judges the world, and decides what kind of year everybody will have
Rosh HaShana is the Jewish New Year commemorating the creation of the universe; a universal day of judgment For further explanation see: Living with the Times--Tishrei
'Beginning of the year'; the celebration of the Jewish New Year, occurring on the seventh lunar month 'Beginning of the year'; the celebration of the Jewish New Year, occurring on the seventh lunar month
rosh hashanah

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    [ "räsh-(h)&-'shä- ] (noun.) 1846. From Hebrew ראש השנה (rosh-hashaná).
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