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| − | '''Rosh Hashanah''' is a holiday marking the beginning of the [[Jewish]] new year. The holiday is celebrated in a solemn manner beginning at sunset the night before. In the Hebrew calendar, the first month of each year is called "Tishri".<ref>[https://mechon-mamre.org/p/pt/pt0323.htm Leviticus, 23:23-24], (as [https://www.chabad.org/library/article_cdo/aid/2263462/jewish/Tishrei.htm its] | + | '''Rosh Hashanah''' is a holiday marking the beginning of the [[Jewish]] new year. The holiday is celebrated in a solemn manner beginning at sunset the night before. In the Hebrew calendar, the first month<ref>[https://www.jewfaq.org/tishri JewFaq, Tishri]</ref> of each year is called "Tishri".<ref>[https://mechon-mamre.org/p/pt/pt0323.htm Leviticus, 23:23-24], (as [https://www.chabad.org/library/article_cdo/aid/2263462/jewish/Tishrei.htm its] |
| | the 7th, the first being [https://www.chabad.org/library/article_cdo/aid/2164005/jewish/Nisan.htm Nisan]).</ref> Rosh Hashanah lasts for two days. | | the 7th, the first being [https://www.chabad.org/library/article_cdo/aid/2164005/jewish/Nisan.htm Nisan]).</ref> Rosh Hashanah lasts for two days. |
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| − | Recognition of this [[Holy Day]] consists of saying prayers for God's forgiveness and requesting a good year, blowing the Shofar.<ref>Biblical command. [https://aish.com/holidays/high-holidays/rosh-hashanah/the-shofar/ Rosh Hashanah, the Sofar - Aish][https://torah.org/rosh-hashanah/ Rosh Hashanah].</ref> It is a time of penance, with "The Ten Days of Penitence" beginning on Rosh Hashanah, which is the Day of Judgment, and ending on [[Yom Kippur]], which is the Day of Atonement. | + | Recognition of this [[Holy Day]] consists of saying prayers for God's forgiveness and requesting a good year, blowing the Shofar.<ref>Biblical command. [https://aish.com/holidays/high-holidays/rosh-hashanah/the-shofar/ Rosh Hashanah, the Shofar - Aish], [https://torah.org/rosh-hashanah/ Rosh Hashanah].</ref> It is a time of penance, with "The Ten Days of Penitence" beginning on Rosh Hashanah, which is the Day of Judgment, and ending on [[Yom Kippur]], which is the Day of Atonement. |
| | (It's the first of the [https://www.chabad.org/holidays/JewishNewYear/template_cdo/aid/36130/jewish/High-Holidays-2024.htm High Holidays]). | | (It's the first of the [https://www.chabad.org/holidays/JewishNewYear/template_cdo/aid/36130/jewish/High-Holidays-2024.htm High Holidays]). |
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