Rosh Hashanah (Hebrew: ראש השנה), (literally "head of the year"), is the Jewish New Year. It is the first of the High Holidays or Yamim Noraim ("Days of Awe"), celebrated ten days before Yom Kippur. Rosh Hashanah is observed on the first two days of Tishrei, the seventh month of the Hebrew calendar. It is described in the Torah as יום תרועה (Yom Teru'ah, a day of sounding [the Shofar]).
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List of Dates
Rosh Hashana begins at sundown in the Diaspora on:- Wed, 08 September 2010 (1st of Tishrei, 5771)
- Wed, 28 September 2011 (1st of Tishrei, 5772)
- Sun, 16 September 2012 (1st of Tishrei, 5773)
- Wed, 04 September 2013 (1st of Tishrei, 5774)
- Wed, 24 September 2014 (1st of Tishrei, 5775)
- Sun, 13 September 2015 (1st of Tishrei, 5776)
Recommended Books
 Days of Awe by Shmuel Yosef Agnon |
 Entering the High Holy Days by Rabbi Reuven Hammer |
 Rosh Hashanah Readings by Rabbi Dov Peretz Elkins |
 This Is Real and You Are Completely Unprepared by Rabbi Alan Lew |
Rosh Hashana - ראש השנה
Rosh Hashana I - ראש השנה יום א׳
Torah Portion: Genesis 21:1 - 21:34 & Numbers 29:1 - 29:6
1: Genesis 21:1-4
2: Genesis 21:5-12
3: Genesis 21:13-21
4: Genesis 21:22-27
5: Genesis 21:28-34
maf: Numbers 29:1-6
(6 p'sukim)
Haftarah: I Samuel 1:1 - 2:10
Rosh Hashana I (on Shabbat) - ראש השנה יום א׳ (בשבת)
Torah Portion: Genesis 21:1 - 21:34 & Numbers 29:1 - 29:6
1: Genesis 21:1-4
2: Genesis 21:5-8
3: Genesis 21:9-12
4: Genesis 21:13-17
5: Genesis 21:18-21
6: Genesis 21:22-27
7: Genesis 21:28-34
maf: Numbers 29:1-6
(6 p'sukim)
Haftarah: I Samuel 1:1 - 2:10
Rosh Hashana II - ראש השנה יום ב׳
Torah Portion: Genesis 22:1 - 22:24 & Numbers 29:1 - 29:6
1: Genesis 22:1-3
2: Genesis 22:4-8
3: Genesis 22:9-14
4: Genesis 22:15-19
5: Genesis 22:20-24
maf: Numbers 29:1-6
(6 p'sukim)
Haftarah: Jeremiah 31:1 - 31:19
References
- The Jewish Holidays: A Guide & Commentary
- Rabbi Michael Strassfeld
- "Rosh Hashanah" in Wikipedia: The Free Encyclopedia
- Wikimedia Foundation Inc.