Rosh Hashana 2015 / רֹאשׁ הַשָּׁנָה 5776

Rosh Hashana (The Jewish New Year) for Hebrew Year 5776 began on Sunday, 13 September 2015 and ended on Tuesday, 15 September 2015.

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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Dates for Rosh Hashana

Tanakh

Rosh Hashana I / רֹאשׁ הַשָּׁנָה יוֹם א׳
Monday, 14 September 2015 / 1 Tishrei 5776

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 II / רֹאשׁ הַשָּׁנָה יוֹם ב׳
Tuesday, 15 September 2015 / 2 Tishrei 5776

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 (paid link)

Rabbi Michael Strassfeld

Sefaria Tanakh

Sefaria.org

Tanakh: The Holy Scriptures (paid link)

Jewish Publication Society

"Rosh Hashanah" in Wikipedia: The Free Encyclopedia

Wikimedia Foundation Inc.

Books (paid links)