<Tr> <Th> 2018 date </Th> <Td> sunset, September 09--nightfall, September 11 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> 2019 date </Th> <Td> sunset, September 29--nightfall, October 01 </Td> </Tr> <P> Rosh Hashanah (Hebrew: רֹאשׁ הַשָּׁנָה ‎, literally meaning the "beginning (also head) (of) the year") is the Jewish New Year . The biblical name for this holiday is Yom Teruah (יוֹם תְּרוּעָה ‎), literally "day (of) shouting / blasting". It is the first of the Jewish High Holy Days (יָמִים נוֹרָאִים ‎ Yamim Nora'im, lit . "Days (of) Awe") specified by Leviticus 23: 23--32, which usually occur in the early autumn of the Northern Hemisphere . </P> <P> Rosh Hashanah is a two - day celebration, which begins on the first day of Tishrei . Tishrei is the first month of the Jewish civil year, but the seventh month of the ecclesiastical year . </P>

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