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Rosh Hashana Definition


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Rosh Hashanah
Rosh Hashana
noun
    1. The Jewish festival of New Year, celebrated on the first and sometimes second of the month Tishri, which falls in September or October, at which, during the New Year's service, a ram's horn is blown as a call to repentance and spiritual renewal.
Etymology: 18c: Hebrew, literally ‘head of the year', from rosh head + hash-shanah year.



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