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Lewis Knight

When is Rosh Hashanah 2019? Dates that Rosh Hashanah starts and ends

pRosh Hashanah is almost upon us./p pThe holiday is also known as Jewish New Year and often occurs in the early Autumn for the Northern hemisphere./p pThe words translate from Hebrew to English as quot;head of the yearquot;./p pRosh Hashanah is named emstrongYom Teruah/strong/em#xA0;in the Bible, which literally translates as the quot;day of shouting or blastingquot;./p pIt is also seen as a traditional anniversary of the creation of the first man and woman, Adam and Eve./p pThe two day celebration is the first of the Jewish High Holy Days and often sees the taking part in customs such as sounding the shofar (a ramapos;s horn), attending synagogue services, and reciting special liturgy about teshuva (akin to repentance)./p pThere are also often festival meals that include symbolic foods such as apples dipped in honey, which indicate the sweet new year that is hoped for./p pBut when does Rosh Hashanah 2019 occur?/p h3When is Rosh Hashanah 2019?/h3 img alt=Rosh Hashana src=https://i2-prod.mirror.co.uk/incoming/article8946750.ece/ALTERNATES/s810/Rosh-Hashana.jpg title=Rosh Hashanah is celebrated by Jewish communities across the world data-portal-copyright=Getty pRosh Hashanah will be held from strongSunday, September 29, 2019, to Tuesday, October 1, 2019./strong/p pIt will begin specifically at sunset on the Sunday and end at nightfall on the Tuesday./p pIf you wish to give a traditional greeting during this religious holiday then do say emShanah Tovah/em, which translates from Hebrew to English to mean quot;good new yearquot;./p pMeanwhile, a Yiddish greeting could be quot;a gut yorquot; which means in English: quot;a good yearquot;./p pIt is certainly set to be a busy but celebratory time for the Jewish Community./p pemShanah Tovah!/em/p pemstrongWhat are your plans for Rosh Hashanah? Let us know in the comments below./strong/em/p
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