rosh hashonah meaning

Noun: Rosh Hashonah

1. (Judaism) a solemn Jewish feast day celebrated on the 1st or 1st and 2nd of Tishri; noted for the blowing of the shofar
   - Rosh Hashanah, Rosh Hashana, Rosh Hashona, Jewish New Year

Type of: feast day, fete day, High Holiday, High Holy Day

• rosh chodesh:    Noun: Rosh Chodesh ...
• rosh hashana:    Noun: Rosh Hashana ...
• rosh hashanah:    Noun: Rosh Hashana ...

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1. Women in many congregations are called to chant from the Torah, as Kates does every Rosh Hashonah.
2. She tells of a 5-year-old whose Jewish mother sent her to school on Rosh Hashonah.
3. In it, two dozen Jewish women wrestle with biblical texts read in synagogues on Rosh Hashonah and Yom Kippur.
4. When Judith Kates and Gail Twersky Reimer were growing up, Rosh Hashonah, the Jewish new year, always seemed like a men's holiday.
5. There will be no court Monday in observance of the Jewish holiday of Rosh Hashonah, but Judge Lance Ito has suggested he will hold very long sessions after that.