29 Facts About Holy Days

1. Rosh Hashanah is the Jewish New Year and is celebrated in early Autumn.

2. In 2018, Rosh Hashanah will begin on Sunday evening at sundown and conclude at sundown on Tuesday.

3. Rosh Hashanah occurs on the first and second days of the Jewish month of Tishri.

4. Rosh Hashanah begins the Days of Awe, a 10-day period ending with Yom Kippur.

5. Yom Kippur is the Day of Atonement, when we are closest to G‑d and most connected to the essence of our souls.

6. Rosh Hashanah is a time of judgment, tempered with the great love God has for His people.

7. Yom Kippur falls each year on the 10th day of the Jewish month of Tishrei, which is 9 days after the first day of Rosh Hashanah.

8. Rosh Hashanah falls in the seventh month of the Hebrew calendar, Tishrei, when God is said to have created the world, hence the celebration of the new year.

9. Rosh Hashanah is celebrated in many different ways by Jewish communities with songs, prayers, stories and special foods.

10. Rosh Hashanah is known as the Day of Judgment, for it is believed that on this day God judges all of his people and decides on their fate in the next year.

11. Rosh Hashanah is a Jewish holiday marking the first and second days of the Jewish year.

12. Yom Kippur completes the annual period known in Judaism as the High Holy Days or Yamim Nora'im that commences with Rosh Hashanah.

13. Rosh Hashanah marks the first and second days of the Jewish New Year.

14. Rosh Hashanah begins the Days of Awe, a 10-day period ending with Yom Kippur during which observers reflect upon and repent their deeds of the previous year and consider the year ahead.

15. Rosh Hashanah is the Jewish New Year that falls on the first and second days of the Jewish month of Tishrei, at the end of the summer.

16. Rosh Hashanah is the holiday marking the Jewish new year, and leads into the Days of Awe, serving as a time to both rejoice and engage in self-reflection.

17. Rosh Hashanah marks the start of a new year in the Hebrew calendar.

18. Rosh Hashanah occurs 163 days after the first day of Passover.

19. Rosh Hashanah is a two-day celebration that begins on the first day of Tishrei, which is the seventh month of the ecclesiastical year.

20. Rosh Hashanah is the celebration of the Jewish New Year and one of the most important religious holidays in Judaism.

21. Yom Kippur begins at sundown on Tuesday, Sept 18, and ends at sundown on Wednesday, Sept 19.

22. Yom Kippur is the occasion on which otherwise non-observant Jews are most likely to attend synagogue, refrain from work, or fast.

23. Yom Kippur is usually expressed in English as "Day of Atonement".

24. Yom Kippur is a legal holiday in the modern state of Israel.

25. The latest Yom Kippur can occur relative to the Gregorian dates is on October 14, as happened in 1967 and will happen again in 2043.

26. Rosh Hashanah is the Jewish new year, the beginning of the month of Tishrei.

27. Rosh Hashanah is the first of ten Jewish high holy days ending with Yom Kippur.

28. Rosh Hashanah is the day of "Yom Hadin", known as Judgment day.

29. Yom Kippur is the holiest of Jewish holidays observed ten days after Rosh Hashanah until the end of High Holy Days in the Jewish calendar.