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{{Infobox Holiday
|holiday_name  = Rosh Hashanah
|image         = Rosh_Hashana.jpeg
|observedby    = [[Judaism]] and [[Jew]]s; [[Samaritan]]s
|official_name = {{lang-he|'''ראש השנה'''}}
|nickname      = Jewish New Year
|begins        = Start of first day of [[Tishrei]]
|ends          = End of first or second day of [[Tishrei]]
|observances   = [[Jewish services|Praying]] in [[synagogue]], hearing the ''[[shofar]]''. Festive meals with [[challah]]. Auspicious foods such as [[apple]]s dipped in [[honey]], [[fish]] heads and [[pomegranate]]s are often eaten, as well as new fruits on the second night. Refraining from [[39 categories of activity prohibited on Shabbat|work]].
|type=Jewish; Samaritan
|significance  = Jewish civil new year according to the [[Hebrew calendar]]. Commemorates the [[Creation according to Genesis|creation]] of the world as narrated in the Bible.
Beginning of the ten "Days of Awe" culminating in [[Yom Kippur]].
|relatedto     = [[Yom Kippur]], the "Day of Atonement."
|date2017      = sunset, September 20 – sunset, September 21
|date2018      = sunset, September 9 – sunset, September 10
|date2019      = sunset, September 29 – sunset, September 30
}}

[[File:May you all have a sweet year (365-271) (6194230350).jpg|thumb|left|Honey and apples, and a specially apples dipped in honey, are one of the symbols of Rosh HaShana - the Jewish New Year holiday]]
'''Rosh Hashanah''' ({{lang-he|ראש השנה}}, literally "head of the year," [[Biblical Hebrew language|Biblical]]: {{IPA2|ˈɾoʃ haʃːɔˈnɔh}}, Israeli: {{IPA|[ˈʁoʃ haʃaˈna]}}, [[Yiddish language|Yiddish]]: {{IPA|[ˈroʊʃ hɑˈʃɔnə]}}) is a [[Jewish holiday]] commonly referred to as the "[[Judaism|Jewish]] [[New Year]]."  It is observed on the first day of [[Tishrei]], the seventh month of the [[Hebrew calendar]]. The festival lasts for two days.

Rosh Hashanah is the first of the [[High Holidays]] or ''Yamim Noraim'' ({{lang|he|"Days of Awe"}}), or ''Asseret Yemei Teshuva'' (The Ten Days of Repentance) which are days specifically set aside to focus on repentance that conclude with the holiday of [[Yom Kippur]]. The story of Rosh Hashanah is about [[Abraham]] and his belief in God when he was told to sacrifice his son.

It is customary to send "A Good and Happy Year" greetings on Rosh Hashanah to family and friends.

== Years ==
[[Jewish calendar|Jewish year]] and [[Gregorian calendar|Gregorian year]]:
* 5778 = 2017-2018
* 5779 = 2018-2019
* 5780 = 2019-2020
* 5781 = 2020-2021
* 5782 = 2021-2022

==References==
*{{Cite web|url=https://www.hebcal.com/holidays/2018-2019|title=Jewish Holidays 2018-2019 {{!}} Hebcal Jewish Calendar|website=www.hebcal.com|access-date=2018-09-08}}

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