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Gregorian dates for Jon Chungs asianness 2003 to 2007 from http://www.jewfaq.org/holiday2.htm#Dates as of 2004-12-17t14:44z. — Jeandré
So, say that it begins on erev yontif at sunset, and then when it ends --- by nightfall? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 68.13.156.249 ( talk) 05:35, 28 August 2011 (UTC)
Observed by: | Jews | |
Name | Hebrew: ראש השנה | |
Meaning: | "Beginning of the year" | |
Begins: | 29th day of Elul | |
Ends: | 2nd day Tishri | |
Occasion | Jewish spiritual new year Beginning of the Days of Awe | |
Symbols: | Challah bread and honey | |
Related to: | Yom Kippur |
To the one who made this table, That was excellent idea, and nicely done! Shana Tova! MathKnight 13:19, 15 Sep 2004 (UTC)
This article says "Rosh Hashanah occurs 162 days after the first day of Pesach" but New Year says 163 days. I added an external link to this article that has a formula for determining the exact dates, but the formula is so convoluted I can't figure out if 162 is correct, 163 is correct, or sometimes one or the other. Anyone? SWAdair | Talk 05:34, 1 Nov 2004 (UTC) In modern times, 162 is definitely wrong. I know R.H. has come on Saturday, because I remember Yom Kippur being on the day Columbus Day was observed in the U.S., and R.H. is always 1 week and 2 days before Yom Kippur. Since 162 days is 23 weeks and 1 day, the day that is 162 days before a Saturday is always a Friday, but Passover never starts on a Friday using the current calendar, which is odd because it did on the day of the Crucifixion.
From the first of Nisan (14 days before Passover) to Rosh Hashanah or from the first day of Passover to the first day of Succot (14 days after RH) is 30+29+30+29+30+29 = 177 days. From the first day of Passover to RH is 14 days less, or 163 days.
However, when the lengths of the months were determined by sighting the moon visually, and not by a fixed cycle, there could be variation in the amount of time from Passover to RH. 71.109.149.60 ( talk) 04:47, 26 November 2010 (UTC)
Do these exist? The poster has a track record of nonsense/suspect edits. Charles Matthews 11:43, 20 Feb 2005 (UTC)
The article says that Rosh Hashanah is never on a Wednesday, but then it shows that 9/12/07 is Rosh Hashanah, which is a Wednesday!
You may be interested in the WikiProject, WikiProject Holidays, a WikiProject that will focus on standardizing articles about Holidays. It has been around for quite some time, but I'm starting it up again, and would like to see some more members (and our original members) around the help out. Cheers. — Ilγαηερ (Tαlκ) 21:11, 21 August 2005 (UTC)
Shouldn't there be a section explaining the Christian belief that the rapture will fall during Rosh Hashanah.
The Jewish new year is in Nissan as stated in Exodus 12:2 "This month shall be for you the beginning of all months, it shall be for you the first of the months of the year." It is a biblical commandment that Nissan be thought of as the first month, not Tishrei. Rosh Hashana is the day that the Jews believe the world was created, it is therefore the earth's new year, not the Jewish new year. DeFender1031 20:31, 21 September 2006 (UTC)
Rosh Ha Shanah is the Seventh Month, not the First Month, so it is not the Jewish "new year". --- Leviticus 23:24 --- "[...]On the first day of the SEVENTH month you are to have a day of rest, a sacred assembly commemorated with trumpet blasts" --- It is unncessary to add "the Jewish New Year" to your title, since it is misleading as well as incorrect. User:84.101.119.9 02:41, September 24, 2006
The Talmud section on Rosh Hashanah begins with a statement that
Since Rosh Hashana is a festival, it is dated from the new year for festivals. But since it is the new year for years, the calendar changes on Rosh Hashanah. Judaism of course follows the Talmud on this one, As is often the case, the Hebrew Bible alone won't explain Jewish practice. (FYI the 4th new year is the new year for trees, on the 15th of Shevat). -- Shirahadasha 01:52, 27 September 2006 (UTC)
It is the new year in that it is when a year starts, for example, when 5770 ends and 5771 begins. The terms "1st month", "2nd month", etc., mean the 1st month God created, the 2nd months God created, etc., and do not mean the 1st month of the year, the 2nd month of the year, etc. R.H. is the first day (or two days) of the 7th month, and of the year. The year starts with the first day of the 7th month and ends with the last day of the 6th month. 71.109.149.60 ( talk) 04:31, 26 November 2010 (UTC)
Which new year crossing does G-d use to calculate the prophecies, sabbaths and feast days? Since we are clearly not using TORAH to determine the new year(s) here and clearly something derived of man such as the Mishnah, then I believe to have the proper understanding we must go back to the writings of Mosheh. We can believe him as it is accounted twice that he ascended the mountain to speak with G-d and brought back to us the marriage covenant not to mention the starting of our TORAH. How can we as men debate this, saying this and that about something? All we are doing is confirming a prophecy in Dani'el about the moving of ordained times. Alan ( talk) 13:50, 29 September 2011 (UTC)
Does anyone really use pebbles or stones for tashlich? I'd like to delete it, but figured I'd ask first. -- Keeves 01:57, 25 September 2006 (UTC)
I'm sure SOMEONE out there does. Ask 10 Jews for an opinion, get 11 answers. Shalom, y'all!-- Greenbomb101 21:25, 20 January 2007 (UTC)
Wikipedia is an encyclopedia, not a siddur. Its purpose is to inform with a NPOV, not to encourage or discourage. The article is supposed to be about what IS done, not what should be done. 71.109.149.60 ( talk) 04:36, 26 November 2010 (UTC)
The article is incorrect in its statement that Tashlich is not always done on the first or second day. I know of a Chabad-Lubavitcher Rabbi in a place with no suitable body of water within walking distance, so he waits until the 3rd day of the month (or the 4th if the 3rd is Shabbos), and then drives to the ocean. However, I know this only from original research and not from verifiable sources. Someone with a verifiable source, please fix the article. 71.109.149.60 ( talk) 04:59, 26 November 2010 (UTC)
I've never heard of this one before - as far as I know the classical saying is:
lo adu rosh, ve' lo bedu pesach
i.e. Rosh HaShana is not on 146 and Pesach can not be on 246. The extra "be" in the first part is confusing! Any confirmations?
Nachmore 05:50, 6 September 2007 (UTC)
This whole article needs more in-line citations. Anyone know a good NPOV source that we could cite for the information. Remember 17:52, 13 September 2007 (UTC)
The traditional greeting is actually "L'shana Tova", "To/for a good year", not just "Shana Tova", and the pronunication given is for the Anglicized version, not the Hebrew. In Hebrew the stresses go on the final syllables of each of these words. I didn't correct this because I didn't know how to enter the phonetic transcription into the wiki. Jaysonfire ( talk) 19:29, 25 September 2008 (UTC)
As discussed above under "Rosh Hashana is not the Jewish new year", the ur-traditional name is not Rosh Hashana. I've previously dealt with the extent to which some Wikipedians are upset when traditional or correct names are used for articles instead of popular ones, but is there any disagreement that the article's text, at the lest, should include more focus on this distinction and on the significance of the Yom HaZikaron-aspect of this, to wit, the rememberance vs. the "New Year" bit which, as others have said, tends to confuse those more familiar with traditions in which the New Year is a purely celebratory event? Czrisher ( talk) 21:53, 1 October 2008 (UTC)
Update: Feast of Trumpets now redirects to Christian_observances_of_Jewish_holidays#Feast_of_Trumpets, not to this article 71.109.149.60 ( talk) 05:05, 26 November 2010 (UTC)
Per the rules at WP:OTD, this article is going to be excluded from Wikipedia:Selected anniversaries/September 28 this year because it has serious maintenance issues. There are 8 weeks to go before this date, so please be sure to have those resolved by then. Thanks. howcheng { chat} 18:50, 1 August 2011 (UTC)
Where did the extra h come from at the end of Rosh Hashana? -- Redaktor ( talk) 17:12, 14 September 2011 (UTC)
--I believe that it came from the fact that the word "Shana" (year) in Hebrew ends in the letter Hei, which is the equivalent to the English letter H, so really the question should be why did people stop transliterating the name of the holiday into English without the extra H at the end? Also, technically, You should capitalize the S, to read: Rosh HaShana, and possibly even Rosh haShana, to signify that "ha" only serves as the definite article, and that Shanah is the second word in the phrase "Head of the Year" - i.e. Rosh haShannah.— Preceding unsigned comment added by 129.98.156.205 ( talk • contribs)
No consensus to move. Vegaswikian ( talk) 21:33, 8 October 2011 (UTC)
Rosh Hashanah → Rosh HaShanah – Per WP:HEBREW, which says "In all capitalized words, he hayedi'a (ha, he) will be capitalized, as well as the word after it" (stress is mine). Should be uncontroversial. I'd have done this myself, but apparently this page is move-protected. Debresser ( talk) 17:29, 1 October 2011 (UTC)
It would be good if this article included a table of dates on which this event falls in different years. I heard on Thought for the Day this morning that it is today (September 28) in 2011! ACEOREVIVED ( talk) 16:04, 28 September 2011 (UTC)
The rules says Rosh HaShana does not start on a Sunday (and Wednesday and Friday). Fine. But given that this year (2012) starts exactly on a Sunday, isn’t it better to explain that if it says not on Sunday what it means it cannot start on the evening before, ie Saturday? BTW, the reference used talks about Yom Kippur, not Rosh HaShana.-- Sandribus ( talk) 08:01, 15 September 2012 (UTC)
Should I remove the paragraph on the connection to Ras as-Sanah? It lacks sources and its wording sounds quite biased, not to mention that the last sentence is very much false: the New Year's festival is called /resh shattim/ in Babylonian (as well as /akitu/) and /wept renpet/ in Ancient Egyptian, with the exact same meaning of «head|beginning (of the) year» as in Hebrew and Arabic, even in the linguistically distant Egyptian (which more precisely means «forehead|beginning (of the) year»). The only factually verifiable statement in the whole paragraph is that the Old Persian name of the festival was different («new light|day»), which is not surprising given that Old Persian is linguistically unrelated to the other 4 languages, and quite beside the point. -- RiseOfTheAnts 2013-09-04 20:29 UTC
article says " Rosh Hashanah occurs 163 days after the first day of Passover (Pesach). In terms of the Gregorian calendar, the earliest date on which Rosh Hashanah can fall is September 5, as happened in 1899 and will happen again in 2013. The latest date that Rosh Hashanah can occur relative to the Gregorian dates is October 5, as happened in 1967 and will happen again in 2043. After 2089, the differences between the Hebrew calendar and the Gregorian calendar will result in Rosh Hashanah falling no earlier than September 6.[10] Although the Jewish calendar is based on the lunar cycle, so that the first day of each month originally began with the first sighting of a new moon, since the fourth century it has been arranged so that Rosh Hashanah never falls on a Sunday, Wednesday, or Friday." --- This is still very confusing,and this part of the article must specifically mention that jews believe the new day and date starts at sundown rather than at midnight or at dawn as billions of others believe. Thus it needs to mention that tuesday 9-4-13 supposedly becomes 9-5-13 right at sundown. Also more links and information should be in this article concerning the reason that most jews believe that the day begins at sundown rather than sunrise.
Making music/noise shoos away predators but also prey in natural life. This fact is specifically acknowledged by religions. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 208.105.19.26 ( talk) 11:37, 7 September 2013 (UTC)
With the new "Greeting and stages" section, the "Traditional greetings" section has become partly redundant. In addition, it has too much of a Trivia section imho. Perhaps we should remove it? Debresser ( talk) 18:18, 7 September 2013 (UTC)
User:Debresser, I appreciate your foresight, and I agree with your assessment that the details of my previous edit were inappropriate for that small sub-section in the main article. I have since revised everything. My question to you is whether this (the following) will be appropriate? I was thinking that it can be placed in the current sub-section "Shofar blowing."
During the first series, Rav Abahu enacted that they blow a [very long] sustained blast (Teki'ah), followed by three [short] lilting blasts (Shevarim), followed by a [long] quavering blast (Teru'ah), and again by a [very long] sustained blast (Teki'ah). This series was to be repeated three times. This prescribed order is often called by the mnemonics: TASHRAT – Teki'ah, Shevarim, Teru'ah, Teki'ah.
During the second series, he enacted that they blow one [very long] sustained blast (Teki'ah), followed by three [short] lilting blasts (Shevarim), followed by a [very long] sustained blast (Teki'ah). This series was also to be repeated three times. This prescribed order is often called by the mnemonics: TASHAT – Teki'ah, Shevarim, Teki'ah.
During the third series, he enacted that they blow a [very long] sustained blast (Teki'ah), followed by a [long] quavering blast (Teru'ah), and again a [very long] sustained blast (Teki'ah). Again, this series was to be repeated three times. This prescribed order is often called by the mnemonics: TARAT – Teki'ah, Teru'ah, Teki'ah.
The first series has a combination of four interchanging sounds made by the horn, which, when repeated thrice, make for a total of twelve blasts. The second series has a combination of three interchanging sounds, which, when repeated thrice, make for a total of nine blasts. The third and final series has a combination of three interchanging sounds, which, when repeated thrice, make for a total of nine blasts. The sum total is thirty blasts. Davidbena ( talk) 17:31, 20 September 2014 (UTC)
Recent edits by Theredheifer claim to remove POV by adding qualifiers and an "Origins" section regarding the character of the festival according to the speculations of some academics. I suggest Theredheifer first discuss this, rather than edit war in the name of supposed academic neutral point of view. Especially since these are indeed no more than speculations.
In addition, I propose to lay of any such major change till after the holiday, as this article will be read much during these days, and it is imperative to first work out a solid consensus version. Debresser ( talk) 21:23, 23 September 2014 (UTC)
I don't even want to go into details like "Origins of" being an unacceptable header, and missing spaces between sentences. All of these can easily be fixed, but they underline the necessity for a period of working out a new version of this article of sufficiently high quality. Debresser ( talk) 21:26, 23 September 2014 (UTC)
Ref this claim for a link to Yom Kippur. (The term Rosh Hashanah appears once in the Bible in Ezekiel 40:1 where it means generally the time of the "beginning of the year" or is possibly a reference to Yom Kippur,[1] Jacobs, Louis. "Rosh Ha-Shanah." Encyclopaedia Judaica. Ed. Michael Berenbaum and Fred Skolnik. Vol. 17. 2nd ed. Detroit: Macmillan Reference USA, 2007. 463-466. I checked these pages for the claim to Yom Kippur, and I can find no reference to a link to Yom Kippur in this part of the EJ. Can anyone else find it, or should it be marked as citation required, (or removed?) Theredheifer ( talk) 21:14, 29 September 2014 (UTC)
This should be restored. Rosh Hashanah ( Hebrew: רֹאשׁ הַשָּׁנָה, literally "head of the year") is now celebrated as the beginning of the Jewish New Year. [1] It is a RS. Theredheifer ( talk) 20:42, 16 October 2014 (UTC)
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It seems to me that the content is dispute adds little information to the sentence, while making it more clunky. The phrase "is the Jewish New Year" to my mind conveys the idea that it is a current festival, and therefore "is now celebrated as" does not change anything. Theredheifer, I would suggest that if you feel like there is a lack of clarity in the sentence, you make that argument here on the talk, and point out exactly what the lack is. The source used does not seem to be in dispute, but the extra text seems unnecessary. Vanamonde93 ( talk) 17:36, 19 October 2014 (UTC) |
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I tagged the article because of a serious deficiency in sourcing, especially in the Greetings, Significance, Rosh Hashanah eve and Prayer service sections. A lot of it reads like somebody just wrote stuff off the top of their head, and I doubt its accuracy. Best, FoCuS contribs; talk to me! 15:49, 14 September 2015 (UTC)
I'd like to reorder the section in a more logical order, also based on what I have seen customarily done on similar articles. Something like first etymology, then origins, and blessing closer to the end, things like that. Debresser ( talk) 18:45, 15 September 2015 (UTC)
New material added for this section which is based on a modern source, not an out of date version of EJ. The article should contain modern understanding of the different opinions of the origin of this festival. There is nothing argumentative in this material, it is simply presenting two different views, which is what Wikipedia is supposed to do Johnmcintyre1959 ( talk) 06:20, 17 September 2015 (UTC)
Sorry to barge in, but I'd like this discussion settled so we can improve the article, Johnmcintyre1959 and Debresser. I do not have access to the Jewish Encyclopedia, so I can't comment on what the source says, but could we perhaps attempt to formulate some new text that incorporates both sides of this debate? That is if indeed the source stipulates there is a debate, or someone can offer a reliable source that does. If there is no debate, then this is indeed original research and should not be incorporated. I await your input. Best, FoCuS contribs; talk to me! 18:36, 17 September 2015 (UTC)
Hi folks. As the one who introduced the ORIGINS into the article, I feel impressed by the storm it has created.
FoCuS, to the availability of sources: the Jewish Encyclopedia (JE) of 1901-06 is freely available online, I have indicated the URL. The much newer Encyclopaedia Judaica (EJ) sounds like it might be the same, but it's not - another proof that even editors such as FoCuS (or me) do overlook basic facts when reading, that's why writing VERY clearly is an obligation towards the WP user. Back to EJ: for that one you need special access, which most don't have, me included. So for EJ even more than the (older) JE, I'd welcome a FULL QUOTATION (selective, but a quotation). And yes, the JE is almost ancient, the EJ can be an improvement.
Looking at Johnmcintyre's EJ-based text: sorry, but it's quite raw and not too carefully edited. I would like to suggest some edits, then you can start merging the two or whatever, once a quotation is provided, which everybody can read and check. So:
The ancient Semitic peoples thought of the year as beginning in the autumn, ////OKish, but not very accurate; see Akitu: Babylonians (Semites, even though influenced by Sumerians, who were not) had BOTH versions, two New Years, one at the sowing and one at the harvesting of barley. Relevance: read [2] for very plausible sounding theory that Rosh Hashanah is nothing but the Babylonian autumn Akitu festival adopted during Exile. /// at the time of the late harvest, whhile /// typo: while/// other ancient civilizations such as the Persians or Greeks chose spring for that purpose. ///following: a half-sentence forgotten from previous edits: starting with capital A, ending in a comma followed by another capital letter - bad!/// As the beginning of the economic year, when crops began to be sold, It is plausible that the Hebrew New Year originally marked the beginning of the agricultural year.
Older critical views tend to see the festival as a post-Exilic ///use link: post-
Exilic/// production of the Pentateuchal legislation ///what is that? can't drop such stuff on WP users w/o introduction, it's not a yeshiva manual. Find at least some WP links!/// of the Priestly Code (P) ///use link:
Priestly Code/// in which the festival appears, pointing out ///I would leave out "for instance", unnecessary ballast]]], for instance, that there is no reference to it ///not "it", but "Rosh Hashanah", actual noun not mentioned in entire, long paragraph/// in the lists of the feasts in Deuteronomy ///link
Deuteronomy///. More recently S. Mowinckel ///if it's him you mean, use link:
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Babylonian/// enthronement of
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psalms/// to substantiate this assertion. Although Mowinckel’s thesis has won wide acceptance, it is still the subject of debate.(reference) ENCYCLOPAEDIA JUDAICA, Second Edition, Volume 17 p.g. 464, 465(end of reference) ///for the E. Judaica reference: use full format, avoid all-caps, and add QUOTE, as mentioned: (reference)xxxx, ed. (xxxx). "xxxx". Encyclopaedia Judaica. Vol. 17 (2nd ed.). xxxx: xxxx. pp. 464, 465.
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Can I make a suggestion? At this point in time I don't think anyone is going to give in to the other person, so perhaps a neutral RFC is warranted. I took a look at the origin section and in my nnpov, it's not needed, and if it is there, as it's written now is very lopsided. Personally, I'm getting the heeby-jeebie feels on this, so it might be good to get a NPOV so this can be settled. Yossiea (talk) 14:31, 30 September 2015 (UTC)
I came to find the origin of the year numbering system. This coming Rosh Hashanah will mark the Hebrew year 5777. So, in effect, to find the Hebrew year at Rosh Hashanah, add 3761 to the current Christian year (2016 + 3761 = 5777). Thus the question, what happened about 3760-2 years ago to make that the baseline year? And shouldn't that be represented in this article? Thank you. NjtoTX ( talk) 15:10, 9 September 2016 (UTC)
According to this source, we first hear of it as a holiday in the Rabbinic period, 2nd century C.E.:
Rosh Hashanah 2017: The History of Rosh Hashanah Which Wasn't Always the 'New Year' Much of today's traditions originated with Babylonian worship, and you have to read this to believe how a calf's head morphed into gefilte fish. Elon Gilad
(I think the day is today.)
I'm not going to waste my time putting it in, because I'm sure it would immediately get removed. deisenbe ( talk) 15:49, 20 September 2017 (UTC)
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Will someone please look at the first paragraph. Every single word in is shown inverted, probably due to vandalism. This is how it looks at this moment:
"osh Hashanah (Hebrew: רֹאשׁ הַשָּׁנָה), literally meaning the "head [of] the year" is the Jewish civil New Year. The biblical name for this holiday is Yom Teruah (יוֹם תְּרוּעָה), literally "day [of] shouting or blasting". It is the first of the Jewish High Holy Days (יָמִים נוֹרָאִים Yamim Nora'im. "Days [of] Awe") specified by Leviticus 23:23–32 which occur in the early autumn of the Northern Hemisphere." 2A02:1811:B214:CA00:A5E5:8851:971F:47DF ( talk) 12:33, 22 September 2018 (UTC)
I believe this article should more prominently link to Hebrew calendar and display the Hebraic year (currently 5780), especially since Jewish New Year redirects here. Adam Katz Δ ☎ 22:41, 14 February 2020 (UTC)
I agree that this recently added section is off-topic here, and is best kept where it came from. In any case, to prevent this page from being excluded from the main page, I propose we leave it out till after Rosh Hashana, and then come back to this issue. Debresser ( talk) 11:11, 18 September 2020 (UTC)
Dear Abby used this spelling and I found it again in an actual article which I can't link to.— Vchimpanzee • talk • contributions • 19:13, 19 September 2020 (UTC)
Feast of the Trumpets is not a common English name for the Jewish holiday Rosh Hashanah. There may be seperate Christian festival called Feast of the Trumpets. There are literally no Jewish sources for the name Feast of the Trumpets and it is not a name that is known at all by Jews, let alone a common English name. 68.237.52.228 ( talk) 23:36, 3 September 2021 (UTC)
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Is it spelt Rosh Hashanah or Rosh HaShanah, and shouldn't it be consistent throughout the article? סשס Grimmchild 08:19, 26 September 2022 (UTC)
“What is Rosh Hashanah”
” Rosh Hashanah is the Jewish New Year, a significant holiday in the Jewish calendar. It typically falls in September or early October and marks the beginning of the High Holy Days in Judaism. It's a time for reflection, prayer, and repentance, as well as a time to celebrate with festive meals and the sounding of the shofar (a ram's horn). Rosh Hashanah carries themes of renewal, judgment, and the start of a ten-day period of introspection that culminates in Yom Kippur, the Day of Atonement. 89.242.86.233 ( talk) 20:59, 6 September 2023 (UTC)
This is a joke, probably vandalism, and should be deleted. (Let us have a raise in salary.) There is no such custom. Drsruli ( talk) 04:31, 23 September 2023 (UTC)
In this edit, the last changed sentence doesn't make sense to me. Art LaPella ( talk) 19:48, 8 December 2023 (UTC)
In the In Karaite Judaism section, the first sentence includes "[for Karaites] the Jewish New Year starts with the first month and celebrates this holiday only as it is mentioned in the Torah, [...]" (bold added). The "this holiday" is referring to the holiday (in Tishrei) of this article, but can easily be read as referring to the just previously mentioned "Jewish New Year [that] starts with the first month" (ie., in Nisan). The "this holiday" should be clarified/replaced so the reader knows that the holiday in Tishrei of this article is being referred to, and that for Karaites (because it is not recognized by them as Rosh Hashanah) that it is only being celebrated as Yôm Terûˁah (which the first sentence alludes to by concluding with "[...] that is as a day of rejoicing and shouting"). — al-Shimoni ( talk) 02:20, 14 January 2024 (UTC)
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Gregorian dates for Jon Chungs asianness 2003 to 2007 from http://www.jewfaq.org/holiday2.htm#Dates as of 2004-12-17t14:44z. — Jeandré
So, say that it begins on erev yontif at sunset, and then when it ends --- by nightfall? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 68.13.156.249 ( talk) 05:35, 28 August 2011 (UTC)
Observed by: | Jews | |
Name | Hebrew: ראש השנה | |
Meaning: | "Beginning of the year" | |
Begins: | 29th day of Elul | |
Ends: | 2nd day Tishri | |
Occasion | Jewish spiritual new year Beginning of the Days of Awe | |
Symbols: | Challah bread and honey | |
Related to: | Yom Kippur |
To the one who made this table, That was excellent idea, and nicely done! Shana Tova! MathKnight 13:19, 15 Sep 2004 (UTC)
This article says "Rosh Hashanah occurs 162 days after the first day of Pesach" but New Year says 163 days. I added an external link to this article that has a formula for determining the exact dates, but the formula is so convoluted I can't figure out if 162 is correct, 163 is correct, or sometimes one or the other. Anyone? SWAdair | Talk 05:34, 1 Nov 2004 (UTC) In modern times, 162 is definitely wrong. I know R.H. has come on Saturday, because I remember Yom Kippur being on the day Columbus Day was observed in the U.S., and R.H. is always 1 week and 2 days before Yom Kippur. Since 162 days is 23 weeks and 1 day, the day that is 162 days before a Saturday is always a Friday, but Passover never starts on a Friday using the current calendar, which is odd because it did on the day of the Crucifixion.
From the first of Nisan (14 days before Passover) to Rosh Hashanah or from the first day of Passover to the first day of Succot (14 days after RH) is 30+29+30+29+30+29 = 177 days. From the first day of Passover to RH is 14 days less, or 163 days.
However, when the lengths of the months were determined by sighting the moon visually, and not by a fixed cycle, there could be variation in the amount of time from Passover to RH. 71.109.149.60 ( talk) 04:47, 26 November 2010 (UTC)
Do these exist? The poster has a track record of nonsense/suspect edits. Charles Matthews 11:43, 20 Feb 2005 (UTC)
The article says that Rosh Hashanah is never on a Wednesday, but then it shows that 9/12/07 is Rosh Hashanah, which is a Wednesday!
You may be interested in the WikiProject, WikiProject Holidays, a WikiProject that will focus on standardizing articles about Holidays. It has been around for quite some time, but I'm starting it up again, and would like to see some more members (and our original members) around the help out. Cheers. — Ilγαηερ (Tαlκ) 21:11, 21 August 2005 (UTC)
Shouldn't there be a section explaining the Christian belief that the rapture will fall during Rosh Hashanah.
The Jewish new year is in Nissan as stated in Exodus 12:2 "This month shall be for you the beginning of all months, it shall be for you the first of the months of the year." It is a biblical commandment that Nissan be thought of as the first month, not Tishrei. Rosh Hashana is the day that the Jews believe the world was created, it is therefore the earth's new year, not the Jewish new year. DeFender1031 20:31, 21 September 2006 (UTC)
Rosh Ha Shanah is the Seventh Month, not the First Month, so it is not the Jewish "new year". --- Leviticus 23:24 --- "[...]On the first day of the SEVENTH month you are to have a day of rest, a sacred assembly commemorated with trumpet blasts" --- It is unncessary to add "the Jewish New Year" to your title, since it is misleading as well as incorrect. User:84.101.119.9 02:41, September 24, 2006
The Talmud section on Rosh Hashanah begins with a statement that
Since Rosh Hashana is a festival, it is dated from the new year for festivals. But since it is the new year for years, the calendar changes on Rosh Hashanah. Judaism of course follows the Talmud on this one, As is often the case, the Hebrew Bible alone won't explain Jewish practice. (FYI the 4th new year is the new year for trees, on the 15th of Shevat). -- Shirahadasha 01:52, 27 September 2006 (UTC)
It is the new year in that it is when a year starts, for example, when 5770 ends and 5771 begins. The terms "1st month", "2nd month", etc., mean the 1st month God created, the 2nd months God created, etc., and do not mean the 1st month of the year, the 2nd month of the year, etc. R.H. is the first day (or two days) of the 7th month, and of the year. The year starts with the first day of the 7th month and ends with the last day of the 6th month. 71.109.149.60 ( talk) 04:31, 26 November 2010 (UTC)
Which new year crossing does G-d use to calculate the prophecies, sabbaths and feast days? Since we are clearly not using TORAH to determine the new year(s) here and clearly something derived of man such as the Mishnah, then I believe to have the proper understanding we must go back to the writings of Mosheh. We can believe him as it is accounted twice that he ascended the mountain to speak with G-d and brought back to us the marriage covenant not to mention the starting of our TORAH. How can we as men debate this, saying this and that about something? All we are doing is confirming a prophecy in Dani'el about the moving of ordained times. Alan ( talk) 13:50, 29 September 2011 (UTC)
Does anyone really use pebbles or stones for tashlich? I'd like to delete it, but figured I'd ask first. -- Keeves 01:57, 25 September 2006 (UTC)
I'm sure SOMEONE out there does. Ask 10 Jews for an opinion, get 11 answers. Shalom, y'all!-- Greenbomb101 21:25, 20 January 2007 (UTC)
Wikipedia is an encyclopedia, not a siddur. Its purpose is to inform with a NPOV, not to encourage or discourage. The article is supposed to be about what IS done, not what should be done. 71.109.149.60 ( talk) 04:36, 26 November 2010 (UTC)
The article is incorrect in its statement that Tashlich is not always done on the first or second day. I know of a Chabad-Lubavitcher Rabbi in a place with no suitable body of water within walking distance, so he waits until the 3rd day of the month (or the 4th if the 3rd is Shabbos), and then drives to the ocean. However, I know this only from original research and not from verifiable sources. Someone with a verifiable source, please fix the article. 71.109.149.60 ( talk) 04:59, 26 November 2010 (UTC)
I've never heard of this one before - as far as I know the classical saying is:
lo adu rosh, ve' lo bedu pesach
i.e. Rosh HaShana is not on 146 and Pesach can not be on 246. The extra "be" in the first part is confusing! Any confirmations?
Nachmore 05:50, 6 September 2007 (UTC)
This whole article needs more in-line citations. Anyone know a good NPOV source that we could cite for the information. Remember 17:52, 13 September 2007 (UTC)
The traditional greeting is actually "L'shana Tova", "To/for a good year", not just "Shana Tova", and the pronunication given is for the Anglicized version, not the Hebrew. In Hebrew the stresses go on the final syllables of each of these words. I didn't correct this because I didn't know how to enter the phonetic transcription into the wiki. Jaysonfire ( talk) 19:29, 25 September 2008 (UTC)
As discussed above under "Rosh Hashana is not the Jewish new year", the ur-traditional name is not Rosh Hashana. I've previously dealt with the extent to which some Wikipedians are upset when traditional or correct names are used for articles instead of popular ones, but is there any disagreement that the article's text, at the lest, should include more focus on this distinction and on the significance of the Yom HaZikaron-aspect of this, to wit, the rememberance vs. the "New Year" bit which, as others have said, tends to confuse those more familiar with traditions in which the New Year is a purely celebratory event? Czrisher ( talk) 21:53, 1 October 2008 (UTC)
Update: Feast of Trumpets now redirects to Christian_observances_of_Jewish_holidays#Feast_of_Trumpets, not to this article 71.109.149.60 ( talk) 05:05, 26 November 2010 (UTC)
Per the rules at WP:OTD, this article is going to be excluded from Wikipedia:Selected anniversaries/September 28 this year because it has serious maintenance issues. There are 8 weeks to go before this date, so please be sure to have those resolved by then. Thanks. howcheng { chat} 18:50, 1 August 2011 (UTC)
Where did the extra h come from at the end of Rosh Hashana? -- Redaktor ( talk) 17:12, 14 September 2011 (UTC)
--I believe that it came from the fact that the word "Shana" (year) in Hebrew ends in the letter Hei, which is the equivalent to the English letter H, so really the question should be why did people stop transliterating the name of the holiday into English without the extra H at the end? Also, technically, You should capitalize the S, to read: Rosh HaShana, and possibly even Rosh haShana, to signify that "ha" only serves as the definite article, and that Shanah is the second word in the phrase "Head of the Year" - i.e. Rosh haShannah.— Preceding unsigned comment added by 129.98.156.205 ( talk • contribs)
No consensus to move. Vegaswikian ( talk) 21:33, 8 October 2011 (UTC)
Rosh Hashanah → Rosh HaShanah – Per WP:HEBREW, which says "In all capitalized words, he hayedi'a (ha, he) will be capitalized, as well as the word after it" (stress is mine). Should be uncontroversial. I'd have done this myself, but apparently this page is move-protected. Debresser ( talk) 17:29, 1 October 2011 (UTC)
It would be good if this article included a table of dates on which this event falls in different years. I heard on Thought for the Day this morning that it is today (September 28) in 2011! ACEOREVIVED ( talk) 16:04, 28 September 2011 (UTC)
The rules says Rosh HaShana does not start on a Sunday (and Wednesday and Friday). Fine. But given that this year (2012) starts exactly on a Sunday, isn’t it better to explain that if it says not on Sunday what it means it cannot start on the evening before, ie Saturday? BTW, the reference used talks about Yom Kippur, not Rosh HaShana.-- Sandribus ( talk) 08:01, 15 September 2012 (UTC)
Should I remove the paragraph on the connection to Ras as-Sanah? It lacks sources and its wording sounds quite biased, not to mention that the last sentence is very much false: the New Year's festival is called /resh shattim/ in Babylonian (as well as /akitu/) and /wept renpet/ in Ancient Egyptian, with the exact same meaning of «head|beginning (of the) year» as in Hebrew and Arabic, even in the linguistically distant Egyptian (which more precisely means «forehead|beginning (of the) year»). The only factually verifiable statement in the whole paragraph is that the Old Persian name of the festival was different («new light|day»), which is not surprising given that Old Persian is linguistically unrelated to the other 4 languages, and quite beside the point. -- RiseOfTheAnts 2013-09-04 20:29 UTC
article says " Rosh Hashanah occurs 163 days after the first day of Passover (Pesach). In terms of the Gregorian calendar, the earliest date on which Rosh Hashanah can fall is September 5, as happened in 1899 and will happen again in 2013. The latest date that Rosh Hashanah can occur relative to the Gregorian dates is October 5, as happened in 1967 and will happen again in 2043. After 2089, the differences between the Hebrew calendar and the Gregorian calendar will result in Rosh Hashanah falling no earlier than September 6.[10] Although the Jewish calendar is based on the lunar cycle, so that the first day of each month originally began with the first sighting of a new moon, since the fourth century it has been arranged so that Rosh Hashanah never falls on a Sunday, Wednesday, or Friday." --- This is still very confusing,and this part of the article must specifically mention that jews believe the new day and date starts at sundown rather than at midnight or at dawn as billions of others believe. Thus it needs to mention that tuesday 9-4-13 supposedly becomes 9-5-13 right at sundown. Also more links and information should be in this article concerning the reason that most jews believe that the day begins at sundown rather than sunrise.
Making music/noise shoos away predators but also prey in natural life. This fact is specifically acknowledged by religions. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 208.105.19.26 ( talk) 11:37, 7 September 2013 (UTC)
With the new "Greeting and stages" section, the "Traditional greetings" section has become partly redundant. In addition, it has too much of a Trivia section imho. Perhaps we should remove it? Debresser ( talk) 18:18, 7 September 2013 (UTC)
User:Debresser, I appreciate your foresight, and I agree with your assessment that the details of my previous edit were inappropriate for that small sub-section in the main article. I have since revised everything. My question to you is whether this (the following) will be appropriate? I was thinking that it can be placed in the current sub-section "Shofar blowing."
During the first series, Rav Abahu enacted that they blow a [very long] sustained blast (Teki'ah), followed by three [short] lilting blasts (Shevarim), followed by a [long] quavering blast (Teru'ah), and again by a [very long] sustained blast (Teki'ah). This series was to be repeated three times. This prescribed order is often called by the mnemonics: TASHRAT – Teki'ah, Shevarim, Teru'ah, Teki'ah.
During the second series, he enacted that they blow one [very long] sustained blast (Teki'ah), followed by three [short] lilting blasts (Shevarim), followed by a [very long] sustained blast (Teki'ah). This series was also to be repeated three times. This prescribed order is often called by the mnemonics: TASHAT – Teki'ah, Shevarim, Teki'ah.
During the third series, he enacted that they blow a [very long] sustained blast (Teki'ah), followed by a [long] quavering blast (Teru'ah), and again a [very long] sustained blast (Teki'ah). Again, this series was to be repeated three times. This prescribed order is often called by the mnemonics: TARAT – Teki'ah, Teru'ah, Teki'ah.
The first series has a combination of four interchanging sounds made by the horn, which, when repeated thrice, make for a total of twelve blasts. The second series has a combination of three interchanging sounds, which, when repeated thrice, make for a total of nine blasts. The third and final series has a combination of three interchanging sounds, which, when repeated thrice, make for a total of nine blasts. The sum total is thirty blasts. Davidbena ( talk) 17:31, 20 September 2014 (UTC)
Recent edits by Theredheifer claim to remove POV by adding qualifiers and an "Origins" section regarding the character of the festival according to the speculations of some academics. I suggest Theredheifer first discuss this, rather than edit war in the name of supposed academic neutral point of view. Especially since these are indeed no more than speculations.
In addition, I propose to lay of any such major change till after the holiday, as this article will be read much during these days, and it is imperative to first work out a solid consensus version. Debresser ( talk) 21:23, 23 September 2014 (UTC)
I don't even want to go into details like "Origins of" being an unacceptable header, and missing spaces between sentences. All of these can easily be fixed, but they underline the necessity for a period of working out a new version of this article of sufficiently high quality. Debresser ( talk) 21:26, 23 September 2014 (UTC)
Ref this claim for a link to Yom Kippur. (The term Rosh Hashanah appears once in the Bible in Ezekiel 40:1 where it means generally the time of the "beginning of the year" or is possibly a reference to Yom Kippur,[1] Jacobs, Louis. "Rosh Ha-Shanah." Encyclopaedia Judaica. Ed. Michael Berenbaum and Fred Skolnik. Vol. 17. 2nd ed. Detroit: Macmillan Reference USA, 2007. 463-466. I checked these pages for the claim to Yom Kippur, and I can find no reference to a link to Yom Kippur in this part of the EJ. Can anyone else find it, or should it be marked as citation required, (or removed?) Theredheifer ( talk) 21:14, 29 September 2014 (UTC)
This should be restored. Rosh Hashanah ( Hebrew: רֹאשׁ הַשָּׁנָה, literally "head of the year") is now celebrated as the beginning of the Jewish New Year. [1] It is a RS. Theredheifer ( talk) 20:42, 16 October 2014 (UTC)
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It seems to me that the content is dispute adds little information to the sentence, while making it more clunky. The phrase "is the Jewish New Year" to my mind conveys the idea that it is a current festival, and therefore "is now celebrated as" does not change anything. Theredheifer, I would suggest that if you feel like there is a lack of clarity in the sentence, you make that argument here on the talk, and point out exactly what the lack is. The source used does not seem to be in dispute, but the extra text seems unnecessary. Vanamonde93 ( talk) 17:36, 19 October 2014 (UTC) |
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I tagged the article because of a serious deficiency in sourcing, especially in the Greetings, Significance, Rosh Hashanah eve and Prayer service sections. A lot of it reads like somebody just wrote stuff off the top of their head, and I doubt its accuracy. Best, FoCuS contribs; talk to me! 15:49, 14 September 2015 (UTC)
I'd like to reorder the section in a more logical order, also based on what I have seen customarily done on similar articles. Something like first etymology, then origins, and blessing closer to the end, things like that. Debresser ( talk) 18:45, 15 September 2015 (UTC)
New material added for this section which is based on a modern source, not an out of date version of EJ. The article should contain modern understanding of the different opinions of the origin of this festival. There is nothing argumentative in this material, it is simply presenting two different views, which is what Wikipedia is supposed to do Johnmcintyre1959 ( talk) 06:20, 17 September 2015 (UTC)
Sorry to barge in, but I'd like this discussion settled so we can improve the article, Johnmcintyre1959 and Debresser. I do not have access to the Jewish Encyclopedia, so I can't comment on what the source says, but could we perhaps attempt to formulate some new text that incorporates both sides of this debate? That is if indeed the source stipulates there is a debate, or someone can offer a reliable source that does. If there is no debate, then this is indeed original research and should not be incorporated. I await your input. Best, FoCuS contribs; talk to me! 18:36, 17 September 2015 (UTC)
Hi folks. As the one who introduced the ORIGINS into the article, I feel impressed by the storm it has created.
FoCuS, to the availability of sources: the Jewish Encyclopedia (JE) of 1901-06 is freely available online, I have indicated the URL. The much newer Encyclopaedia Judaica (EJ) sounds like it might be the same, but it's not - another proof that even editors such as FoCuS (or me) do overlook basic facts when reading, that's why writing VERY clearly is an obligation towards the WP user. Back to EJ: for that one you need special access, which most don't have, me included. So for EJ even more than the (older) JE, I'd welcome a FULL QUOTATION (selective, but a quotation). And yes, the JE is almost ancient, the EJ can be an improvement.
Looking at Johnmcintyre's EJ-based text: sorry, but it's quite raw and not too carefully edited. I would like to suggest some edits, then you can start merging the two or whatever, once a quotation is provided, which everybody can read and check. So:
The ancient Semitic peoples thought of the year as beginning in the autumn, ////OKish, but not very accurate; see Akitu: Babylonians (Semites, even though influenced by Sumerians, who were not) had BOTH versions, two New Years, one at the sowing and one at the harvesting of barley. Relevance: read [2] for very plausible sounding theory that Rosh Hashanah is nothing but the Babylonian autumn Akitu festival adopted during Exile. /// at the time of the late harvest, whhile /// typo: while/// other ancient civilizations such as the Persians or Greeks chose spring for that purpose. ///following: a half-sentence forgotten from previous edits: starting with capital A, ending in a comma followed by another capital letter - bad!/// As the beginning of the economic year, when crops began to be sold, It is plausible that the Hebrew New Year originally marked the beginning of the agricultural year.
Older critical views tend to see the festival as a post-Exilic ///use link: post-
Exilic/// production of the Pentateuchal legislation ///what is that? can't drop such stuff on WP users w/o introduction, it's not a yeshiva manual. Find at least some WP links!/// of the Priestly Code (P) ///use link:
Priestly Code/// in which the festival appears, pointing out ///I would leave out "for instance", unnecessary ballast]]], for instance, that there is no reference to it ///not "it", but "Rosh Hashanah", actual noun not mentioned in entire, long paragraph/// in the lists of the feasts in Deuteronomy ///link
Deuteronomy///. More recently S. Mowinckel ///if it's him you mean, use link:
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Israel or whatever/// during which God was "enthroned" as King in a manner analogous to the Babylonian ///use link:
Babylonian/// enthronement of
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psalms/// to substantiate this assertion. Although Mowinckel’s thesis has won wide acceptance, it is still the subject of debate.(reference) ENCYCLOPAEDIA JUDAICA, Second Edition, Volume 17 p.g. 464, 465(end of reference) ///for the E. Judaica reference: use full format, avoid all-caps, and add QUOTE, as mentioned: (reference)xxxx, ed. (xxxx). "xxxx". Encyclopaedia Judaica. Vol. 17 (2nd ed.). xxxx: xxxx. pp. 464, 465.
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Can I make a suggestion? At this point in time I don't think anyone is going to give in to the other person, so perhaps a neutral RFC is warranted. I took a look at the origin section and in my nnpov, it's not needed, and if it is there, as it's written now is very lopsided. Personally, I'm getting the heeby-jeebie feels on this, so it might be good to get a NPOV so this can be settled. Yossiea (talk) 14:31, 30 September 2015 (UTC)
I came to find the origin of the year numbering system. This coming Rosh Hashanah will mark the Hebrew year 5777. So, in effect, to find the Hebrew year at Rosh Hashanah, add 3761 to the current Christian year (2016 + 3761 = 5777). Thus the question, what happened about 3760-2 years ago to make that the baseline year? And shouldn't that be represented in this article? Thank you. NjtoTX ( talk) 15:10, 9 September 2016 (UTC)
According to this source, we first hear of it as a holiday in the Rabbinic period, 2nd century C.E.:
Rosh Hashanah 2017: The History of Rosh Hashanah Which Wasn't Always the 'New Year' Much of today's traditions originated with Babylonian worship, and you have to read this to believe how a calf's head morphed into gefilte fish. Elon Gilad
(I think the day is today.)
I'm not going to waste my time putting it in, because I'm sure it would immediately get removed. deisenbe ( talk) 15:49, 20 September 2017 (UTC)
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Will someone please look at the first paragraph. Every single word in is shown inverted, probably due to vandalism. This is how it looks at this moment:
"osh Hashanah (Hebrew: רֹאשׁ הַשָּׁנָה), literally meaning the "head [of] the year" is the Jewish civil New Year. The biblical name for this holiday is Yom Teruah (יוֹם תְּרוּעָה), literally "day [of] shouting or blasting". It is the first of the Jewish High Holy Days (יָמִים נוֹרָאִים Yamim Nora'im. "Days [of] Awe") specified by Leviticus 23:23–32 which occur in the early autumn of the Northern Hemisphere." 2A02:1811:B214:CA00:A5E5:8851:971F:47DF ( talk) 12:33, 22 September 2018 (UTC)
I believe this article should more prominently link to Hebrew calendar and display the Hebraic year (currently 5780), especially since Jewish New Year redirects here. Adam Katz Δ ☎ 22:41, 14 February 2020 (UTC)
I agree that this recently added section is off-topic here, and is best kept where it came from. In any case, to prevent this page from being excluded from the main page, I propose we leave it out till after Rosh Hashana, and then come back to this issue. Debresser ( talk) 11:11, 18 September 2020 (UTC)
Dear Abby used this spelling and I found it again in an actual article which I can't link to.— Vchimpanzee • talk • contributions • 19:13, 19 September 2020 (UTC)
Feast of the Trumpets is not a common English name for the Jewish holiday Rosh Hashanah. There may be seperate Christian festival called Feast of the Trumpets. There are literally no Jewish sources for the name Feast of the Trumpets and it is not a name that is known at all by Jews, let alone a common English name. 68.237.52.228 ( talk) 23:36, 3 September 2021 (UTC)
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Is it spelt Rosh Hashanah or Rosh HaShanah, and shouldn't it be consistent throughout the article? סשס Grimmchild 08:19, 26 September 2022 (UTC)
“What is Rosh Hashanah”
” Rosh Hashanah is the Jewish New Year, a significant holiday in the Jewish calendar. It typically falls in September or early October and marks the beginning of the High Holy Days in Judaism. It's a time for reflection, prayer, and repentance, as well as a time to celebrate with festive meals and the sounding of the shofar (a ram's horn). Rosh Hashanah carries themes of renewal, judgment, and the start of a ten-day period of introspection that culminates in Yom Kippur, the Day of Atonement. 89.242.86.233 ( talk) 20:59, 6 September 2023 (UTC)
This is a joke, probably vandalism, and should be deleted. (Let us have a raise in salary.) There is no such custom. Drsruli ( talk) 04:31, 23 September 2023 (UTC)
In this edit, the last changed sentence doesn't make sense to me. Art LaPella ( talk) 19:48, 8 December 2023 (UTC)
In the In Karaite Judaism section, the first sentence includes "[for Karaites] the Jewish New Year starts with the first month and celebrates this holiday only as it is mentioned in the Torah, [...]" (bold added). The "this holiday" is referring to the holiday (in Tishrei) of this article, but can easily be read as referring to the just previously mentioned "Jewish New Year [that] starts with the first month" (ie., in Nisan). The "this holiday" should be clarified/replaced so the reader knows that the holiday in Tishrei of this article is being referred to, and that for Karaites (because it is not recognized by them as Rosh Hashanah) that it is only being celebrated as Yôm Terûˁah (which the first sentence alludes to by concluding with "[...] that is as a day of rejoicing and shouting"). — al-Shimoni ( talk) 02:20, 14 January 2024 (UTC)