Rosh Hashanah

This is a description of Rosh Hashanah. Rosh Hashanah is the Jewish New Year. The first of the Days of Awe, Rosh Hashanah is celebrated on the first two days of Tishrei, the seventh month of the Hebrew calendar nine and eight days before Yom Kippur. It is described in the Torah as a day of sounding the Shofar.