Rosh Hashanah
noun
Rosh Ha·sha·nah
ˌräsh-(h)ə-ˈshä-nə 
ˌrōsh-,
-ˈshō-
: the Jewish New Year observed on the first day and by Orthodox and Conservative Jews also on the second day of Tishri
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Another gave him sweets on Rosh Hashanah, the Jewish new year.
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Claire Parker, Washington Post, 7 Jan. 2024
There are dishes that taste unmistakeably Indian—the Bene Israeli chik cha halva made from coconut milk, wheat extract, and sugar to celebrate Rosh Hashanah, for example—yet evoke a Jewish spirit.
—Meher Mirza, Vogue, 5 Dec. 2023
So, for instance, the Rosh Hashanah (the new year) doesn’t always fall on Jan. 1.
—Amy Dickinson, Washington Post, 20 Oct. 2023
President Volodymyr Zelenskyy is one of around 300,000 Jewish people who live in Ukraine, where thousands of pilgrims come to the Kyiv region every year to celebrate Rosh Hashanah at the place of burial of Rabbi Nachman.
—Yulia Drozd, ABC News, 20 Oct. 2023
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Claire Parker, Washington Post, 7 Jan. 2024
There are dishes that taste unmistakeably Indian—the Bene Israeli chik cha halva made from coconut milk, wheat extract, and sugar to celebrate Rosh Hashanah, for example—yet evoke a Jewish spirit.
—Meher Mirza, Vogue, 5 Dec. 2023
So, for instance, the Rosh Hashanah (the new year) doesn’t always fall on Jan. 1.
—Amy Dickinson, Washington Post, 20 Oct. 2023
President Volodymyr Zelenskyy is one of around 300,000 Jewish people who live in Ukraine, where thousands of pilgrims come to the Kyiv region every year to celebrate Rosh Hashanah at the place of burial of Rabbi Nachman.
—Yulia Drozd, ABC News, 20 Oct. 2023
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Rosh Hashanah
noun
Rosh Ha·sha·nah
ˌrōsh-hə-ˈshō-nə
ˌrōsh-ə-,
ˌräsh-,
-ˈshän-ə
: the Jewish New Year observed as a religious holiday in September or October
Etymology
from Hebrew rōsh hashshānāh, literally, "beginning of the year"
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