Definition of Rosh hashana

1. Noun. (Judaism) a solemn Jewish feast day celebrated on the 1st or 1st and 2nd of Tishri; noted for the blowing of the shofar.

Exact synonyms: Jewish New Year, Rosh Hashanah, Rosh Hashona, Rosh Hashonah
Category relationships: Judaism
Generic synonyms: Feast Day, Fete Day, High Holiday, High Holy Day

Lexicographical Neighbors of Rosh Hashana

Rosenmuller's fossa
Rosenmuller's gland
Rosenmuller's node
Rosenmuller's recess
Rosenmuller's valve
Rosenstein
Rosenthal
Rosenthal's canal
Rosenthal's vein
Rosenthal fibre
Rosenthaler-Turk reagent
Roser-Nelaton line
Rosetta Stone
Rosetta stone
Rosh Chodesh
Rosh Hashana
Rosh Hashanah
Rosh Hashona
Rosh Hashonah
Rosh Hodesh
Rosicrucian
Rosicrucianism
Rosicrucianist
Rosicrucianists
Rosicrucians
Rosidae
Rosie
Rosina
Roslyn
Rosmarinus

Literary usage of Rosh hashana

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Jewish Services in Synagogue and Home by Lewis Naphtali Dembitz (1898)
"In TB rosh hashana, 27a, the sentence is quoted, "this day is the beginning of thy ... "TJ on rosh hashana, near end of ch. 4, quoted in Mahzor Vitry, p. ..."

2. The Jewish Religion Ethically Presented by Henry Pereira Mendes (1905)
"The New Year is called in Hebrew rosh hashana- 2. It is kept in memory of the creation of the heavens and the earth. 3. When we behold the heavens with the ..."

3. Jews' College Jubilee Volume by Isidore Harris (1906)
"In that case, rosh hashana is postponed till the following day, which, if it be a Sunday, Wednesday, or Friday, necessitates a further postponement of a day ..."

4. The Hebrew Review and Magazine of Rabbinical Literature by Morris Raphall (1835)
"On the rosh hashana, Justice is the attribute of the day. The doom which it pronounces Mercy may ... Accordingly the prayers oí rosh hashana and of the lom ..."

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