Jewish New Year

Rosh Hashanah
A shofar, symbol of the Rosh Hashanah holiday
Official name	ראש השנה‎
Also called	Jewish New Year
Observed by	Jews
Type	Jewish
Observances	Praying in synagogue, personal reflection, and hearing the shofar.
Begins	Start of first day of Tishrei
Ends	End of second day of Tishrei
2016 date	sunset, October 02 – nightfall, October 04
2017 date	sunset, September 20 – nightfall, September 22
2018 date	sunset, September 09 – nightfall, September 11
2019 date	sunset, September 29 – nightfall, October 01

Rosh Hashanah (Hebrew: רֹאשׁ הַשָּׁנָה‎, literally meaning the "beginning (also head) [of] the year") is the Jewish New Year. The biblical name for this holiday is Yom Teruah (יוֹם תְּרוּעָה‎), literally "day [of] shouting/blasting". It is the first of the Jewish High Holy Days (יָמִים נוֹרָאִים‎ Yamim Nora'im, lit. "Days [of] Awe") specified by Leviticus 23:23–32, which usually occur in the early autumn of the Northern Hemisphere.

Rosh Hashanah is a two-day celebration, which begins on the first day of Tishrei. Tishrei is the first month of the Jewish civil year, but the seventh month of the ecclesiastical year.

According to Judaism, Rosh Hashanah marks the beginning of the year because it is held on the traditional anniversary of the creation of Adam and Eve, the first man and woman according to the Hebrew Bible, and their inauguration of humanity's role in God's world. According to one secular opinion, the holiday owes its timing to the beginning of the economic year in Southwest Asia and Northeast Africa, marking the start of the agricultural cycle.