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The Mishnah in Seder Moed Rosh Hashanah 1:1 indicates there are four New Year's Day festivals (Rosh Hashanot) that take place over the course of the year. According to the first opinion, "The first of Elul is the Rosh HaShanah for tithing behemah (domesticated animals)."
The third New Year, the first of Elul, the new year for animals, began the religious taxation period for tithing animals in Biblical times. Elul corresponds to the Gregorian August/September, after the spring birthings, when it was relatively simple to count the number of animals in herds.
The holiday marks the beginning of the Jewish High Holy Days and leads up to Yom Kippur, the Jewish day of atonement. Jewish New Year is this week. What is Rosh Hashana?
The discussion of when the New Year occurs was a source of debate among the rabbis, who argued: [3] [4] [5] The first of Nisan is the "new year for kings and festivals". The first of Elul is the "new year for the tithe of cattle"; the tannaim Eleazar ben Shammua and Shimon bar Yochai , however, place this on the first of Tishrei.
Learn the appropriate Rosh Hashanah greetings and traditional sayings in English, Hebrew and Yiddish to wish someone a happy Jewish New Year or write in a card.
Beginning at sundown on Friday, September 15, 2023, Jews around the world will begin to celebrate Rosh Hashanah, the Jewish New Year, which ends at sundown on Sunday, September 17, 2023.
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Yom Kippur is the most high holy day of the year for the Jewish people around the world. There is a traditional "feast" for dinner the night before the holiday begins. Then there is a fast for 25 ...