• Skip to primary navigation
  • Skip to main content

Books of Louis Jacobs

Registered UK Charity No 1139099

t. +44 (0)7714 894 781
e. Click here to email us directly

  • Home
  • Louis Jacobs
    • Annual Memorial Lectures
    • Bibliography
  • Catalogue
    • Autobiography
    • Chain of Tradition – Anthologies
    • Hasidism and Mysticism
    • Judaism
    • Prayer
    • Reference
    • Selections/Bibliography Related & Translated Books
    • Talmud
    • Theology
  • Writings
    • Articles
    • Academic Reviews
    • Reviews written by Louis Jacobs
    • Encyclopedia entries
    • ‘Ask the Rabbi’
    • Sermons / Divrei Torah
  • Media
    • Audio Tapes
    • Continuing the Quest
    • Teachings
  • Membership Levels
  • Contact
  • Member Login
  • Your Membership Account
You are here: Home / Encyclopedia entries / Rosh Ha-Shana

Rosh Ha-Shana

Originally published in the Encyclopedia Judaica, vol. 14 (1972), pp. 305-10. ROSH HA-SHANAH (Heb. ראשׁ הַשָׁנָה), the Jewish New Year, the autumn festival celebrated on the first and second days of Tishri. In the Bible. The name Rosh Ha-Shanah as it is used in the Bible (Ezek. 40: 1) simply means the beginning of the year, and…

This content is for Annual subscription, One month subscription, and Recurring monthly subscription members only.
Log In Register
©2021 Books of Louis Jacobs
Privacy Policy & Cookies