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…