Happy New Year • Rosh Hashanah

Rosh Hashanah, the Jewish new year, is here! In 2023, it falls on the night of Wednesday, October 2 through the evening of Friday, October 4. The new year is one of the most important days on the Jewish calendar, so Rosh Hashanah is a perfect time to acknowledge your Jewish friends, colleagues and classmates with a holiday greeting. 

There are several different ways to wish someone a happy new year or greet someone on Rosh Hashanah. You can simply say “Happy new year,” “Happy holiday”.

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Rosh Hashanah is the New Year in Judaism. The biblical name for this holiday is Yom Teruah. It is the first of the High Holy Days, as specified by Leviticus 23:23–25, that occur in the late summer/early autumn of the Northern Hemisphere.

Since it is based on the Hebrew calendar, Rosh Hashanah begins on the first day of the seventh month, so this year's celebration will start at sunset on Wednesday, Oct. 2, 2024, and continue through sundown on Friday, Oct. 4, 2024.

https://www.chabad.org/library/article_cdo/aid/4644/jewish/Rosh-Hashanah-2024.htm