Rosh Hashanah in 2025 will begin at sundown on Monday, Sept. 22, and continue through nightfall on Wednesday, Sept. 24.

It is about which month is the primary month of the Jewish calendar. Rabbi Eliezer says that the future Messianic redemption will occur in Tishrei, while Rabbi Yehoshua says it will occur during ...

Each year, 163 days after Passover, the Jewish community celebrates Rosh Hashanah, which marks the beginning of the High Holy Days leading up to Yom Kippur. The two-day celebration began this year ...

Rosh Hashanah, the Jewish New Year, marks the beginning of the Jewish High Holy Days leading up to Yom Kippur, the Jewish day of atonement and the holiest day of the Jewish calendar. Here's what ...

The leap year consisted of an extra month of Adar, so that in leap years, the lunar calendar would have 384 days, to even things out. This also demonstrates the power given to the Rabbis.

Jewish worshipers pray on Tisha B'Av, a day of fasting and lament, that commemorates the date in the Jewish calendar on which it is believed the First and Second Temples were destroyed, at the ...

Rosh Hashanah celebrates the Jewish New Year, which is different than the one that is celebrated on Jan. 1 every year. It's set using the Hebrew calendar , which is different than the calendar we ...

Rosh Hashanah, the Jewish New Year, marks the beginning of the Jewish High Holy Days leading up to Yom Kippur, the Jewish day of atonement and the holiest day of the Jewish calendar. Here's what ...

Hanukkah changes every year but 2024's Jewish festival coincides with Christmas, starting at sunset on December 25 and continuing for eight nights.

The Jewish calendar system is very intricate but can be summed up with a few rules, said Rabbi Baruch Fogel, a Judaic studies lecturer at Touro University in Manhattan: "Each month is either 29 or ...

Every year, Passover begins on the 15th day of Nisan, the first month of the Jewish calendar. The celebrations last for seven or eight days, depending on where the holiday is celebrated.