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Definition of Rosh hashana
1. Noun. (Judaism) a solemn Jewish feast day celebrated on the 1st or 1st and 2nd of Tishri; noted for the blowing of the shofar.
Category relationships: Judaism
Generic synonyms: Feast Day, Fete Day, High Holiday, High Holy Day
Lexicographical Neighbors of Rosh Hashana
Literary usage of Rosh hashana
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Jewish Services in Synagogue and Home by Lewis Naphtali Dembitz (1898)
"In TB rosh hashana, 27a, the sentence is quoted, "this day is the beginning of thy
... "TJ on rosh hashana, near end of ch. 4, quoted in Mahzor Vitry, p. ..."
2. The Jewish Religion Ethically Presented by Henry Pereira Mendes (1905)
"The New Year is called in Hebrew rosh hashana- 2. It is kept in memory of the
creation of the heavens and the earth. 3. When we behold the heavens with the ..."
3. Jews' College Jubilee Volume by Isidore Harris (1906)
"In that case, rosh hashana is postponed till the following day, which, if it be
a Sunday, Wednesday, or Friday, necessitates a further postponement of a day ..."
4. The Hebrew Review and Magazine of Rabbinical Literature by Morris Raphall (1835)
"On the rosh hashana, Justice is the attribute of the day. The doom which it
pronounces Mercy may ... Accordingly the prayers oí rosh hashana and of the lom ..."
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