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Definition of Rosh hashonah
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 Hashonah
Literary usage of Rosh hashonah
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Jewish Interpretation of the Book of Genesis by Julian Morgenstern (1919)
"On rosh hashonah all the ... The ten days from rosh hashonah to Yom Kippur are
given for repentance and return to God. ..."
2. A Jewish Interpretation of the Book of Genesis by Julian Morgenstern (1919)
"He fixed Yom Kippur ten days after rosh hashonah for a wise and loving purpose.
On rosh hashonah all the world must pass for judgment before Him. ..."
3. The Encyclopedia Americana: A Library of Universal Knowledge (1919)
"(8) rosh hashonah, of the feast of the New Year. (9) Taanith, as to the public
feasts. (10) Megilla, the scroll, about the reading of the book of Esther on ..."
4. The Encyclopedia Americana: A Library of Universal Knowledge (1919)
"(8) rosh hashonah. of the feast of the New Year. (9) Taanith. as to the public
feasts. (10) Megilla, the scroll, about the reading of the book of Esther 011 ..."
5. Annual Convention by Central Conference of American Rabbis (1915)
"... next rosh hashonah. The present conflict of the warring nations has inflicted
untold suffering on Jews and, more especially, on those living in Galicia, ..."
6. The Americana: A Universal Reference Library, Comprising the Arts and ...by Frederick Converse Beach, George Edwin Rines by Frederick Converse Beach, George Edwin Rines (1912)
"(8) rosh hashonah, of the feast of the New Year. (9) Taanith, as to the public
feasts. (10) Megilla, the scroll, about the reading of the book of Esther on ..."
7. Our Brethren of the Tenements and the Ghetto by Mary J. McKenna (1899)
"On rosh hashonah and Yom Kippur, we made special efforts to amend our ways and
strove to become reconciled with those whom we had offended or who had ..."
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