Rosh Hashanah 2011

September 2011 Su Mo Tu We Th Fr Sa 1 2 3 4 5 Labor Day Monday September 5 -13 years, -3 months, -16 days or -4856 days 6 7 8 9 10 11 Grandparents Day Sunday September 11 -13 years, -3 months, -10 days or -4850 days 12 13 14 15 16 17 Constitution Citizenship Day Saturday September 17 -13 years, -3 months, -4 days or -4844 days 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 Rosh Hashanah Thursday September 29 -13 years, -2 months, -22 days or -4832 days 30

Rosh Hashanah for the year 2011starts on Thursday, September 29th ending the 2 day celebration at sundown on Friday, September 30th. For the Jewish calendar night begins before day, thus the holiday begins on the sunset of the previous day on the evening of Wednesday, September 28th.

Rosh Hashanah celebrates the Jewish New Year for Jewish Americans. Rosh Hashanah begins on the first day of the seventh month in the Jewish calendar. The Day of Remembrance or the Day of Blowing the Shofar are other names for this holiday. Yom Kippur and Rosh Hashanah are the two most important days of atonement that most practicing Jews will observe in the calendar year.

Why do Jewish holidays start at nighttime?

According to the Torah, the story of creation in Genesis says “And it was evening, and it was morning day one”, “And it was evening, and it was morning; the second day”, thus night comes before day. So for the Jewish calendar all days begin at nightfall and end the next day at nightfall including holidays.

Days to the start of Rosh Hashanah 2011

Thursday, September 29th is day number 272 of the 2011 calendar year with -13 years, -2 months, -22 days until the start of the 2 day celebration/ observance of Rosh Hashanah 2011.