Rosh Hashanah 2024

October 2024 Su Mo Tu We Th Fr Sa 1 2 3 Rosh Hashanah Thursday October 3 -2 months, -18 days or -79 days 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 Columbus Day Monday October 14 -2 months, -7 days or -68 days 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 Halloween Day Thursday October 31 -1 months, -21 days or -51 days

Rosh Hashanah for the year 2024 starts on the evening of Wednesday, October 2nd ending the 2 day celebration at sundown on Friday, October 4. For the Jewish calendar night begins before day, thus the holiday or festival begins on the sunset of the previous day.

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 2024

Thursday, October 3rd is day number 277 of the 2024 calendar year with -2 months, -18 days until the start of the 2 day celebration/ observance of Rosh Hashanah 2024.