Rosh Hashanah 2009

September 2009 Su Mo Tu We Th Fr Sa 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Labor Day Monday September 7 -14 years, -7 months, -18 days or -5344 days 8 9 10 11 12 13 Grandparents Day Sunday September 13 -14 years, -7 months, -12 days or -5338 days 14 15 16 17 Constitution Citizenship Day Thursday September 17 -14 years, -7 months, -8 days or -5334 days 18 19 Rosh Hashanah Saturday September 19 -14 years, -7 months, -6 days or -5332 days 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30

Rosh Hashanah for the year 2009starts on Saturday, September 19th ending the 2 day celebration at sundown on Sunday, September 20th. For the Jewish calendar night begins before day, thus the holiday begins on the sunset of the previous day on the evening of Friday, September 18th.

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 2009

Saturday, September 19th is day number 262 of the 2009 calendar year with -14 years, -7 months, -6 days until the start of the 2 day celebration/ observance of Rosh Hashanah 2009.