Rosh Hashanah 2014

September 2014 Su Mo Tu We Th Fr Sa 1 Labor Day Monday September 1 -10 years, -2 months, -25 days or -3739 days 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 Grandparents Day Sunday September 14 -10 years, -2 months, -12 days or -3726 days 15 16 17 Constitution Citizenship Day Wednesday September 17 -10 years, -2 months, -9 days or -3723 days 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 Rosh Hashanah Thursday September 25 -10 years, -2 months, -1 days or -3715 days 26 27 28 29 30

Rosh Hashanah for the year 2014starts on Thursday, September 25th ending the 2 day celebration at sundown on Friday, September 26th. 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 24th.

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 2014

Thursday, September 25th is day number 268 of the 2014 calendar year with -10 years, -2 months, -1 day until the start of the 2 day celebration/ observance of Rosh Hashanah 2014.