Rosh Hashanah 2016

October 2016 Su Mo Tu We Th Fr Sa 1 2 3 Rosh Hashanah Monday October 3 -8 years, -1 months, -19 days or -2972 days 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Columbus Day Monday October 10 -8 years, -1 months, -12 days or -2965 days 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 Halloween Day Monday October 31 -8 years -22 days or -2944 days

Rosh Hashanah for the year 2016 starts on Monday, October 3rd ending the 2 day celebration at sundown on Tuesday, October 4th. For the Jewish calendar night begins before day, thus the holiday begins on the sunset of the previous day on the evening of Sunday, October 2nd.

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 2016

Monday, October 3rd is day number 277 of the 2016 calendar year with -8 years, -1 month, -19 days until the start of the 2 day celebration/ observance of Rosh Hashanah 2016.