Rosh Hashanah 2019

September 2019 Su Mo Tu We Th Fr Sa 1 2 Labor Day Monday September 2 -4 years, -7 months, -21 days or -1695 days 3 4 5 6 7 8 Grandparents Day Sunday September 8 -4 years, -7 months, -15 days or -1689 days 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 Constitution Citizenship Day Tuesday September 17 -4 years, -7 months, -6 days or -1680 days 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 Rosh Hashanah Monday September 30 -4 years, -6 months, -23 days or -1667 days

Rosh Hashanah for the year 2019 starts on Monday, September 30th ending the 2 day celebration at sundown on Tuesday, September 31. For the Jewish calendar night begins before day, thus the holiday begins on the sunset of the previous day on the evening of Sunday, September 29th.

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 2019

Monday, September 30th is day number 273 of the 2019 calendar year with -4 years, -6 months, -23 days until the start of the 2 day celebration/ observance of Rosh Hashanah 2019.