A free service provided by Writers Nexus International

Writing Resources:
  • New Novelist Software
  • Writer Circles
  • Author Me
  • FirstWriter.com
  • Novel Advice
  • Robin's Nest for Writers
  • The Scriptorium
  • Women on Writing


A Writer's Dictionary:

Rosh Hashanah Definition


Dictionary Home » Words Starting with R » ropeway ... rotary engine » Rosh Hashanah


Rosh Hashanah
Rosh Hashana
noun
    1. The Jewish festival of New Year, celebrated on the first and sometimes second of the month Tishri, which falls in September or October, at which, during the New Year's service, a ram's horn is blown as a call to repentance and spiritual renewal.
Etymology: 18c: Hebrew, literally ‘head of the year', from rosh head + hash-shanah year.



Click Here