Rosh Hashanah 2024 History. ראש השנה), (literally “head of the year”), is the jewish new year. Celebrated with trumpet blasts, prayers, and symbolic foods, this holiday marks.

Rosh hashanah, literally the “head of the year” is the jewish new. Rosh hashanah, the jewish new year, falls on the hebrew calendar dates of 1 and 2 tishrei.