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It is first mentioned in the Torah (Leviticus ch.23), and elaborated upon in the Talmud (tractate Rosh Hashanah).

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It is first mentioned in the Torah (Leviticus ch.23), and elaborated upon in the Talmud (tractate Rosh Hashanah).

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One does not fast on Rosh Hashana. However, one does fast on Yom Kippur.

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The Jewish New Year (Talmud, Rosh Hashanah 2a), which is the day on which God judges the world for the coming year (ibid., 16a).

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The purpose of Rosh Hashana is to declare God king, because recognition of Him as king is a prerequisite to accepting His judgment on Yom Kippur.

Answer:getting rid of our sins Answer:The Festival of Rosh Hashana is the Jewish new year.

The Jewish calendar is a lunar-based calendar (29/30 days in a month, based on a lunation of 29 days, 12 hours and 44 minutes). In order to keep the months of the lunar year in correspondence with the seasons of the solar year there is a leap month added every two or three years.

Tishrei, the month starting with Rosh Hashanah, is actually the seventh month of the year; Nisan in the Spring is the first month (Exodus 12:2). Tishrei was also the month from which a king's reign was counted (Talmud, Rosh Hashanah 2b).

Answer:Our tradition is that the world is judged for the coming year on Rosh Hashanah (Talmud, Rosh Hashanah 16a). We pray on Rosh Hashanah to be judged favorably.
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Rosh Hashanah was on October 3rd in 1959.

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