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According to the Jewish calendar, each day begins at sundown rather than at midnight as is the case with the secular calendar. This being so, Rosh Hashanah - like all days and festivals - begins at this time, just as New Year's Day begins at 00.00 on the ist of January in the non-Jewish world.

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