Rosh Hashana

The readings

Rosh Hashana I

רֹאשׁ הַשָּׁנָה א׳

Torah: Genesis 21:1-34; Numbers 29:1-6
Haftarah: I Samuel 1:1-2:10

Rosh Hashana II

רֹאשׁ הַשָּׁנָה ב׳

Torah: Genesis 22:1-24; Numbers 29:1-6
Haftarah: Jeremiah 31:2-20

B'rit Hadashah

Anytime during the festival: Matthew 24; Mark 13; Luke 21

1 Thessalonians 4:13-18

Revelation 8-9

About this festival

The Jewish New Year — a two-day festival marked by the sounding of the shofar (ram’s horn). It opens the “Days of Awe,” a season of reflection and repentance leading to Yom Kippur.

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