What date is the Jewish New Year in 2019

2024 Author: James Gerald | [email protected]. Last modified: 2024-01-12 17:37

The Jewish New Year, or Rosh Hashanah, is a holiday that falls between mid-September and early October, depending on the lunar and solar calendars. This is the main celebration for the Jews, the time when the success, health and well-being of a person is determined for the entire next year. What date will the New Year start in 2019, experts said.

Rosh Hashanah history

Rosh Hashanah began to be celebrated even before our era, before the rise of Christianity. The 1st and 2nd days of the month of Tishrei, the 7th according to the Jewish calendar, were chosen for the celebration. The 1st month falls in March or April, and the 7th, respectively, in September or October. The way the New Year is celebrated has a lot to do with history.

The choice fell on Tishrei because of the belief that this month God created the world. All the most significant events in the history of mankind according to the Old Testament fall on Tishrei: the creation of man, expulsion from Paradise after eating the forbidden fruit, the end of the Great Flood. It is believed that on this day, like the day of the expulsion of Adam and Eve from Eden, God arranges judgment on mortals. According to religious tradition, he chooses whom to punish using three books: one with the righteous, the other with sinners, and the third with those whose scales are equally inclined towards good and evil. Sinners will immediately receive punishment, but it is to the representatives of the third category that God shows special attention on the Jewish New Year.

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If in the previous month a person realized all his sins, wrote them out and began to atone for, and at the same time to correct with deeds, God will be merciful and grant mortal happiness in the coming year. If a Jew does not repent, he is in for trouble, illness, crop failure (in modern times - a lack of money)., But, since the Jewish New Year is celebrated cheerfully, and not with a premonition of a terrible punishment, it becomes clear that everyone hopes for mercy. Indeed, the Jews believe that God will show mercy to most people.

Since ancient times, the beginning of the holiday was marked by the sound of the trumpet playing the shofar. This is a ram's horn wind instrument. They blow into it, recalling how Abraham sacrificed a lamb to God instead of his son.

There is another belief: allegedly playing the shofar at the same time in a thousand synagogues will confuse Satan, who tells God about the atrocities of people, so that many will be treated with mercy. The decision also depends on how they celebrate: according to the rules or neglecting religion.

What date in 2019

What date starts and when Rosh Hashanah ends in 2019 is determined by the lunar and solar calendars. Since there are differences from the generally accepted calendar method, the numbers are constantly changing. In 2019, the celebration of Rosh Hashanah begins on September 30 and ends the next day, October 1. Moreover, in the Jewish tradition, the first ceremonies are held in the evening of the 29th, after sunset.

What date begins, it is clear, and when does the holiday end? On the night after October 1, at midnight. It turns out that the Jews have more than 48 hours to atone for their sins, rejoice at a new period in their lives and attend feasts with friends and relatives.

Rosh Hashanah in 2019 marks the transition from 5779 to 5780. The Jews will celebrate a religious celebration much more unitedly than the traditional New Year.

Celebration traditions

Rosh Hashanah is celebrated in 2019 in almost the same way as it was two thousand years ago. Traditions have hardly been adapted to modernity, cuisine, customs and prayers have remained the same. Only the attitude towards religion is different: not all believers necessarily organize a holiday.

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The holiday starts with the fact that the hostess of the house lights candles and blesses the wine, passing them over the glasses. This rite is called Kiddush. After that, they begin to eat. For the Rosh Hashanah feast in 2019, according to tradition, you need to prepare:

• fish - a symbol of fertility, preferably with a head (after all, the holiday itself is called the "head of the year");
• chopped carrots in circles as a sign of coins;
• challah (traditional sweet bread) with raisins is a sign of health;
• honey, apples or pomegranates as an omen of a sweet life.

You can not eat bitter and sour, otherwise the whole year will be unsuccessful. After the feast they go about their household chores, and in the morning they go to the synagogue to listen to the shofar game and pray. In the evening of the same day, crumbs from their pockets are thrown into reservoirs, as if feeding sins to water, they send congratulations, give gifts.

Those who celebrate the holiday annually need to check again each time what date the celebration begins and ends. The difference can be significant: in 2018, the holiday fell on September 9-11, in 2017 - at 20-22. Synagogue ministers can always tell you what date the Jewish New Year begins and ends.