When it’s time for the New Year, it’s always filled with joy and happiness all around. Rosh Hashanah is no different and many people are wondering when Rosh Hashanah is in 2022.
Rosh Hashanah means the beginning of the year as per the Jewish calendar. Rosh Hashanah in Hebrew means “head of the year” and is the first of the High Holidays. It is celebrated ten days before Yom Kippur and is observed on the first two days of Tishrei, the seventh month of the Hebrew calendar. It is also described in the Torah as Yom Teruah.
When it comes to when is Rosh Hashanah in 2022? In 2022, Rosh Hashanah is going to begin at sunset on Sunday, the 25th of September. Rosh Hashanah is celebrated in a grand way around the world in many different manners. The celebration involves traditions and sweet symbolic foods accompanied by the sound of the shofar.
What Is Rosh Hashanah?
Rosh Hashanah or the “Head of the Year” is the first day of the High Holidays that ends 10 days later with Yom Kippur. It is a two-day celebration that marks the anniversary of human creation and the special relationship that exists between humans and the creator, God.
Rosh Hashanah or the new year, is a special celebration for the Jews and it starts with the sounding of the special instrument made of a ram’s horn called the Shofar. With this, respect is paid to God, and accepts God as the King of the Universe. The Sounding of the Shofar is similar to the sounding of a trumpet at the king’s coronation. In Torah, Rosh Hashanah is described as Yom Teruah, a day of sounding (the Shofar).
With Rosh Hashanah, the 10 days of High Holidays begin and it is known as the “Ten Days of Repentance,” which finally comes to an end with Yom Kippur or the “Day of Atonement.” Sounding the Shofar has great significance to the event and it is a call to repentance-to wake up and re-examine the commitment of humans to God and also to wake up and correct the ways of living for humans.
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When Is Rosh Hashanah In 2022?
Rosh Hashanah is celebrated every year and in 2022, it will start at sunset on Sunday, 25th September 2022, and will run through the nightfall of Tuesday, September 27, 2022.
The Jewish calendar is different from the civil calendar or the Gregorian calendar that the world follows now. It is what we know as the “Luni-Solar” calendar and is established based on the cycles of the Moon and the Sun, making the lengths of the day vary as per the timing of the sunsets, nightfall, dawn, and sunrise. Rosh Hashanah happens every year on the seventh month of the Hebrew calendar.
Rosh Hashanah traditions
Now that you know when Rosh Hashanah is in 2022, it is also important to know what you can expect from this extravaganza. Many traditions are followed on Rosh Hashanah and the most important is saying Happy New Year the traditional way, “Shana Tova” which means “A Good Year” in Hebrew.
The traditions include attending synagogue, spending time with family, and reflecting on the year before and all the wrongdoings. People generally wear whites and new clothes on Rosh Hashanah. A Tashlich ceremony is usually performed where people visit a body of fresh water to cleanse their past sins. Candles are lit and foods like spicy, sour, and nuts are avoided and replaced with sweet delicacies, representing wishes for a sweet year ahead.
Rosh Hashanah foods
We know when is Rosh Hashanah in 2022, but what is the kind of food we can expect from the Jewish New Year? As mentioned before, sweet delicacies are eaten mostly.
Apples are dipped in honey to start on the first night and people also eat round challah or egg bread dipped in honey and sprinkled with raisins. People eat a new seasonal fruit on the second night and pomegranate is usually an important part of the event. A fish’s or ram’s head symbolizes that the coming year is “a head and not a tail.”
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