Jewish New Year
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- noun
- /ˈdʒuːɪʃ nuː jɪr/
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Año Nuevo judío
- Immediately, the Jewish students realize that their first competition will take place on Rosh Hashana, the Jewish New Year and a High Holy Day.
- Rosh Hashanah, the Jewish New Year
- Hashanah, the Jewish New Year
- Hashana, the Jewish New Year
Examples
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September 29th is Rosh Hashanah, the Jewish New Year.
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You came over to my house on Friday to celebrate the Jewish New Year with my family.
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Now that very Friday night was going to be Rosh Hashanah, the start of the Jewish New Year.
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Next Sunday night is the beginning of Rosh Hashanah, or the Jewish New Year.
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Rosh Hashanah is the Jewish New Year.
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September kicks off with a long weekend, which is nice, and it's the month when Rosh Hashanah, the Jewish New Year, almost always falls.
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Sampson's folks were supposed to come spend the Jewish New Year with us, but my father-in-law's golf injury necessitated a last-minute cancellation of their trip.
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Next Sunday night is the beginning of Jewish New Year, also known as Rosh Hashanah.
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To celebrate Jewish New Year, families traditionally eat apples and honey.
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Rosh Hashanah, the Jewish New Year, is observed with prayers and the blowing of the shofar.
Synonyms
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A Jewish holiday that marks the New Year with prayer and the sound of a ram's horn
A Jewish festival that marks the new year with prayer and the blowing of a ram's horn
A Jewish New Year festival in early autumn marked by prayer and the blowing of a ram's horn
A Jewish new year holiday marked by prayer and the sounding of a ram's horn
Surface Forms
Morphology
The phrase 'Jewish New Year' is compositionally built from 'Jewish' (pertaining to Jews) + 'new' + 'year', so its core meaning — the New Year observed by Jewish people — is directly derivable by a learner who knows the constituents. Cultural specifics like the name Rosh Hashanah, exact dates, and rituals (shofar, prayers) are not predictable from the words, but the basic referent is transparent and cross-linguistically parallel.
Etymology
Jewish New Year comes from the Hebrew name Rosh Hashanah, which literally means 'head of the year' and marks the start of the Jewish calendar. People listen to the loud shofar horn and eat apples with honey to 'ask for' a sweet year, so the name today means a time for prayer, saying sorry, and a fresh start.