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ROSH HASHANA
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Dictionary entry overview: What does Rosh Hashana mean?
• ROSH HASHANA (noun)
The noun ROSH HASHANA has 1 sense:
1. (Judaism) a solemn Jewish feast day celebrated on the 1st or 1st and 2nd of Tishri; noted for the blowing of the shofar
Familiarity information: ROSH HASHANA used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
(Judaism) a solemn Jewish feast day celebrated on the 1st or 1st and 2nd of Tishri; noted for the blowing of the shofar
Classified under:
Nouns denoting time and temporal relations
Synonyms:
Jewish New Year; Rosh Hashana; Rosh Hashanah; Rosh Hashona; Rosh Hashonah
Hypernyms ("Rosh Hashana" is a kind of...):
feast day; fete day (a day designated for feasting)
High Holiday; High Holy Day (Jewish holy days observed with particular solemnity)
Domain category:
Judaism (the monotheistic religion of the Jews having its spiritual and ethical principles embodied chiefly in the Torah and in the Talmud)
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