Rosh Hashanah (literally "head
of the year"), is the
Jewish New Year. It is the first
of the High Holidays or
Yamim Noraim ("Days of
Awe"), celebrated ten days
before Yom Kippur. Rosh
Hashanah is observed on the
first two days of Tishrei, the
seventh month of the
Hebrew calendar. It is
described in the Torah as a
day of
"Zikhron Trua" ("remembrance
of the blowing of the
horn"). In Jewish liturgy Rosh
Hashanah is described as
"the day of judgment" (Yom
ha-Din) and "the day of
remembrance".
