Dates
Rosh Hashanah 2029
Begins at sundown on September 9, 2029 and ends at nightfall on September 11, 2029.
Starts
September 9, 2029
at sundown
Ends
September 11, 2029
at nightfall
Length
2 days
work restricted
Candles, Jerusalem
18:13
on September 9, 2029
…
Israel or the diaspora?
Rosh Hashanah is two days everywhere, including Israel. It is the one major festival with no one-day-versus-two-day split.
Rosh Hashanah is the Jewish new year and the start of the ten Days of Awe that end on Yom Kippur. It is a judgment day as much as a celebration: the shofar is blown, the liturgy is long, and the meals are deliberately sweet.
Candle lighting for Rosh Hashanah 2029
Times for the evening it begins, September 9, 2029. Calculated from sunset: 18 minutes before in most communities, 20 in Israel, 40 in Jerusalem and 30 in Haifa.
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On the ground
What happens in Israel
The country closes. Shops, buses and most restaurants shut from the afternoon before, and the roads empty out. Beaches and national parks are the exception and get very busy.
Practice
How it is observed
- Hearing the shofar (ram's horn) blown in synagogue, on both mornings unless the first day falls on Shabbat, when it is sounded only on the second
- Apples dipped in honey and round challah for a sweet new year
- Tashlich: symbolically casting away sins at a body of water
- Festive meals with simanim, foods eaten as good omens
"Shanah tovah" (a good year) or "Shanah tovah u'metukah" (a good and sweet year)
Apples and honey, round challah with raisins, pomegranates, honey cake, and a new fruit on the second night.
Every year on file
Rosh Hashanah in other years
The Hebrew calendar is lunisolar, so the Gregorian date moves by up to a month from year to year but stays in the same season.
The rest of 2029
Other Jewish holidays in 2029
8 of the 14 other dates on the 2029 calendar, in the order they fall. Each has its own page for 2029.
January 31, 2029
Tu BiShvat 2029
The new year of the trees. Tree planting in Israel and eating the fruits of the land.
March 1, 2029
Purim 2029
Celebrates the rescue of the Jews of Persia as told in the Book of Esther. Megillah readings, costumes, mishloach manot and festive meals.
March 31, 2029
Passover (Pesach) 2029
The festival of freedom, marking the Exodus from Egypt. Seder nights, matzah, and no chametz for eight days (seven in Israel).
April 12, 2029
Yom HaShoah 2029
Holocaust Remembrance Day. In Israel a two-minute siren brings the country to a standstill.
April 18, 2029
Yom HaZikaron 2029
Israel's Memorial Day for fallen soldiers and victims of terror, the day before Independence Day.
April 19, 2029
Yom HaAtzmaut 2029
Israel's Independence Day, marking the declaration of the state in 1948.
May 3, 2029
Lag BaOmer 2029
The 33rd day of the Omer count. Bonfires, weddings and celebrations at Mount Meron.
May 20, 2029
Shavuot 2029
The festival of receiving the Torah at Sinai. All-night learning and dairy foods. Two days in the diaspora, one in Israel.
Frequently asked questions
When is Rosh Hashanah 2029?+
Rosh Hashanah 2029 begins at sundown on September 9, 2029 and ends at nightfall on September 11, 2029. Jewish days start in the evening, so the first full day is September 10, 2029.
How long is Rosh Hashanah?+
2 days. Rosh Hashanah is two days everywhere, including Israel. It is the one major festival with no one-day-versus-two-day split.
Is Rosh Hashanah different in Israel?+
Rosh Hashanah is two days everywhere, including Israel. It is the one major festival with no one-day-versus-two-day split.
What happens in Israel on Rosh Hashanah?+
The country closes. Shops, buses and most restaurants shut from the afternoon before, and the roads empty out. Beaches and national parks are the exception and get very busy.
What do you say on Rosh Hashanah?+
The standard greeting is "Shanah tovah" (a good year) or "Shanah tovah u'metukah" (a good and sweet year).