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Rosh Hashanah

 
/ˈroʊʃ həˈʃoʊ·nə/, /ˈrɑʃ-/, /-ˈʃɑ·nə/ n [U] (also Rosh Hashana)

Definition

the Jewish New Year, celebrated in early fall, either on the first or second day of the first month of the Jewish year
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