Pronunciation: ˌ räsh-(h) ə - ' shä-n ə , ˌ r ō sh-, - ' sh ō -
Function: noun
Etymology: Late Hebrew r ō sh hashsh ā n ā h, literally, beginning of the year
Date: 1846
: the Jewish New Year observed on the first day and by Orthodox and Conservative Jews also on the second day of Tishri