Rosh Hashanah 2024 Celebrations. Rosh hashanah is the jewish new year, a joyful, awesome day that celebrates the meaning of existence. It is the first of the high holidays or yamim noraim (“days of awe”), celebrated ten days before.
Rosh hashanah itself is also known as yom hadin or the day of judgment, on which god opens the books of life and death, which are then sealed on yom kippur. Rosh hashanah, meaning “head of the year”, is the jewish new year.
