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Rosh Hashanah

Jewish day of judgement preceding Yom Kippur (day of atonement), one of several Jewish New Years
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Summary

Rosh Hashanah is a public holiday[1]. It ranks in the top 8% of public holiday entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (11,459 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Instance of: New Year[3], holiday[4], religious holiday[5]
  • Named after: head[6], annum[7]
  • Follows: Rosh Hashanah LaBehema[8]
  • Followed by: Fast of Gedalia[9], Yom Kippur[10]
  • Subclass of: Jewish holiday[11], Jewish New Years[12]
  • Part of: Ten Days of Repentance[13]
  • Commons category: Rosh Hashanah[14]
  • Commemorates: Creation of Adam[15], Binding of Isaac[16]
  • Day in year for periodic occurrence: 1 Tishrei[17], 2 Tishrei[18]
  • Foods traditionally associated: Apples and honey[19], pomegranate[20]
  • Topic's main category: Category:Rosh Hashanah[21]
  • Represents: kingship of God[22], divine judgment[23]
  • Described by source: Jewish Encyclopedia of Brockhaus and Efron[24], Rosh Hashanah[25]
  • Has effect: Orlah[26], Shmita[27], jubilee year[28], Neta revaï[29], tithes in Judaism[30]
  • Native label: רֹאשׁ הַשָּׁנָה[31]
  • Event interval: 12 lunar month[32]
  • P14541: 3ZACJz[33]

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Outcome and Impact

Things named for Rosh Hashanah include it[34], a Talmudical tractate[35].

Why It Matters

Rosh Hashanah has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[36] It is known by 135 alternative names across languages and contexts.[37]

Entities named for it include it[34], a Talmudical tractate[35].

Related Entities

Israel

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

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  31. [33] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Inverse relationships (entities pointing at this one)

  1. [34] ↑ . wikidata.org. → on this site

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [35] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [36] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [37] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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Edit History

Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 10d ago · הראש · 2026-10-05 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Sitelink count → 78
    Wikipedia languages → ['af', 'als', 'ar', 'arz', 'ast', 'az', 'ba', 'bar', 'be', 'bg', 'br', 'ca', 'ce
    Claims rich → —
    "/* wbsetclaim-update:2||1|2 */ Part of: Ten Days of Repentance"
  2. 4w ago · Artur Random · 2026-09-11 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Foods traditionally associated → Apples and honey, pomegranate
    Native label → {'lang': 'he', 'text': 'רֹאשׁ הַשָּׁנָה'}
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ Native label: רֹאשׁ הַשָּׁנָה"
  3. 5w ago · Joalbertine · 2026-09-07 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Foods traditionally associated → Apples and honey, pomegranate
    Followed by → Fast of Gedalia, Yom Kippur
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ Foods traditionally associated: Apples and honey"
  4. 5w ago · Joalbertine · 2026-09-07 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Follows → Rosh Hashanah LaBehema
    Part of → Ten Days of Repentance
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ Follows: Rosh Hashanah LaBehema"
  5. 5w ago · Joalbertine · 2026-09-06 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Instance of → public holiday, New Year, holiday +1
    Commemorates → Creation of Adam, Binding of Isaac
    Has effect → Orlah, Shmita, jubilee year +2
    Represents → kingship of God, divine judgment
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ Instance of: religious holiday"
  6. 5w ago · Joalbertine · 2026-09-04 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Has effect → Orlah, Shmita, jubilee year +2
    Commemorates → Creation of Adam, Binding of Isaac
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ Has effect: Orlah"
  7. 5w ago · Joalbertine · 2026-09-04 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Country → —
    Subclass of → Jewish holiday, Jewish New Years
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ Subclass of: Jewish New Years"
  8. 9w ago · Butko · 2026-08-10 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Country → —
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ Country: Israel"
  9. 12w ago · OBender12 · 2026-07-22 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Jewish encyclopedia id → 12889
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ Jewish encyclopedia id: 12889, Matched to [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/entry/167483900|ROSH HA-SHANAH (#167483900)]] in [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/catalog/6351|Jewish Encyclop"
  10. 13w ago · Nyuhn · 2026-07-10 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    P14541 → 3ZACJz
    "/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ QuickStatements 3.0 [[:toollabs:qs-dev/batch/40849|batch #40849]]: ZGBK ID"
  11. 17w ago · MariuszRokin · 2026-06-12 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Svkkl authority id → 0304934-Ros-hasana
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ Svkkl authority id: 0304934-Ros-hasana, [[:toollabs:quickstatements/#/batch/259599|batch #259599]]"
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