Rosh Hashanah 2024 Traditions 2024. Rosh hashanah is the beginning of the year, according to the traditional jewish calendar. Rosh hashanah, literally the “head of the year” is the jewish new year.

Following rosh hashanah on the calendar, yom kippur is the holiest day of the year for people of the jewish faith. Rosh hashanah begins october 2, 2024, at sundown and it concludes at nightfall on october 4, 2024.