Saturday 12 September
The Jewish New Year and Day of Judgment — two days everywhere, marked by the shofar.
ראש השנה
Rosh Hashanah 2026
The New Year, which opens the Ten Days of Awe in the autumn with the sound of the shofar; Karaites keep the day as Yom Teruah.
In 2026 it begins on Saturday 12 September in Masorti and Reform practice, and on Sunday 13 September in Karaite practice.
Like every day of the Jewish year, it begins at sunset the evening before. Karaite dates are projected, and may move a day once the new moon is sighted.
The date
In each branch
Saturday 12 September
The Jewish New Year and Day of Judgment — two days everywhere, marked by the shofar.
Sunday 13 September
Day of Shouting / Trumpets — a memorial of blowing on the 1st of the seventh month.
The season
The days around it
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Monday 14 September · Masorti and Reform
Tzom Gedaliah
A dawn-to-nightfall fast for the assassination of Gedaliah, the last governor of Judah.
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Monday 21 September · Masorti and Reform
Yom Kippur
The Day of Atonement — a 25-hour fast of confession, repentance, and return, closing with Ne'ilah.
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Tuesday 22 September · Karaite
Yom HaKippurim
Day of Atonement — a sabbath of complete rest with affliction of the soul (fasting).
In ActivePray, each branch’s holy days and fasts come in its own year, with reminders for them, and every prayer at its hour.
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