Thursday 21 September
The Jewish New Year and Day of Judgment — two days everywhere, marked by the shofar.
ראש השנה
Rosh Hashanah 2028
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 2028 it begins on Wednesday 20 September in Karaite practice, and on Thursday 21 September in Masorti and Reform 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
Thursday 21 September
The Jewish New Year and Day of Judgment — two days everywhere, marked by the shofar.
Wednesday 20 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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Sunday 24 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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Friday 29 September · Karaite
Yom HaKippurim
Day of Atonement — a sabbath of complete rest with affliction of the soul (fasting).
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Saturday 30 September · Masorti and Reform
Yom Kippur
The Day of Atonement — a 25-hour fast of confession, repentance, and return, closing with Ne'ilah.
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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