Rosh Hashanah (, literally "head of the year") is the
Jewish New Year. The
biblical name for this holiday is
Yom Teruah , literally "day [of] shouting/blasting", sometimes translated as the
Feast of Trumpets. It is the first of the
High Holy Days (
Yamim Nora'im, lit. "Days of Awe") specified by , which usually occur in the early autumn of the
Northern Hemisphere.