Rosh Hashanah, the Jewish New Year, starts at sundown Wednesday
Sundown on Wednesday, Oct. 2, marks the start of the Jewish holiday Rosh Hashanah. The holiday is the start of the Jewish New Year, celebrating God’s creation of humankind. Rosh Hashanah is a major religious holiday, known as the start of the high holidays in Judaism. It ends with Yom Kippur 10 days later.