When Does The New Year Start In The Jewish Calendar

When Does The New Year Start In The Jewish Calendar. The new year that began monday, september 25, 1995 (jewish calendar year 5756) was the 18th year of the cycle. The jewish calendar is both solar and lunar, consisting of 12 months of either 29 or 30 days.

In 2023, rosh hashanah begins at sundown on friday, sept. It is the first of the high holidays or yamim noraim (“days of awe”), celebrated ten days before yom kippur.