Day of the Shofar
The day of the shofar , or Yom Terua ( heb. Day of shofar-blowing ) or Sikron Terua ( heb. Reminder by noise bubbles) is a Jewish holiday.
In the Torah is the day of the shofar mentioned twice: 3. Moses 23.23 to 25 and 4. Moses 29.1-6.
Since the 2nd century BC (According to other sources 2nd or 11th century AD) this day is the Jewish New Year Rosh Hashanah (Hebrew "head of the year" - traditional New Year festival). Today on Rosh Hashanah the shofar (ram's horn) is blown everywhere in synagogues ; this is a day of joy.
The Samaritans , on the other hand, celebrate Rosh Hashanah in spring, at the beginning of the month of Abib . "Abib" is the Hebrew month name for Nisan until the Babylonian exile , see Exodus 13: 4. Some researchers believe this to be the original all-Israelite custom. According to the Torah, the new year begins in spring (on Nisan 1) (Exodus 12: 2).
The day of the Shofar , on the other hand, falls on Tishri 1 according to the Jewish calendar , which falls at the end of September or the first half of October according to the Gregorian calendar . The exact date in the Gregorian calendar changes from year to year because the Jewish calendar counts with 12 lunar months of 29 to 30 days ( synodic month 29.53 days). To bring the 354 or 355 days in line with the solar year, a whole leap month is inserted about every three years .