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 * For the Jewish holiday, see Rosh Hashanah.

Rosh Hashanah (Hebrew: ראש השנה) is the name of a text of Jewish law originating in the Mishnah which formed the basis of tractates in both the Babylonian Talmud and the Jerusalem Talmud of the same name. It is the eighth tractate of the order Moed. The text contains the most important rules concerning the calendar year, together with a description of the inauguration of the months, laws on the form and use of the shofar and laws related to the religious services during the Jewish holiday of Rosh Hashanah.

New Years and Days of Judgement
The first two mishnayot of the tractate concern the dates of the several "new years" and the days on which God judges the world with respect to different things. The first of Nisan is identified as the new year for festivals, the first of Tishrei (Rosh Hashanah) is identified as the new year "for years" and the fifteenth of Shevat (Tu Bishvat) is identified as the new year for trees.