Rosh
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Rosh is a Hebrew word used in a number of contexts:
- Rosh is a Hebrew word meaning "head", "beginning". The root letters (shoresh) of the word are Resh/Aleph/Shin. It is, therefore, the root of the first word in the Bible: Bereishit (Genesis 1:1), meaning "in (be-) the beginning". Alternatively, it can mean "chief" (e.g. Ezek. 38:2,3; 39:1).
- Rosh, known as ("The Rosh"), is a Hebrew acronym which refers to Rabbi Asher ben Jehiel (1250-1328), from Germany, a prominent Talmudic scholar.
- Rosh Hashanah is the day of the Jewish New year.
- Rosh Chodesh is the first day of each Hebrew month.
- Rosh Hashanah (Talmud) is a tractate in the Mishna and Talmud dealing with a number of issues, including laws related to the holiday of Rosh Hashanah.
- Rosh Yeshiva is a title for the religious leader of a Yeshiva, a Jewish school of higher religious study.
- Rosh HaMemshala ("head [of] the government") is "Prime Minister" in modern Hebrew.
- Rosh Hanikra is a geologic formation on the Mediterranean Coast in western Galilee, on the Israeli side of the Israel-Lebanon border. It is a chalk cliff face which opens up into spectacular grottos. Rosh Hanikra can be translated as "Head of the Grotto".
- Rosh Hanikra is the name of a kibbutz nearby the Rosh Hanikra cliff and grotto.