Eve · first night
Friday, September 11, 2026
1.1
Mincha
Afternoon prayer
1.2
Candle lighting
Entrance of Shabbat and Yom Tov
1.3
Festive dinner · first night
Community meal · fully booked
The day the world was created — the judgment and the coronation of the King
Rosh Hashanah 5787
רֹאשׁ הַשָּׁנָה September 11 – 13, 2026
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Apple & honey
For a sweet and good year
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Shofar
The call to spiritual awakening
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Yom Tov candles
Lit at nightfall with a blessing
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Tashlich
Casting our sins into flowing water
Program at Beit Chabad Valencia
Community program
Full schedule for the eve and both days of Rosh Hashanah 5787 at Beit Chabad Valencia. Candle lighting and Havdalah follow the halachic calculation for Valencia.
19:00
19:59
20:30
First day of Rosh Hashanah
Saturday, September 12, 2026
2.1
Shacharit
Morning prayer
2.2
Yom Tov lunch
Kiddush and community meal · reservation required
2.3
Mincha
Afternoon prayer
2.4
Candle lighting
Second night · from a pre-existing flame
2.5
Arvit
Evening prayer
2.6
Festive dinner · second night
Community meal · reservation required
Second day of Rosh Hashanah
Sunday, September 13, 2026
3.1
Shacharit
Morning prayer
3.2
Shofar blowing
Central mitzvah of Rosh Hashanah
3.3
Yom Tov lunch
Kiddush and community meal · reservation required
3.4
Mincha
Afternoon prayer
3.5
Tashlich
Prayer by the water
3.6
Arvit
Evening prayer
3.7
Havdalah
Conclusion of the holiday
Times · Diaspora
Rosh Hashanah 5787 times
Halachic times for Valencia, Spain · September 11 – 13, 2026
⭐ Day 1 — Rosh Hashanah
Saturday, September 12
🕯️ Candle lighting
Friday, before sunset
19:59
🌅 Sunrise07:40
📖 Latest Shema10:48
☀️ Midday (Chatzot)13:57
🕐 Mincha Gedolah14:27
🕔 Plag HaMincha18:56
🌇 Sunset20:15
🌟 Nightfall20:36
Halachic hour (sha'ah zmanit)63 min
⭐ Day 2 — Rosh Hashanah
Sunday, September 13
🕯️ Candle lighting
Saturday, after nightfall and from a pre-existing flame
20:36
✨ Havdalah · end of the holiday
20:54
🌅 Sunrise07:40
📖 Latest Shema10:49
☀️ Midday (Chatzot)13:57
🕐 Mincha Gedolah14:27
🕔 Plag HaMincha18:55
🌇 Sunset20:13
🌟 Nightfall20:34
Halachic hour (sha'ah zmanit)63 min
Calculated for Valencia (39.47° N, 0.38° W). Candle lighting: 18 minutes before sunset · Havdalah: 40 minutes after sunset (Spanish custom). Outside of Israel, Yom Tov is observed for 2 days.
Rosh Hashanah (רֹאשׁ הַשָּׁנָה) is the Jewish New Year, the day on which G-d created Adam and Eve. It begins the Ten Days of Teshuvah that culminate in Yom Kippur.
Over two days of intense prayer we crown G-d as King of the universe and ask to be inscribed in the Book of Life for the coming year.
Main mitzvot and customs:
- Hearing the shofar: 100 blasts (tekiah, shevarim, teruah) each day
- Apple and honey: a symbol of a sweet year
- Head of a fish: “that we be a head and not a tail”
- Tashlich: symbolically casting our sins into water
- Pomegranate: “that our merits be as abundant as its seeds”
- Round challah with honey: the cycle of the year and its sweetness
The Rebbe emphasized that the shofar is the sound that awakens the Jewish soul from its spiritual slumber — the primal cry of the soul calling out to G-d.
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“The sound of the shofar is the cry of the awakening Jewish soul. No matter how far you have been — on Rosh Hashanah, the King calls you by your name.”
— The Lubavitcher Rebbe