# yom teruah (יוֹם תְּרוּעָה)

pronounced: yom te-roo-AH


**“Day of teruah” — the wording Numbers 29:1 gives the first day of the seventh month**

## In Scripture

> “‘In the seventh month, on the first day of the month, you shall have a holy convocation; you shall do no regular work: it is a day of blowing of trumpets to you.
> — Numbers 29:1 (The Torah's own wording for the day later called Rosh HaShanah; the Hebrew names the teruah without naming an instrument)

> “Speak to the children of Israel, saying, ‘In the seventh month, on the first day of the month, shall be a solemn rest to you, a memorial of blowing of trumpets, a holy convocation.
> — Leviticus 23:24 (Parallel phrase — Leviticus calls the same first day zikhron teruah, a memorial marked by teruah.)


## How to read this entry

The definition comes from the IsraelForYou lexicon. Scripture quotations and their translation are named below; later tradition or modern usage is identified when it appears.


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