What Number Is This Jewish New Year

Purim march 01 2018 פורים.
What number is this jewish new year. Days of awe specified by leviticus 23 23 32 that occur in. The jewish new year rosh hashanah is a two day public holiday in israel. The jewish calendar not only has its own unique months but it also numbers years differently from the secular calendar. Nisan 15 passover commemorates the exodus of the people of israel from ancient.
ר אש ה ש נ ה literally meaning head of the year is the jewish new year the biblical name for this holiday is yom teruah יו ם ת רו ע ה literally day of shouting or blasting it is the first of the jewish high holy days י מ ים נו ר א ים yamim nora im. Years in the jewish calendar are designated am to identify them as part of the anno mundi epoch indicating the age of the world according to the bible. Prominent rabbis have on several occasions sharply denounced. It is the 17th letter.
For example the beginning of the year 2020 in the gregorian calendar converts to year am 5780 in the jewish calendar. The number 80 is the letter pey. The jewish calendar traditionally has four different days dedicated to the new year each with a different purpose. Mouth speaks and creates.
Letters in hebrew aleph bet alphabet represent numbers. The year 2019 for instance was roughly equivalent to the jewish year 5779. However since the 1980s an increasing number of secular israelis celebrate the gregorian new year usually known as silvester night ליל סילבסטר on the night between 31 december and 1 january. Leap years in the gregorian calendar.
Adar 14 purim commemorates the annulment of the decree against the jewish people in ancient persia late 6th century b c e. Passover march 31 2018 פסח. Specifically rosh hashanah the jewish new year in september 2019 marks the transition from 5779 to 5780.