The festival, Rosh Hashanah is the Jewish New Year; it is the first of the high holidays which is the Day of Awe celebrated ten days before Yom Kippur. It falls once a year during the month of Tishrei (September), it means Head of the Year.
They observe the sounding the shofar which is the rams horn trumpet, the shofar is not blown if the holiday falls on Shabbat.
It lasts 2 days sometimes one. Customs include dipping apples in honey and casting off ‘sins’ into a river. The greeting is “L’shanah tovah!” which means ‘for a good year’
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