When Is Rosh Hashanah 2024 And What To Eat. On the second night of rosh hashanah it is customary to eat a new fruit, a symbol of newness. Sweet foods are popular, to symbolize the sweet year.

Rosh hashanah itself is also known as yom hadin or the day of judgment, on which god opens the books of life and death, which are then sealed on yom kippur. It begins at sundown on the eve of tishrei 1 (oct.