Shabbat - The Sabbath Shabbat, the seventh day of the week, begins every Friday evening at sundown and concludes Saturday evening at sundown.
Rosh Hashanah
Rosh Hashanah is the Jewish New Year. In the rabbinic tradition, it is also the 'birthday of the world.'
Tzom Gedaliah The Fast of Gedaliah mourns the assassination of Gedaliah Ben- Ahikam, the Jewish governor of Judea during the time of the Babylonian conquest.
Yom Kippur - Day of Atonement
Yom Kippur falls on the tenth day of the Hebrew month of Tishrei.
Sukkot - The Miracle of Shelter The festival of Sukkot celebrates the conclusion of the harvest season.
Shemini Atzeret / Simchat Torah - Let's Party Simchat Torah ('Rejoicing of the Law') is one of the most enjoyable and simply fun holidays in the Jewish calendar.
Hanukkah - A Rededication
Hanukkah is celebrated for eight days from the 25th of the month of Kislev.
Asarah B'Tevet / Tenth of Tevet
The Tenth of Tevet is a minor fast that marks the beginning of the siege of Jerusalem by Nebuchadnezzar.
Tu B'Shevat - New Year for the Trees
The name Tu B'ishevat means the fifteenth of the Hebrew month of Shevat.
Purim The name Purim comes from the Akkadian word pur meaning 'dice' or 'lots.'
Passover - A Holiday of Liberation
Passover marks the exodus of the Children of Israel from slavery in ancient Egypt.
Lag B'Omer - Freedom and Perseverance
Lag B'Omer means simply the "thirty-third day of the Omer".
Shavuot - The Gift of Torah
Shavuot celebrates the anniversary of the giving of the Torah.
Shivah Asar B'Tammuz - The Sad Days of Summer
Every year at summer time the Jewish people relive a series of formative tragic events in Jewish history.
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