| Shabbat (The Sabbath) Each week, the seventh day (sunset Friday through nightfall Saturday) is observed as a day of holiness, rest and rejoicing. |
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| Rosh Hashanah (Jewish New Year) The first of the High Holy days. this holiday marks the beginning of a ten day period of penitence and spiritual renewal. |
Sunset
Wed Sept 8
through nightfall
Fri Sept 10 |
| Yom Kippur (Day of Atonement) A day marked by fasting and prayer |
Sunset
Fri Sept 17
through nightfall
Sat Sept 18 |
| Sukkot-Shemini Atzeret-Simchat Torah (Feast of Booths and Rejoicing in the Law)) Commemorates the 40 year wandering of the Israelites in the desert on the way to the promised land and expresses thanksgiving for the fall harvest. The second part of this holiday week celebrates the conclusion of the annual public reading of the torah and its beginning anew. |
Sunset
Wed Sept 22
through nightfall
Fri Sept 24
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Sunset
Wed Sept 29
through nightfall
Fri Oct 1 |
| Chanukah (Feast of Light - Feast of Dedication) The rededication of the Temple to the service of God (165 BCE). This is a celebrated in an eight day festival. |
sunset
Wed Dec 1
through nightfall
Thu Dec 9 |
| Purim (Feast of Lots) Marks the rescue of the Jews in ancient Persia from destruction through the intervention if Queen Ester |
Sunset
Sat March 19
through nightfall
Sun March 20 |
| Pesach (Passover) Celebrates Israel's deliverance from Egyptian bondage. During this eight day festival, matzoh is eaten. |
Sunset
Mon Apr 18
through nightfall
Tue Apr 26 |
| Yom Hashoah (Holocaust Remembrance) Memorializes the heroic martyrdom of the six million Jews who perished in t he Nazi Holocaust |
Sunset
Sun May 1
through nightfall
Mon May 2 |
| Yom Haatzmaut (Israel Independence day) Celebrats the founding of the State of Israel |
Sunset
Mon May 9
through nightfall
Tues May 10 |
| Shavuot (Feast of Weeks) Celebrates the covenant on Mount Sinai between God and Israel, and the giving of the Ten Commandments. |
Sunset
Tue Jun 7
through nightfall
Thu Jun9 |
