| 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 28
through nightfall
Fri Sept 30 |
| Yom Kippur (Day of Atonement) A day marked by fasting and prayer |
Sunset
Fri Oct 7
through nightfall
Sat Oct 8 |
| 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 Oct 12
through nightfall
Fri Oct 19
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Sunset
Wed Oct 19
through nightfall
Fri Oct 21 |
| 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
Tue Dec 20
through nightfall
Wed Dec 28 |
| Purim (Feast of Lots) Marks the rescue of the Jews in ancient Persia from destruction through the intervention if Queen Ester |
Sunset
Wed March 7
through nightfall
Thu March 8 |
| Pesach (Passover) Celebrates Israel's deliverance from Egyptian bondage. During this eight day festival, matzoh is eaten. |
Sunset
Fri Apr 6
through nightfall
Sat Apr 14 |
| Yom Hashoah (Holocaust Remembrance) Memorializes the heroic martyrdom of the six million Jews who perished in t he Nazi Holocaust |
Sunset
Wed Apr 18
through nightfall
Thu Apr 19 |
| Yom Haatzmaut (Israel Independence day) Celebrats the founding of the State of Israel |
Sunset
Wed Apr 25
through nightfall
THu Apr 26 |
| Shavuot (Feast of Weeks) Celebrates the covenant on Mount Sinai between God and Israel, and the giving of the Ten Commandments. |
Sunset
Sat May 26
through nightfall
Sun May 27 |
