| 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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| Purim (Feast of Lots) Marks the rescue of the Jews in ancient Persia from destruction through the intervention if Queen Ester |
Sunset thursday March 20 through Friday March 21 |
| Pesach (Passover) Celebrates Israel's deliverance from Egyptian bondage. During this eight day festival, matzoh is eaten. |
Sunset April 19 through nightfall April 27 |
| Yom Hashoah (Holocaust Remembrance) Memorializes the heroic martyrdom of the six million Jews who perished in t he Nazi Holocaust |
Sunset thursday Ma y1 through nightfall Friday May2 |
| Yom Haatzmaut (Israel Independence day) Celebrats the founding of the State of Israel |
Sunset Friday May 9 through Saturday May 10 |
| Shavuot (Feast of Weeks) Celebrates the covenant on Mount Sinai between God and Israel, and the giving of the Ten Commandments. |
Sunset Sun June 8 through nightfall June 10 |
| 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
Mon Sept 29
through nightfall
Wed Oct 1 |
| Yom Kippur (Day of Atonement) A day marked by fasting and prayer |
sunset
Wed Oct 8
through nightfall
Thurs Oct 9 |
| 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
Mon Oct 13
through nightfall
Wed Oct 15
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sunset
Mon Oct 20
through nightfall
Wed Oct 22 |
| 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
Sun Dec 21
through nightfall
Mon Dec 29 |
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503 E. John St., Champaign, IL 61820
(217) 367-9872
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