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Jewish Holidays


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Rosh Hashanah
1st & 2nd day of Tishrei - Jewish New Year

Yom Kippur
10th day of Tishrei - “Day of Atonement”

Sukkot
15th-21st days of Tishrei - Festival of Booths

Shemini Atzeret

22nd day of Tishrei

Simchat Torah
23rd day of Tishrei

Hanukkah
25th day of Kislev - “Festival of Lights”

Tu B’Shvat
15th day of Shvat - “… Just as my ancestors planted for me, so I will plant for my children (Talmud Ta’anit 23a).”

Purim
14th day of Adar - “The Feast of Lots”

Passover
14th day of Nissan

Yom HaZikaron & Yom Ha’Atzmaut
4th day of Iyar - Memorial Day for the Fallen Soldiers
5th day of Iyar - Israel’s Independence Day

Lag BaOmer
38th day of Iyar

Shavuot
6th day of Sivan - “Feast of Weeks

Tisha B’av
9th day of Av - “the saddest day in Jewish history”