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'''Jewish holidays''', (Hebrew: Yamim Tovim, ימים טובים‎, singular Yom Tov, יום טוב) occur throughout the year. The Halachik status of holidays vary, depending on the origin of the festival.
'''Jewish holidays''', (Hebrew: Yamim Tovim, ימים טובים‎, singular Yom Tov, יום טוב) occur throughout the year. The Halachik status of holidays vary, depending on the origin of the festival.


==List of Jewish Holidays==
==List of Jewish holidays==


*[[Chodesh Elul]] is the month of repentance heralding the new year, during which the shofar is blown daily and [[Selichot]] are recited.
*[[Chodesh Elul]]
*[[Rosh Hashana]] is the Jewish new year, on which the Shofar is blown in coronation of Hashem over the world.
*[[Rosh Hashana]]
*[[Aseret Yimei Teshuva]] are the ten days of repentance between Rosh Hashana and Yom Kippur.
*[[Aseret Yimei Teshuva]]
*[[Yom Kippur]] is the day of atonement, when the judgement for the year is sealed.
*[[Yom Kippur]]
*[[Sukkot]] is the holiday when Jews sit in a Sukkah and shake the Arba Minim (Lulav, Etrog, Hadasim, and Aravot).
*[[Sukkot]]
*[[Shemini Aseret]] is the one day holiday that concludes the Tishrei series of Yamim Tovim.
*[[Shemini Aseret]]
*[[Simchat Torah]] is the day celebrating the concluding of the Torah.
*[[Simchat Torah]]
*[[Chanukah]] is the eight day festival of lights.
*[[Chanukah]]
*[[Tu BiShevat]] is the new year for the trees.
*[[Tu BiShevat]]
*[[Purim]] is commemorating the hidden miracles that saved the Jewish people from Haman's plot to annihilate the nation.
*[[Purim]]
*[[Purim Katan]] is the 14th of the first Adar of a leap year.
*[[Purim Katan]]
*[[Pesach]] is the holiday when Jews celebrate the exodus from Egypt with the seder, Matzah, Maror, and no Chametz.
*[[Pesach]]
*[[Sefirat HaOmer]] is the counting of the Omer from Pesach to Shavuot.
*[[Yom HaAtzmaut]]
*[[Yom HaAtzmaut]] is Israeli Independence Day.
*[[Lag BaOmer]]
*[[Lag BaOmer]] is the 33rd day of the Omer, on which Rabbi Akiva's students stopped dying in a plague.
*[[Sefirat HaOmer]]
*[[Shavuot]] is the holiday when Jews celebrate the receiving of the Torah with all night Torah study and dairy foods.
*[[Shavuot]]
*[[Yom Tov]] means holidays on which non-food related Melacha is prohibited.
*[[Yom Tov]]
*[[Chol HaMoed]] are the intermediate days between the first day of Yom Tov and the last day of Yom Tov.
*[[Chol HaMoed]]
*[[Rosh Chodesh]] is the beginning of the new month.
*[[Rosh Chodesh]]
*[[Three Weeks]] is the three weeks of mourning over the destruction of the Beit HaMikdash, beginning with [[Shiva Asar BeTamuz]] and ending with [[Tisha BeAv]].
*[[Three Weeks]]
*[[Nine Days]] is the nine days of the month of Av, from Rosh Chodesh to Tisha BeAv, during which the mourning practices become more intense.
*[[Nine Days]]
*[[Fast Days]] are days of mourning for specific tragedies in Jewish history.
*[[Fast Days]]
*[[Tisha BeAv]], the day of compounded tragedy for the Jewish nation.
*[[Tisha BeAv]]
*[[Tu BeAv]] (Tu B'Av),  the day of much celebration for the Jewish nation.


===Jewish holidays by month===
===Jewish holidays by month===
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!<div align="left">'''Menachem Av'''
!<div align="left">'''Menachem Av'''
|[[Nine Days]] - [[Tisha BeAv]] - [[Tu BeAv]]
|[[Nine Days]] - [[Tisha BeAv]]
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!<div align="left">'''Elul'''
!<div align="left">'''Elul'''

Revision as of 16:23, 18 July 2020

For laws relating to Jewish holidays, see Yom Tov

Jewish holidays, (Hebrew: Yamim Tovim, ימים טובים‎, singular Yom Tov, יום טוב) occur throughout the year. The Halachik status of holidays vary, depending on the origin of the festival.

List of Jewish holidays

Jewish holidays by month

Month Jewish holidays and related events
Tishrei
Rosh Hashana - Aseret Yimei Teshuva - Yom Kippur - Sukkot - Chol HaMoed Sukkot - Shemini Aseret - Simchat Torah
Kislev
Chanukah
Teves
Asara B'Tevet
Shevat
Tu BiShevat
Adar
Tanit Ester - Purim - Purim Katan
Nissan
Tanit Bechorot - Pesach - Chol HaMoed Pesach - Sefirat HaOmer
Iyar
Yom HaAtzmaut - Pesach Sheni - Lag BaOmer
Sivan
Shavuot
Tammuz
Shiva Asar BeTamuz - Three Weeks
Menachem Av
Nine Days - Tisha BeAv
Elul
Chodesh Elul
Misc.
Yom Tov - Yom Tov Sheni - Rosh Chodesh - Issru Chag

See also

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