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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 | ==List of Jewish Holidays== | ||
*[[Chodesh Elul]] | |||
*[[Rosh Hashana]] | *[[Chodesh Elul]] is the month of repentance heralding the new year, during which the shofar is blown daily and [[Selichot]] are recited. | ||
*[[Aseret Yimei Teshuva]] | *[[Rosh Hashana]] is the Jewish new year, on which the Shofar is blown in coronation of Hashem over the world. | ||
*[[Yom Kippur]] | *[[Aseret Yimei Teshuva]] are the ten days of repentance between Rosh Hashana and Yom Kippur. | ||
*[[Sukkot]] | *[[Yom Kippur]] is the day of atonement, when the judgement for the year is sealed. | ||
*[[Shemini Aseret]] | *[[Sukkot]] is the holiday when Jews sit in a Sukkah and shake the Arba Minim (Lulav, Etrog, Hadasim, and Aravot). | ||
*[[Simchat Torah]] | *[[Shemini Aseret]] is the one day holiday that concludes the Tishrei series of Yamim Tovim. | ||
*[[Chanukah]] | *[[Simchat Torah]] is the day celebrating the concluding of the Torah. | ||
*[[Tu BiShevat]] | *[[Chanukah]] is the eight day festival of lights. | ||
*[[Purim]] | *[[Tu BiShevat]] is the new year for the trees. | ||
*[[Purim Katan]] | *[[Purim]] is commemorating the hidden miracles that saved the Jewish people from Haman's plot to annihilate the nation. | ||
*[[Pesach]] | *[[Purim Katan]] is the 14th of the first Adar of a leap year. | ||
*[[ | *[[Pesach]] is the holiday when Jews celebrate the exodus from Egypt with the seder, Matzah, Maror, and no Chametz. | ||
*[[ | *[[Sefirat HaOmer]] is the counting of the Omer from Pesach to Shavuot. | ||
*[[ | *[[Yom HaAtzmaut]] is Israeli Independence Day. | ||
*[[Shavuot]] | *[[Lag BaOmer]] is the 33rd day of the Omer, on which Rabbi Akiva's students stopped dying in a plague. | ||
*[[Yom Tov]] | *[[Shavuot]] is the holiday when Jews celebrate the receiving of the Torah with all night Torah study and dairy foods. | ||
*[[Chol HaMoed]] | *[[Yom Tov]] means holidays on which non-food related Melacha is prohibited. | ||
*[[Rosh Chodesh]] | *[[Chol HaMoed]] are the intermediate days between the first day of Yom Tov and the last day of Yom Tov. | ||
*[[Three Weeks]] | *[[Rosh Chodesh]] is the beginning of the new month. | ||
*[[Nine Days]] | *[[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]]. | ||
*[[Fast Days]] | *[[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. | ||
*[[Tisha BeAv]] | *[[Fast Days]] are days of mourning for specific tragedies in Jewish history. | ||
*[[Tisha BeAv]], the day of compounded tragedy for the Jewish nation. | |||
*[[Tu BeAv]] (Tu B'Av), the day of much celebration for the Jewish nation. | |||
===Jewish holidays by month=== | |||
{| class="wikitable" | |||
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!Month!!Jewish holidays and related events | |||
|- | |||
!<div align="left">'''Tishrei''' | |||
|[[Rosh Hashana]] - [[Aseret Yimei Teshuva]] - [[Yom Kippur]] - [[Sukkot]] - [[Chol HaMoed|Chol HaMoed Sukkot]] - [[Shemini Aseret]] - [[Simchat Torah]] | |||
|- | |||
!<div align="left">'''Kislev''' | |||
|[[Chanukah]] | |||
|- | |||
!<div align="left">'''Teves''' | |||
|[[Fast Days#Asara B'Tevet|Asara B'Tevet]] | |||
|- | |||
!<div align="left">'''Shevat''' | |||
|[[Tu BiShevat]] | |||
|- | |||
!<div align="left">'''Adar''' | |||
|[[Tanit Ester]] - [[Purim]] - [[Purim Katan]] | |||
|- | |||
!<div align="left">'''Nissan''' | |||
|[[Tanit Bechorot]] - [[Pesach]] - [[Chol HaMoed|Chol HaMoed Pesach]] - [[Sefirat HaOmer]] | |||
|- | |||
!<div align="left">'''Iyar''' | |||
|[[Yom HaAtzmaut]] - [[Pesach Sheni]] - [[Lag BaOmer]] | |||
|- | |||
!<div align="left">'''Sivan''' | |||
|[[Shavuot]] | |||
|- | |||
!<div align="left">'''Tammuz''' | |||
|[[Fast Days#Shiva Asar BeTamuz|Shiva Asar BeTamuz]] - [[Three Weeks]] | |||
|- | |||
!<div align="left">'''Menachem Av''' | |||
|[[Nine Days]] - [[Tisha BeAv]] - [[Tu BeAv]] | |||
|- | |||
!<div align="left">'''Elul''' | |||
|[[Chodesh Elul]] | |||
|- | |||
!<div align="left">'''Misc.''' | |||
|[[Yom Tov]] - [[Second Day of Yom Tov|Yom Tov Sheni]] - [[Rosh Chodesh]] - [[Issru Chag]] | |||
|} | |||
==See also== | |||
*[[Shabbat]] | |||
[[Category:Holidays]] | [[Category:Holidays]] |