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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== | ||
=== Jewish holidays by month === | *[[Chodesh Elul]] is the month of repentance heralding the new year, during which the shofar is blown daily and [[Selichot]] are recited. | ||
*[[Rosh Hashana]] is the Jewish new year, on which the Shofar is blown in coronation of Hashem over the world. | |||
*[[Aseret Yimei Teshuva]] are the ten days of repentance between Rosh Hashana and Yom Kippur. | |||
*[[Yom Kippur]] is the day of atonement, when the judgement for the year is sealed. | |||
*[[Sukkot]] is the holiday when Jews sit in a Sukkah and shake the Arba Minim (Lulav, Etrog, Hadasim, and Aravot). | |||
*[[Shemini Aseret]] is the one day holiday that concludes the Tishrei series of Yamim Tovim. | |||
*[[Simchat Torah]] is the day celebrating the concluding of the Torah. | |||
*[[Chanukah]] is the eight day festival of lights. | |||
*[[Tu BiShevat]] is the new year for the trees. | |||
*[[Purim]] is commemorating the hidden miracles that saved the Jewish people from Haman's plot to annihilate the nation. | |||
*[[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. | |||
*[[Lag BaOmer]] is the 33rd day of the Omer, on which Rabbi Akiva's students stopped dying in a plague. | |||
*[[Shavuot]] is the holiday when Jews celebrate the receiving of the Torah with all night Torah study and dairy foods. | |||
*[[Yom Tov]] means holidays on which non-food related Melacha is prohibited. | |||
*[[Chol HaMoed]] are the intermediate days between the first day of Yom Tov and the last day of Yom Tov. | |||
*[[Rosh Chodesh]] is the beginning of the new month. | |||
*[[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]]. | |||
*[[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. | |||
*[[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" | {| class="wikitable" | ||
|- | |- | ||
! Month !! Jewish | !Month!!Jewish holidays and related events | ||
|- | |- | ||
! <div align="left">'''Tishrei''' | !<div align="left">'''Tishrei''' | ||
| [[Rosh Hashana]] - [[Aseret Yimei Teshuva]] - [[Yom Kippur]] - [[Sukkot]] - [[Chol HaMoed|Chol HaMoed Sukkot]] - [[Shemini Aseret]] - [[Simchat Torah]] | |[[Rosh Hashana]] - [[Aseret Yimei Teshuva]] - [[Yom Kippur]] - [[Sukkot]] - [[Chol HaMoed|Chol HaMoed Sukkot]] - [[Shemini Aseret]] - [[Simchat Torah]] | ||
|- | |- | ||
! <div align="left">'''Kislev''' | !<div align="left">'''Kislev''' | ||
| [[Chanukah]] | |[[Chanukah]] | ||
|- | |- | ||
! <div align="left">'''Teves''' | !<div align="left">'''Teves''' | ||
| [[Fast Days#Asara B'Tevet|Asara B'Tevet]] | |[[Fast Days#Asara B'Tevet|Asara B'Tevet]] | ||
|- | |- | ||
! <div align="left">''' | !<div align="left">'''Shevat''' | ||
| [[Tu BiShevat]] | |[[Tu BiShevat]] | ||
|- | |- | ||
! <div align="left">'''Adar''' | !<div align="left">'''Adar''' | ||
| [[Tanit Ester]] - [[Purim]] - [[Purim Katan]] | |[[Tanit Ester]] - [[Purim]] - [[Purim Katan]] | ||
|- | |- | ||
! <div align="left">'''Nissan''' | !<div align="left">'''Nissan''' | ||
| [[Tanit Bechorot]] - [[Pesach]] - [[Chol HaMoed|Chol HaMoed Pesach]] | |[[Tanit Bechorot]] - [[Pesach]] - [[Chol HaMoed|Chol HaMoed Pesach]] - [[Sefirat HaOmer]] | ||
|- | |- | ||
! <div align="left">'''Iyar''' | !<div align="left">'''Iyar''' | ||
| [[Yom HaAtzmaut]] - [[ | |[[Yom HaAtzmaut]] - [[Pesach Sheni]] - [[Lag BaOmer]] | ||
|- | |- | ||
! <div align="left">'''Sivan''' | !<div align="left">'''Sivan''' | ||
| [[Shavuot]] | |[[Shavuot]] | ||
|- | |- | ||
! <div align="left">'''Tammuz''' | !<div align="left">'''Tammuz''' | ||
| [[Fast Days#Shiva Asar BeTamuz|Shiva Asar BeTamuz]] - [[Three Weeks]] | |[[Fast Days#Shiva Asar BeTamuz|Shiva Asar BeTamuz]] - [[Three Weeks]] | ||
|- | |- | ||
! <div align="left">'''Menachem Av''' | !<div align="left">'''Menachem Av''' | ||
| [[Nine Days]] - [[Tisha BeAv]] | |[[Nine Days]] - [[Tisha BeAv]] - [[Tu BeAv]] | ||
|- | |- | ||
! <div align="left">'''Elul''' | !<div align="left">'''Elul''' | ||
| [[Chodesh Elul]] | |[[Chodesh Elul]] | ||
|- | |- | ||
! <div align="left">'''Misc.''' | !<div align="left">'''Misc.''' | ||
| [[Yom Tov]] - [[Rosh Chodesh]] | |[[Yom Tov]] - [[Second Day of Yom Tov|Yom Tov Sheni]] - [[Rosh Chodesh]] - [[Issru Chag]] | ||
|} | |} | ||
== See also == | ==See also== | ||
* [[Shabbat]] | |||
*[[Shabbat]] | |||
[[Category:Holidays]] | [[Category:Holidays]] |