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