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The holiday marks the beginning of the Jewish High Holy Days and leads up to Yom Kippur, the Jewish day of atonement. Jewish New Year is this week. What is Rosh Hashana?
Every few years, the Jewish calendar adds a leap month, which is determined by a 19-year rotation called the Metonic cycle. This keeps the high holidays of Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur aligned ...
The modern Hebrew calendar has been designed to ensure that certain holy days and festivals do not fall on certain days of the week. As a result, there are only four possible patterns of days on which festivals can fall. (Note that Jewish days start at sunset of the preceding day indicated in this article.)
This year, the Jewish holiday of Passover will begin April 22. Here's what to know about the celebration.
Shabbat preceding and beginning a week containing a Rosh Chodesh: 25 Kislev— 2 Tevet: December 11–17, 2020 Hanukkah: Public holiday in Israel. Ends 3 Tevet if Kislev is short. 1 Tevet: December 16, 2020 Rosh Chodesh of Tevet: 5 Tevet 5 Tevet: Chabad sect only 10 Tevet December 25, 2020 Tenth of Tevet: Public holiday in Israel. Starts at ...
Shavuot is the only major Jewish holiday for which no calendar date is specified in the Torah; rather, its date is determined by the omer count. [1] The Counting of the Omer begins on the second day of Passover (the 16th of Nisan) for Rabbinic Jews (Orthodox, Conservative, Reform), and after the weekly Shabbat during Passover for Karaite Jews ...
Israel this week imposed holiday restrictions to try to halt the spread of the disease. Jews may only celebrate the traditional "seder" meal that kicks off the April 8-15 holiday season with ...
Yeshiva Week is the informal term for a vacation period that occurs every year from mid to late January, in which many Jewish day schools and yeshivas afford time off for their students. [1] It is primarily a North American phenomenon. This week is also held to avoid possible halachic issues with the typical American winter vacation held from ...