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Rosh Hashanah (Hebrew: ראש השנה "Beginning of the Year") is the Jewish New Year, and falls on the first and second days of the Jewish month of Tishrei (September/October). The Mishnah, the core work of the Jewish Oral Torah, sets this day aside as the new year for calculating calendar years and sabbatical and jubilee years.
March 28-April 3, 2021/ March 28-April 4, 2021 Passover: Public holiday in Israel. One of the Three Pilgrimage Festivals. 16-20 Nisan (1-day communities) / 17-20 Nisan (2-day communities) March 29-April 2, 2021 / March 31-April 2, 2021 Chol HaMoed Pesach: Public holiday in Israel. Movable April 3, 2021 Shabbat Chol Hamoed Pesach: 21 Nisan April ...
The Three Pilgrimage Festivals or Three Pilgrim Festivals, sometimes known in English by their Hebrew name Shalosh Regalim (Hebrew: שלוש רגלים, romanized: šālōš rəgālīm, or חַגִּים, ḥaggīm), are three major festivals in Judaism—two in spring; Passover, 49 days later Shavuot (literally 'weeks', or Pentecost, from the Greek); and in autumn Sukkot ('tabernacles ...
Rosh Hashana, the Jewish new year, starts at sundown on Wednesday, Oct. 2, and continues through the evening of Friday, Oct. 4. It marks the start of the Jewish High Holidays, a 10-day season that ends with Yom Kippur, the Day of Atonement.
(This story was updated because an earlier version included an inaccuracy.) On Friday at sunset, the holiest day of the year in Judaism begins. It's called Yom Kippur, or the Day of Atonement, and ...
Yom Kippur, or the Day of Atonement, is considered the holiest day of the year in Judaism.It takes place nine days after Rosh Hashanah, the other Jewish High Holiday. For practicing Jews, these ...
Best Jewish Foods For the High Holidays Rosh Hashanah is a day to celebrate the new year, attend services in which the shofar is blown, and eat symbolic foods like apples dipped in honey for a ...
As one of the most culturally significant Jewish holidays, Yom Kippur is observed by many secular Jews who may not observe other holidays. Many secular Jews attend synagogue on Yom Kippur – for many secular Jews the High Holy Days are the only times of the year during which they attend synagogue [117] – causing synagogue attendance to soar.