Jewish Holidays

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Feast of Dedication
Chanukah

Chanukah is an eight-day holiday commemorating a miracle of light that took place after God delivered the Jewish people from Syrian-Greek oppressors.

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Passover & The Feast of Unleavened Bread
Pesach

Passover and the Feast of Unleavened Bread are among the most important holidays of the Jewish year. They commemorate God’s deliverance of the Jewish people from slavery in Egypt through the Exodus.

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Feast of Lots
Purim

Purim is one of the most festive of Jewish holidays, celebrating a time when the Jewish people were dramatically saved from annihilation in Persia.

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Jewish New Year | Feast of Trumpets
Rosh Hashanah

Rosh Hashanah is the Jewish New Year celebrated together with the Jewish Feast of Trumpets.

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Feast of Weeks
Shavuot

Shavuot celebrates the giving of the Torah on Mount Sinai. It is a harvest feast and one of three pilgrimage Feasts of the year.

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Joy of the Torah
Simchat Torah

Simchat Torah celebrates the Torah, which in it’s most literal definition is the first five books of the Bible. Simchat Torah marks the end and restart of the annual Torah Portion (or Parasha) reading cycle.

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Feast of Tabernacles
Sukkot

Sukkot is a seven-day holiday commemorating God’s provision for the Israelites as they journeyed through the wilderness.

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The Ninth of Av
Tisha B’Av

Tisha B’Av is a day of mourning for Jewish people worldwide, commemorating many tragedies that occurred on the same date across Jewish history – most notably the destruction of the First and Second Temples.

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Israel’s Independence Day
Yom HaAtzmaut

Yom HaAtzmaut is an Israeli holiday celebrating the rebirth of the State of Israel in 1948.

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Israel’s Holocaust Remembrance Day
Yom HaShoah

Many nations as well as the United Nations have set aside a day to honor those killed in the Holocaust, those who survived it and those who bravely helped Jewish people during this most catastrophic period of Israel’s history. Yom HaShoah is Israel’s day to do so.

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Day of Atonement
Yom Kippur

Yom Kippur is the holiest day of the Jewish year. It is a time for fasting, praying and repentance to find right standing with God for the coming year.

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