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  2. List of observances set by the Hebrew calendar - Wikipedia

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    Shabbat preceding Shabbat HaChodesh 29 Adar March 11, 2021 Yom Kippur Katan: Optional. If Yom Kippur Katan falls on a Friday or Saturday, it is moved to the preceding Thursday to avoid interfering with Shabbat. Starts at dawn. Movable March 13, 2021 Shabbat HaChodesh: Shabbat on or immediately preceding Rosh Chodesh of Nisan 1 Nisan: March 14, 2021

  3. Shabbat - Wikipedia

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    Honoring Shabbat (kavod Shabbat) on Preparation Day (Friday) includes bathing, having a haircut and cleaning and beautifying the home (with flowers, for example). Days in the Jewish calendar start at nightfall, therefore many Jewish holidays begin at such time. [29] According to Jewish law, Shabbat starts a few minutes before sunset.

  4. Sabbath - Wikipedia

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    Shabbat is a widely noted hallmark of the Jewish people. Several weekly Shabbats per year are designated as Special Sabbaths, such as Shabbat haGadol, prior to Pesach (literally, "the High Sabbath", but not to be confused with other High Sabbaths); and Shabbat Teshuvah, prior to Yom Kippur ("Repentance Sabbath").

  5. Days of week on Hebrew calendar - Wikipedia

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    Yom HaZikaron is postponed from Sunday to Monday, and Yom Ha'atzmaut is postponed from Monday to Tuesday, so that preparations cannot interfere with Shabbat. No leniencies are made for the observance of Tisha B'Av nor the Tenth of Av. During Tishrei, three holidays start on Thursday. In the diaspora, the eruv tavshilin is prepared thrice.

  6. Hebrew calendar - Wikipedia

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    Based on the classic rabbinic interpretation of Genesis 1:5 ("There was evening and there was morning, one day"), a day in the rabbinic Hebrew calendar runs from sunset (the start of "the evening") to the next sunset. [2] Similarly, Yom Kippur, Passover, and Shabbat are described in the Bible as lasting "from evening to evening". [3]

  7. International date line in Judaism - Wikipedia

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    [citation needed] For that reason, and consistent with a responsum of the Radbaz, Rabbi Kasher starts with the default law that a Jew not knowing the proper day for Shabbat should count days from the last time s/he observed Shabbat, and that every seven days is Shabbat. In his view, established Jewish communities are presumed to have fixed ...

  8. Five Jewish college students report assaults in recent weeks ...

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    University of Pittsburgh students Asher Goodwin and Ilan Gordon were walking to the first Shabbat service of the school year on Aug. 30 wearing yarmulkes.

  9. Public holidays in Israel - Wikipedia

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    Shabbat, the weekly Sabbath day of rest, in Israel begins every Friday evening just before sundown, ending Saturday evening just after sundown. Most of the Israeli workforce, including schools, banks, public transportation, government offices, and retailers within Jewish Israeli society are shut down during these approximately 25 hours, with ...