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December 11, 2020 Shabbat Mevorchim: 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 ...
All Jewish holidays begin at sunset on the evening before the date shown. Note also that the date given for Simchat Torah is for outside of Israel. [1] On holidays marked "*", Jews are not permitted to work. Because the Hebrew calendar no longer relies on observation but is now governed by precise mathematical rules, it is possible to provide ...
Movable in November: Mitzvah Day International 2020 date: November 15 [1] November 30: Day to Mark the Departure and Expulsion of Jews from the Arab Countries and Iran ; December 4: Eid il-Burbara (Israel/Palestinian territories, not an official holiday) December 24: Nittel Nacht; December 31: Novy God Eve (Russian-Jewish community)
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On the Hebrew calendar, the seven-day holiday of Sukkot in the autumn (late mid-September to late mid-October) is immediately followed by the holiday of Shemini Atzeret.In Orthodox and Conservative communities outside Israel, Shemini Atzeret is a two-day holiday, and the Simchat Torah festivities are observed on the second day.
From this holiday, comes a powerful message for us all. Rabbi Ronald Gerson On Simchat Torah night in the Synagogue, after a procession with the Torahs, two Torahs are placed on the lectern.
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 ...
24 Tevet (3rd century BC) – Jewish elders procure the translation of the Hebrew Bible into Greek for Ptolemy II Philadelphus. [1] 24 Tevet (1812) - Death of the Alter Rebbe founder of the Chabad philosophy and author of the Tanya and Shulchan Aruch HaRav. 25 Tevet (1559) – Chovot HaLevavot published [citation needed]