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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 ...
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 3, 2021 Shvi'i shel Pesach: Public holiday in Israel ...
The Hebrew calendar (Hebrew: הַלּוּחַ הָעִבְרִי ), also called the Jewish calendar, is a lunisolar calendar used today for Jewish religious observance and as an official calendar of Israel. It determines the dates of Jewish holidays and other rituals, such as yahrzeits and the schedule of public Torah readings.
The 2012 White House Hanukkah Party was held on the sixth night of Hanukkah, Thursday evening, December 13, 2012. [34] More than 500 American Jewish leaders attended the reception in the Grand Foyer of the White House. [34]
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.
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 ...
January 1: Public Domain Day (International, applies in Israel) January 1: Novy God Day (Russian-Jewish community) March 6: European Day of the Righteous April 25–28: Ziyarat al-Nabi Shu'ayb (public holiday in Israel, Druze minority)
The other is the avoidance of "servile labor" (melechet avodah), as on other major Jewish holidays. [24] See also Jewish holidays — "Work" on Sabbath and biblical holidays .) No other specific rituals or ritual objects are specified, making Shemini Atzeret unique in that regard among the festivals mentioned in the Torah.