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Shabbat preceding and beginning a week containing a Rosh Chodesh: 29 Tevet January 13, 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. Starts at dawn. 1 Shevat: January 14, 2021 Rosh Chodesh of Shevat: 10 Shevat January 23 ...
Yom HaZikaron is advanced two days from Friday to Wednesday, and Yom Ha'atzmaut is advanced two days from Saturday to Thursday, so that one does not mourn on the eve of Shabbat and so that the celebrations of Independence Day do not continue into Shabbat. Multiple leniencies are made for Tisha B'Av:
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]
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.
Shabbat is ushered in by lighting candles and reciting a blessing. Traditionally, three festive meals are eaten: in the evening, in the morning, and late in the afternoon. The evening dinner typically begins with kiddush and another blessing recited over two loaves of challah. Shabbat is closed the following evening with a havdalah blessing ...
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").
Because the start of Hanukkah is tied to the Hebrew calendar, the dates change from year to year and the holiday can happen between late November and late December. Christmas Day is always Dec. 25.
In New Zealand and Japan, the local Saturday is Shabbat according to the majority opinion (sections 2 and 3 above), and it should therefore be fully observed as Shabbat. However, since according to the minority opinion (section 1 above), Shabbat is on the local Sunday, one should not perform any Torah-level Shabbat prohibitions on Sunday.