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Passover is the celebration of the Jews being freed from Egypt, known as the Exodus. It's celebrated each spring, though the timing varies, and is one of the most important Jewish holidays. Find ...
16-21 Tishrei (1-day communities) / 17-21 Tishrei (2-day communities) October 4–9, 2020/ October 5–9, 2020 Chol HaMoed Sukkot: Public holiday in Israel. Seharane is celebrated by Kurdish Jews during this time, but only in the State of Israel. Outside of Israel Seharane is celebrated after Passover. 21 Tishrei October 9, 2020 Hoshanah Rabbah ...
The first two days and the final two days of Passover are no-work-allowed holiday days. Between these days is the four-day intermediate period known as Chol Hamoed, where work is allowed with some ...
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 ...
April marks one of the most significant holidays on the Jewish calendar: Passover. Passover, or "Pesach" in Hebrew, is an eight-day (or seven in Israel) celebration that commemorates the Jewish ...
This is exactly one month after 14 Nisan, the day before Passover, which was the day prescribed for bringing the Korban Pesach ("Paschal offering", i.e. Passover lamb) in anticipation of that holiday. [1] As described in the source text for this mitzvah (Numbers 9:1–14), the Israelites were about to celebrate Passover one year after leaving ...
It follows a day in spring known as the vernal equinox, when night and day are the same lengths. Note that the Jewish calendar date begins at sundown of the night beforehand and concludes at ...
The celebration begins after nightfall on the last day of Passover. In many communities, non-Jewish neighbors sell chametz back to Jewish families as a beginning of the celebration. Moroccan and Algerian Jews throw open their homes to visitors, after setting out a lavish spread of traditional holiday cakes and sweetmeats .