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March 28-April 3, 2021/ March 28-April 4, 2021 Passover: 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 ...
Public holidays in Israel are national holidays officially recognized by the Knesset, Israel's parliament. The State of Israel has adopted most traditional religious Jewish holidays as part of its national calendar, while also having established new modern holiday observances since its founding in 1948.
Some critics of Christian observances of Jewish holidays have echoed the comments of the 4th century theologian John Chrysostom who said, The festivals of the pitiful and miserable Jews are soon to march upon us one after the other and in quick succession: the feast of Trumpets, the feast of Tabernacles, the fasts.
The Annunciation, 25 March [O.S. 7 April] The Entry into Jerusalem (Flowery/Willow/Palm Sunday), the Sunday before Easter; The Ascension of Christ, forty Days after Easter; Pentecost, fifty Days after Easter; The Transfiguration of Jesus, 6 August [O.S. 19 August] The Dormition of the Theotokos, 15 August [O.S. 28 August]
In Israel, it is used for religious purposes, provides a time frame for agriculture, and is an official calendar for civil holidays alongside the Gregorian calendar. Like other lunisolar calendars, the Hebrew calendar consists of months of 29 or 30 days which begin and end at approximately the time of the new moon.
March 15. World Consumer Rights Day. March 16. National Corn Dog Day. March 17. Evacuation Day. Saint Patrick's Day. World Sleep Day. March 18. National Biodiesel Day. Awkward Moments Day. March ...
Adar (Hebrew: אֲדָר , ʾĂdār; from Akkadian adaru) is the sixth month of the civil year and the twelfth month of the religious year on the Hebrew calendar, roughly corresponding to the month of March in the Gregorian calendar. It is a month of 29 days.
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) May 9: Victory Day (9 May) (Public holiday in Israel) June 30: Navy Day (Israel) July 17: International ...