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Category Archives: Holidays
High Holidays – 5771
5771 Rosh Hashanah – September 9-10, 2010 Tzom Gedaliah – September 12, 2010 Yom Kippur – September 18, 2010 May you be inscribed and sealed for a good year.
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Tagged Holidays, Jewish, Judaism, New Year, Rosh Hashanah, Tzom Gedaliah, Yom Kippur
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Tisha B’av (5770/2010)
This year (5770/2010) Tisha B’Av begins at Sundown July 19 and ends at sundown July 20. Tisha B’Av is a Rabbinic fast day that occurs on 9 Av (in July or August). This day is a day of fasting and … Continue reading
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Tagged Beitar, Betar, Bethar, Exodus, Herod's Temple, Jerusalem, Jewish Holidays, Moses, Nebuchadnezzar, Ninth of Av, Romans, Solomon's Temple, Spies, Tish B'Av, Tisha B'Av
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Chag Shavuot Sameach (5770/2010)
Shavuot, the Festival of Weeks, is a Biblical festival that occurs on 6 and 7 Sivan-seven weeks after Pesach-(in May or June). Shavuot is the second of the three major festivals with both historical and agricultural significance (the other two … Continue reading
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Tagged Agriculture, Chag Ha Bikkurim, Festival of Weeks, First Fruits, Holidays, Jewish, Judaism, Moses, Mount Sinai, Passover, Pesach, Shavuot, Torah
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Yom HaShoah 5770
Yom HaShoah is the day of remembrance for all those who were murdered during the Shoah (Holocaust).
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Tagged Concentration Camps, Genocide, Germany, holocaust, Jewish, Judaism, Murder, shoah, Third Reich, Yom HaShoah
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Chag Pesach Sameach!
Pesach (Passover) is a Biblical festival that begins on 15 Nisan (in March or April). Pesach is an eight-day holiday that celebrates the Exodus of the Hebrews from Egypt and our freedom from oppression in modern days. The holiday is … Continue reading
Happy Purim! (5770-February 28, 2010)
Purim (which means lots) is a Rabbinic celebration that occurs on 14 Adar (in February or March). Purim is one-day holiday that celebrates the victory of Esther and Mordechai over the evil Haman who plotted to kill the Jews as … Continue reading
Happy Tu B’Shevat 5770 (2010)!
Tu B’Shevat is January 30, 2010. Tu B’Shevat, the Jewish Ecology Day, occurs on 15 Shevat (in January or February). Tu B’Shevat is an agricultural holiday that celebrates the earth and its produce. It is the new year for the … Continue reading
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Tagged Agriculture, Fruit, Holidays, Jewish, Judaism, Trees, Tu B'Shevat, Tu B'Shvat
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Asarah B’Tevet 5770
Asarah B’Tevet is a Rabbinic fast day that occurs on 10 Tevet (in December or January) and is celebrated as a day-fast. It is a day of grief and mourning over the beginning of the siege of Jerusalem by Nebuchadnezzar … Continue reading
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Tagged Asarah B'Tevet, Asarah BeTevet, Holidays, holocaust, Jerusalem, Jewish, Judaism, shoah, Temple
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Happy Chanukah!
Chanukah, the festival of lights, is a Rabbinic clebration that begins on 25 Kislev (in November or December). Chanukah celebrates the miracle of the oil in the Temple in Jerusalem after the Maccabees’ defeat of the Greek army as well … Continue reading
Simchat Torah 5770 (2009)
HAPPY SIMCHAT TORAH! Simchat Torah (Rejoicing in the Torah) occurs at the conclusion of Sukkot on 23 Tishri (in September or October). No work is permitted on Simchat Torah. Simchat Torah celebrates the conclusion of the annual reading of the … Continue reading
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Tagged Jewish, Judaism, Simchas Torah, Simchat Torah, Succot, Sukkot
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