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Shabbat |
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Rosh HaShanah
Rosh
Hashanah (Hebrew: ראש
השנה
transliterated ro’sh
hash-shānāh,
"head of the year")
is the Jewish New Year.
In fact, Judaism has
four "new years"
which mark various legal
"years", much
like in the United States
January 1 marks the
"new year"
but the "fiscal
new year" starts
on a different date.
Rosh Hashanah is the
new year for people,
animals and legal contracts.
The Mishnah also sets
this day aside as the
new year for calculating
calendar years and sabbatical
(shemitta) and jubilee
(yovel) years.
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| Yom
Kippur --
(יום
כפור
yome kippūr, day
of atonement) is the
Jewish holiday of the
Day of Atonement. The
Bible calls the day
Yom Hakippurim (Hebrew,
"Day of the Atonements").
It is one of the Yamim
Noraim (Hebrew, "Days
of Awe"). The Yamim
Noraim consist of Rosh
Hashanah, which is the
first two days of the
Ten Days of Repentance,
and Yom Kippur, which
is the last of the ten
days. |
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Sukkot ~ Feast of Booths
-- (סוכות
or סֻכּוֹת
sukkōt, booths)
or Succoth is an 8-day
Biblical pilgrimage
festival, also known
as the Feast of Booths,
the Feast of Tabernacles,
or Tabernacles. In Judaism
it is one of the most
important Jewish holidays.
The term also refers
to a location referred
to in the Hebrew Bible. |
| Hanukkah
-- (חנכה
Hănukkāh,
or חנוכה
Hănūkkāh)
is a Jewish holiday,
also known as the Festival
of lights. "Hanukkah"
is a Hebrew word meaning
"dedication".
It also has other spellings
in English, such as
Chanukah, Hannukah,
Hanukah, Chanuka, Chanukkah,
Hanuka, Channukah, Hanukka,
Hanaka, Haneka, Hanika,
and Khanukkah. The first
evening of Hanukkah
starts after the sunset
of the 24th day of the
Hebrew month of Kislev.
Since in Jewish tradition
the calendar date starts
at sunset, Hanukkah
begins on the 25th. |
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Passover --
also known as Pesach
or Pesah (פסח
pesah), is a Jewish
holiday, beginning on
the evening of the 14th
day of Nisan, that commemorates
the Exodus and freedom
of the Israelites from
Ancient Egypt. |
| Purim
-- Purim (פּוּרִים
"Lots", Standard
Hebrew Purim, Tiberian
Hebrew Pûrîm: plural
of פּוּר
pûr "Lot",
from Akkadian pūru)
is a Jewish holiday
that commemorates the
deliverance of the Persian
Jews from the plot of
the evil Haman to exterminate
them, as recorded in
the biblical Book of
Esther. According to
that book, the feast
was instituted as a
national one by the
book's protagonists,
Mordechai and Esther.
Purim is celebrated
annually on the 14th
of the Hebrew month
of Adar. (In a small
number of cities that
were walled in ancient
times, it is instead
celebrated on the 15th.)
As with all Jewish holidays,
Purim begins at sundown
on the previous day. |
| Shavuot
-- (Hebrew שבועות),
("[seven] weeks")
(pronounced: shah-voo-OH-t)
is one of the three
Biblical pilgrimage
festivals. It is a major
Jewish holiday, and
is also known as the
Feast of Weeks. Greek-speaking
Jews gave it the name
Pentecost (πεντηκόστη)
since it occurs fifty
days after Passover.
If you don't count Passover,
the holiday is 49 days
after Passover, which
is a jubilee of days.
This ends the Counting
of the Omer. |
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The Gerer Rebbe Knows
When A Good Apple Will
Do The Trick |
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The Rabbi and the Ox:
One day, the neighborhood
butcher came to the
study of Rabbi Pinchas
Horowitz (1730-1805),
the famed rabbi of Frankfurt,
with an halachic (Torah
law) query. |
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What Blessings / Brachot do I make? |
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