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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
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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. |
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Hanukkah -- (חנכה
ḥănukkāh, or חנוכה ḥănūkkāh) 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 pesaḥ),
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. |
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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. |
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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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