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What Is Simchat Torah?
October 23, 2024
The final day of the Jewish festival Sukkot is known as Simchat Torah, which literally means "Rejoicing in the Torah." On this day, Jews mark the completion of reading through the Torah, from the first chapter of Genesis to the closing words of Deuteronomy.
What Is the Festival of Tabernacles - Sukkot?
October 8, 2024
Celebrate the Festival of Tabernacles (Sukkot) from October 16-23, 2024. Learn about its traditions, significance, and how it’s observed with joy and gratitude.
What Are the High Holy Days?
October 7, 2024
The High Holy Days are the most widely observed Jewish holidays, beginning with Rosh Hashanah, the Jewish New Year, and ending ten days later with Yom Kippur, the Day of Atonement.
What Is Yom Kippur?
October 4, 2024
Yom Kippur, the Day of Atonement, is the holiest day of the Jewish year and is the culmination of the High Holy Days, which begins at sundown on October 11 after Rosh Hashanah, the Jewish New Year. It marks the final opportunity to repent before God before the Book of Life is sealed for another year.
What Is Rosh Hashanah?
September 5, 2024
Rosh Hashanah is the Jewish New Year, and this year, it begins at sundown on Wednesday, October 2 and is observed for two days. Learn more about the observations associated with celebrating Rosh Hashanah.
What Is Tisha B'Av?
July 16, 2024
Tisha B’Av (the Fast of the Ninth of Av) is the darkest day on the Jewish calendar, a day of communal mourning to commemorate the many tragedies that have befallen the Jewish people which have occurred on this very day.
What Is Shavuot — The Jewish Pentecost?
July 3, 2024
Shavuot (pronounced sha-voo-OHT), which Christians know better from the Greek, Pentecost, is one of three pilgrimage festivals in which Jewish men during biblical times were obligated to go to the Temple in Jerusalem.
What Is Jerusalem Day (Yom Yerushalayim)?
May 23, 2024
Yom Yerushalayim, Jerusalem Day, is celebrated every year in May, commemorating the liberation and reunification of God’s Holy City during the Six-Day War in 1967. We celebrate another year of a unified Jerusalem. Learn more about this remarkable city and this miraculous event of Yom Yerushalayim with our resources.
What Is Yom HaShoah?
May 2, 2024
This year, beginning sundown on May 5th, Israel and Jews worldwide observe Yom HaShoah, Israel Holocaust Remembrance Day, honoring the six million Jewish men, women, and children who were brutally murdered at the hands of the Nazi regime.
Israel Independence Day: Celebrating Yom HaAtzmaut
May 1, 2024
Learn about Yom HaAtzmaut, Israel's Independence Day, and how the modern Jewish state came into being and how Israel remains a beacon of democracy.
