Jewish Holidays

The Jewish High Holy Days are among the most significant and widely observed holidays in Jewish tradition. Discover the meaning, customs, and practices that make each of these sacred days…

Simchat Torah celebrates the completion of the annual Torah reading cycle.

Tisha B'Av is the darkest day on the Jewish calendar, commemorating the many tragedies that have befallen the Jewish people on this day.

Learn about the traditions and significance of Sukkot, the Festival of Tabernacles.

Yom Kippur, the Day of Atonement, is the holiest day of the Jewish year and is the culmination of the High Holy Days.

Rosh Hashanah is the Jewish New Year, and unlike the secular celebration, it's a holy time of reflection ahead of the new year.

Shavuot, The Jewish Pentecost, has roots as a harvest festival, but has since included celebrating the Torah.

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.

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.

Yom HaZikaron is Israel's Memorial Day that honors those who have lost their lives in service of the Jewish homeland. Learn its significance and how it is observed today.

Yom HaShoah, Israel's Holocaust Remembrance Day, honors the six million Jewish victims of the Holocaust. Learn its significance and how it is observed today.

Over the past 3,000 years, Passover (Pesach in Hebrew) has endured as one of the most celebrated and widely observed Jewish holidays. Learn about the most celebrated and widely observed…