Tag: Jewish

Tisha B’Av (Jewish)

Tisha B’Av is an annual fast day in Judaism, on which a number of disasters in Jewish history occurred, primarily the destruction of both Solomon’s Temple by the Neo-Babylonian Empire… Read More

Shavuot (Jewish)

Shavuot is a major Jewish holiday celebrating the giving of the Torah at Mount Sinai and the grain harvest, marked by dairy meals, studying Torah, and hearing the Ten Commandments.

Yom HaShoah (Jewish)

Holocaust Remembrance Day – A day of commemoration for the approximately six million Jews who died in the Holocaust, and for the Jewish resistance in that period.

Hanukkah (Jewish)

Hanukkah is an eight day Jewish festival of celebrating the recovery of Jerusalem and rededication of the second temple. It is also known as the festival of lights with use… Read More

Simchat Torah (Jewish)

Simchat Torah a Jewish holiday that celebrates and marks the conclusion of the annual cycle of public Torah readings, and the beginning of a new cycle. It comes at the… Read More

Sukkot (Jewish)

Sukkot is a seven day festival that both celebrates the harvest and is a remembrance of the Exodus out of Egypt. It is sometimes called “Feast of Booths” or “Feast… Read More

Yom Kippur (Jewish)

Yom Kippur, or the Day of Atonement, is the holiest day in Judaism. Primarily centered on atonement and repentance, the day’s main observances consist of full fasting and ascetic behavior… Read More

Rosh HaShana (Jewish)

Rosh HaShanah is the Jewish New Year. Rosh Hashanah begins a ten-day period of penitence culminating in Yom Kippur, as well as beginning the cycle of autumnal religious festivals running… Read More

Tish’a B’Av (Jewish)

Tisha B’Av is an annual fast day in Judaism, on which a number of disasters in Jewish history occurred, primarily the destruction of both Solomon’s Temple by the Neo-Babylonian Empire… Read More