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Holidays
YOM HASHOAH
(Holocaust Remembrance Day) A 27 Nissan
On this day, Jews commemorate the victims of,
and the resistance to, the German Nazi genocide
of European Jewry during World War II.
in a plague that afflicted Rabbi Akiva’s students in ancient
Israel. The holiday is celebrated with picnics and bonfires.
SHAVUOT
(Festival of Weeks) A 6-7 Sivan
And the Lord said unto Moses: “Lo I come unto
thee in a cloud that the people may hear when
I speak with thee.” — Exodus 34:22
YOM HAZIKARON
(Israel9s Memorial Day) A 3 Iyar
Jews around the world remember those who gave their lives for the
achievement of Israel’s independence and its continued existence.
YOM HAATZMAUT
(Israel Independence Day) A 4 Iyar
Celebrating the birth of the State of Israel in 1948,
Jews around the world hold parades and picnics.
The anniversary of receiving the Torah on Mt. Sinai
falls seven weeks after Passover. One of the three
pilgrimage festivals, it celebrates the end of the spring
harvest. The holiday’s customs include decorating
the home and synagogue with flowers, eating dairy
products and staying up the entire night studying.
TISHA B’AV
(Ninth Day of Av)
Tisha B’Av is a day of fasting and mourning for the
Holy Temples in Jerusalem, both of which were
destroyed on this day. The book of Lamentations is
read. Traditionally, no leather shoes are worn.
LAG B’OMER
(33rd day during the counting
of the Omer) A 18 Iyar
Lag B’Omer is a break in the weeks of semi-mourning between
Pesach and Shavuot. Traditionally, it commemorates a halt
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Rosh HaShanah
Tu B9Shevat
Yom HaAtzmaut
Yom Kippur
Oct. 334, 2024
Feb. 13, 2025
May 1, 2025
Oct. 2, 2025
Yom Kippur
Purim
Lag B9Omer
Sukkot
Oct. 12, 2024
March 14, 2025
May 16, 2025
Oct. 6313, 2025
Sukkot
Passover
Shavuot
Shemini Atzeret
Oct. 17318, 2024
April 12320, 2025
June 2-3, 2025
Oct. 14, 2025
Shemini Atzeret
Yom HaShoah
Tisha B9Av
Simchat Torah
Oct. 24, 2024
April 23, 2025
Aug. 3, 2025
Oct. 15, 2025
Simchat Torah
Yom HaZikaron
Rosh HaShanah
Chanukah
Oct. 25, 2024
April 30, 2025
Sept. 23324, 2025
Dec. 15322, 2025
Chanukah
Dec. 263Jan.2, 2025
ALL HOLIDAYS BEGIN AT SUNSET THE PRECEDING EVENING
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