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Festivals

  • Rosh Hashanah

    ..In the seventh month, on the first of the month, there shall be a sabbath for you, a remembrance with shofar blasts, a holy convocation. -Leviticus 16:24

  • Yom Kippur

    A day for reflection. A day for Repentance.

  • Sukkot

    The holiday commemorates the forty-year period during which the children of Israel were wandering in the desert, living in temporary shelters.

  • Shemini Atzeret and Simchat Torah

    Rabbinic tradition teaches that on Shemini Atzeret the world is judged for water, or rainfall, in the upcoming year.

  • Lag Ba'Omer

  • Tisha Ba'Av

    On the ninth of Av... the Temple was destroyed the first and second time" 1 Kings 9:1-9

  • Shavuot

    Shavuot is the Jewish holiday celebrating the harvest season in Israel and the ripening of the first fruits.

  • Yom Yerushalayim

    On Yom Yerushalayim, the Old City of Jerusalem was liberated during the Six Day War of 1967.

  • Yom Hazikaron

    Yom HaZikaron is Israel's memorial day for its fallen soldiers. It is usually observed on the 4th of the Jewish calendar month of Iyar.

  • Yom Ha'atzmaut

    Israeli Independence Day

  • Yom HaShoah

    Holocaust Remembrance Day

  • Pesach/Passover

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