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Tu BiShvat (Hebrew: ט״ו בִּשְׁבָט, romanized: Ṭū bīŠvāṭ, lit. '15th of Shevat') is a Jewish holiday occurring on the 15th day of the Hebrew month of Shevat (in 2024, Tu BiShvat begins at sunset on January 24 and ends in the evening of January 25). It is also called Rosh HaShanah La'Ilanot (ראש השנה לאילנות ...
The Hebrew calendar (Hebrew: הַלּוּחַ הָעִבְרִי, romanized: halLūaḥ hāʿĪḇrī), also called the Jewish calendar, is a lunisolar calendar used today for Jewish religious observance and as an official calendar of Israel. It determines the dates of Jewish holidays and other rituals, such as yahrzeits and the schedule of ...
A Hebrew birthday (also known as a Jewish birthday) is the date on which a person is born according to the Hebrew calendar. This is important for Jews, particularly when calculating the correct date for day of birth, day of death, a bar mitzva or a bat mitzva. This is because the Jewish calendar differs from the secular and Christian Gregorian ...
The Jewish holiday of Hunukkah is commemorated every year for eight days in November and December. The exact dates change because it is based on the 25th day of Kislev in the Hebrew calendar.
Days of Remembrance of the Victims of the Holocaust. United States, Sunday before Yom Hashoah to following Sunday. 22 Nisan (1-day communities) / 23 Nisan (2-day communities) April 4, 2021 / April 5, 2021. Mimouna. Public holiday in Israel. 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan. Sunset, 28 March – nightfall, 16 May 2021. Counting the Omer.
Simchat Torah, Hebrew for “Rejoicing of the Torah” is a Jewish religious holiday that commemorates the completion of the yearly cycle of Torah reading.. The Torah is a central part of Judaism ...
Rosh Hashanah (Hebrew: רֹאשׁ הַשָּׁנָה, Rōʾš hašŠānā, literally 'head of the year') is the New Year in Judaism. The biblical name for this holiday is Yom Teruah (יוֹם תְּרוּעָה, Yōm Tərūʿā, lit. 'day of shouting/blasting'). It is the first of the High Holy Days (יָמִים נוֹרָאִים ...
Jewish holidays, also known as Jewish festivals or Yamim Tovim (Hebrew: יָמִים טוֹבִים, romanized: yāmīm ṭōvīm, lit. 'Good Days', or singular Hebrew : יוֹם טוֹב Yom Tov , in transliterated Hebrew [ English: / ˈ j ɔː m ˈ t ɔː v , j oʊ m ˈ t oʊ v / ]), [ 1 ] are holidays observed by Jews throughout the ...