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  Yom Kippur

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  Rosh Hashanah

  Rosh Hashanah (Hebrew: ראש השנה‎, literally "head of the year," Ashkenazic: [ˈɾoʃ haʃːɔˈnɔh], Israeli: [ˈʁoʃ haʃaˈna], Yiddish: [ˈrɔʃəˈʃɔnə]) is a Jewish holiday commonly referred to as the "Jewish New Year." It is observed on the first day of Tishrei, the seventh month of the Hebrew calendar, as...
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  Shemini Atzeret

  Shemini Atzeret (שמיני עצרת - "the Eighth [day] of Assembly"; Ashkenazic pron. shmini-atseres) is a Jewish holiday celebrated on the 22nd day of the Hebrew month of Tishrei. In the Diaspora, an additional day is celebrated, the second day being separately referred to as Simkhat Torah. In Israel and...
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  Shavuot

  Shavuot (help·info) (or Shavuos (help·info), in Ashkenazi usage; Hebrew: שבועות‎, lit. "Weeks") is a Jewish holiday that occurs on the sixth day of the Hebrew month of Sivan (late May or early June). Shavuot commemorates the anniversary of the day God gave the Torah to Moses and the Israelites at...
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  Passover

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  Purim

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  Tisha B'Av

  Tisha B'Av (help·info) (Hebrew: תשעה באב‎ or ט׳ באב, "the Ninth of Av,") is an annual fast day in Judaism, named for the ninth day (Tisha) of the month of Av in the Hebrew calendar. The fast commemorates the destruction of the First and Second Temples in Jerusalem, which occurred about 656 years...
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  Sukkot

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• Tenth of Tevet

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• Erev Rosh Hashanah

  Erev Rosh Hashanah is the day before the Jewish holiday of Rosh Hashanah, the Jewish New Year. It falls on the 29th day of the Hebrew month of Elul, the day before the 1st of Tishrei. Erev Rosh Hashanah is analogous to New Year's Eve on the Gregorian calendar.