Jewish
Holidays
Jewish festivals occur on the Hebrew calendar, which is based on both the sun and moon’s cycles—vs. the Gregorian calendar, which is based solely on the sun’s. Jewish holidays encompass biblical festivals, seasonal milestones, historical celebrations, and rabbinic observations.
There are multiple terms in the Hebrew language to distinguish between holidays—Festival Days refer to the six Biblically-mandated festival dates, while High Holy Days refer to Yom Kippur and Rosh Hashanah, and the Three Pilgrimage Festivals commemorate historical Jewish migrations.
It is also important to note that Jewish “holidays” begin and end at sunset, rather than at midnight—as in the Gregorian calendar.
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Date | Holiday | Category | Tags |
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Jan 27 Thursday | |||
International Holocaust Remembrance Day | Federal | Awareness, Educational, Historical, Jewish | |
Feb 25 Thursday | |||
Purim | Religious | Cultural, Festivities, Historical, Jewish | |
Mar 27 Saturday | |||
Passover | Religious | Cultural, Family, Festivities, Historical, Jewish | |
May 6 Thursday | |||
National Day of Prayer | Religious | Buddhist, Christian, Cultural, Islamic, Jewish | |
May 16 Sunday | |||
Shavuot | Religious | Cultural, Jewish | |
Aug 18 Wednesday | |||
Ashura | Religious | Islamic, Jewish | |
Sep 6 Monday | |||
Rosh Hashanah | Religious | Jewish | |
Sep 15 Wednesday | |||
Yom Kippur | Religious | Cultural, Jewish | |
Sep 20 Monday | |||
Sukkot | Religious | Historical, Jewish | |
Sep 26 Sunday | |||
Hoshana Rabbah | Religious | Jewish | |
Oct 9 Saturday | |||
Shemini Atzeret | Religious | Jewish | |
Oct 10 Sunday | |||
Simchat Torah | Jewish | ||
Dec 10 Friday | |||
Hanukkah | Religious, Seasonal | Family, Friendship, Historical, Jewish |