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About the Jewish Holidays

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When I was ritual chair of Congregation Bet Haverim in Atlanta, people often requested background information about the Jewish holidays. In response, I prepared descriptions of the following holidays for the congregational newsletter and have since enhanced them for this website.

Saul Carliner

Holidays (listed in chronological order

  1. Rosh Hashana (Jewish New Year)
  2. Yom Kippur (Day of Atonement)
  3. Sukkot (festival holiday)
  4. Simchat Torah (end of the cycle of reading the Torah from beginning to end)
  5. Hanukah (minor holiday celebrating the re-dedication of the Temple)
  6. Tu B'Shevat (Jewish Arbor Day)
  7. Purim (a festival of victory)
  8. Passover (a celebration of freedom)
  9. Yom Ha'Atzmaut (Israeli Independence Day)
  10. Yom Hashoah (Holocaust Remembrance Day)
  11. Lag B'Omer (celebrating the countdown to the next holiday)
  12. Shavuot (celebration of the giving of the Torah)
  13. Liberation Seder (Jewish ceremony honoring GLBT Pride
  14. Tisha B'Av (fast honoring the destructions of the first and second Temples)

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