Rosh Hashanah is the Jewish New Year. The biblical name for this holiday is Yom Teruah, literally “day of shouting or blasting”. It is the first of the Jewish High Holy Day specified by Leviticus 23:23–32 that occur in the early autumn of the Northern Hemisphere. Rosh Hashanah the Jewish
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The name “Yom Kippur” means “Day of Atonement,” it is the holiest day of the year in Judaism. Its central themes are atonement and repentance. The day is traditionally observed with an approximate 25-hour period of fasting and intensive prayer, often spending most of the day in synagogue services. Yom
Tu BiShvat / Tu B’Shevat / Tu B’Shvat is a minor Jewish holiday, occurring on the 15th day of the Hebrew month of Shevat. It is also called “The New Year of the Trees”. Tu BiShvat is one of four “New Years” mentioned in the Mishnah. In the 16th century,
Tisha B’Av is an annual fast day in Judaism which commemorates the anniversary of a number of disasters in Jewish history, primarily the destruction of both the First Temple by the Babylonians and the Second Temple by the Romans in Jerusalem. The observance of the day includes five prohibitions, most