Jewish holy days begin at sundown on the preceding evening and conclude at sundown on the dates noted.
Events Search and Views Navigation
September 2020
Yom Kippur
The Day of Atonement – This is considered the holiest day in the Jewish calendar and it ends the Ten Days of Repentance. It is spent in prayer, meditation and…
Find out more »Yom Kippur
The Day of Atonement – This is considered the holiest day in the Jewish calendar and it ends the Ten Days of Repentance. It is spent in prayer, meditation and…
Find out more »October 2020
Sukkot – First Days
The Feast of Tabernacles – The harvest festival – it is named for huts (sukkot) hung with fruits and vegetables set up to recall the temporary field dwelling which farmers…
Find out more »Shemini Atzeret
Immediately follows the conclusion of Sukkot. Work is traditionally prohibited.
Find out more »Simchat Torah
Concludes and begins anew the annual reading cycle of The Torah, the 5 books of Moses that make up The Jewish Bible. Immediately follows Sukkot and Shemini Atzeret. Work is…
Find out more »December 2020
Hanukkah
The Festival of Lights – An 8-day celebration of the Jews’ victory over the Syrians in ancient times and their regaining political and religious freedom. Hanukkah is called the Festival…
Find out more »Hanukkah
The Festival of Lights – An 8-day celebration of the Jews’ victory over the Syrians in ancient times and their regaining political and religious freedom. Hanukkah is called the Festival…
Find out more »