Simchat Torah
Celebrates the conclusion and restart of the annual Torah reading cycle.
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Events by Jewish Calendar
Hanukkah
Festival of Lights, commemorating the rededication of the Second Temple in Jerusalem.
Purim
Celebrates the salvation of the Jewish people in ancient Persia, as told in the Book of Esther.
Passover (Pesach)
Commemorates the liberation of the Israelites from Egyptian slavery.
Yom HaShoah
Holocaust Remembrance Day, honoring the memory of those who perished in the Holocaust.
Yom HaZikaron
Memorial Day for Israeli fallen soldiers and victims of terrorism.
Yom HaAtzmaut
Israel Independence Day, celebrating the founding of the State of Israel in 1948.
Shavuot
Festival celebrating the giving of the Torah at Mount Sinai.
Tisha B’Av
Fast day mourning the destruction of the First and Second Temples in Jerusalem.
Rosh Hashanah
Jewish New Year, a time of reflection, prayer, and the sounding of the shofar.