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Feast of Booths, Feast of Tabernacles, Succos, Succoth, Sukkoth, Tabernacles
a major Jewish festival beginning on the eve of the 15th of Tishri and commemorating the shelter of the Israelites during their 40 years in the wilderness
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Rosh Chodesh, Rosh Hodesh
(Judaism) the beginning of each month in the Jewish calendar; marked by a special liturgy
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High Holiday, High Holy Day
Jewish holy days observed with particular solemnity
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Purim
(Judaism) a Jewish holy day commemorating their deliverance from massacre by Haman
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Feast of Weeks, Pentecost, Shabuoth, Shavous, Shavuot, Shavuoth
(Judaism) Jewish holy day celebrated on the sixth of Sivan to celebrate Moses receiving the Ten Commandments
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Rejoicing in the Law, Rejoicing of the Law, Rejoicing over the Law, Shimchath Torah, Simchas Torah, Simchat Torah, Simhat Torah, Simhath Torah
(Judaism) a Jewish holy day celebrated on the 22nd or 23rd of Tishri to celebrate the completion of the annual cycle of readings of the Torah
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Fast of Ab, Fast of Av, Ninth of Ab, Ninth of Av, Tisha b'Ab, Tisha b'Av, Tishah b'Ab, Tishah b'Av
(Judaism) a major fast day on the Jewish calendar commemorating the destruction of the temples in Jerusalem
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Channukah, Channukkah, Chanukah, Chanukkah, Feast of Dedication, Feast of Lights, Feast of the Dedication, Festival of Lights, Hannukah, Hanukah, Hanukkah
(Judaism) an eight-day Jewish holiday commemorating the rededication of the Temple of Jerusalem in 165 BC
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Lag b'Omer
(Judaism) Jewish holy day; the 33rd day after the 2nd day of Passover; the 18th day of Iyar
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Jewish New Year, Rosh Hashana, Rosh Hashanah, Rosh Hashona, Rosh Hashonah
(Judaism) a solemn Jewish feast day celebrated on the 1st or 1st and 2nd of Tishri; noted for the blowing of the shofar
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Day of Atonement, Yom Kippur
(Judaism) a solemn and major fast day on the Jewish calendar; 10th of Tishri; its observance is one of the requirements of the Mosaic law
