Holiday
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Date
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What the Holiday is
About
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Rosh Hashana
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Sept 5-6, 2013
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The Jewish New
Year. Sweetness for the year is
symbolized by eating something with honey
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Shabbat Shuva
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Sept 7, 2013
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Shabbat that falls between Rosh
Hashanah and Yom
Kippur (called
the Shabbat of
Returning)
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Tzom Gedaliah
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Sept 8, 2013
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Fast day in honor of the righteous governor of Judah
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Yom Kippur
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Sept 14, 2013
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Day of Atonement. Fasting and being sorry for your sins.
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Sukkot
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Sept 19-25, 2013
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Feast of Tabernacles.
You build an outdoor hut and live in it.
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Shmini Atzeret
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Sept 26, 2013
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Eighth Day of Assembly. Basically more Sukkot fun.
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Simchat Torah
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Sept 27, 2013
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Celebrates the full Torah reading.
Dancing, drinking and parading the Torah around.
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Rosh Chodesh Chesvan
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Oct 4, 2013
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Beginning new Hebrew month
of Cheshvan
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Rosh Chodesh Kislev
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Nov 3, 2013
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Beginning new Hebrew month
of Kislev
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Rosh Chodesh Tevet
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Dec 3, 2013
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Beginning new Hebrew month
of Tevet
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Chanukah
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Nov 28-Dec 5, 2013
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Rededicating the Temple.
Menorahs, latkes,
and dreidels.
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Asara T’Tevet
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Dec 13, 2013
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Fast commemorating the siege of Jerusalem
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Rosh Chodesh Sh’vat
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Jan 2, 2014
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Beginning new Hebrew month
of Sh’vat
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Tu B’Shvat
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Jan 16, 2014
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New Year for
Trees. Kabbalistic, eating fruit at a sederand
planting trees
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Rosh Chodesh Adar
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Jan 31, 2014
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Beginning new Hebrew month
of Adar
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Purim Katan
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Feb 14, 2014
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Minor Purim celebration
during Adar I
on leap years
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Shabbat Shekalim
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Mar 1, 2014
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Shabbat before Rosh
Chodesh Adar
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Rosh ChodeshAdar II
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Mar 2, 2014
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Beginning new Hebrew month
of Adar II
(on leap years)
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Ta’anit Esther
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Mar 13, 2014
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Fast of Esther.
Preparing for Purim celebration.
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Shabbat Zachor
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Mar 15, 2014
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Shabbat before Purim
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Purim
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Mar 16, 2014
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Jewish Mardi Gras. Dressing in costumes, hear
themegillah being
read, eating hamentaschen.
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Shushan Purim
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Mar 17, 2014
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Purim celebrated in Jerusalem and
“walled cities”
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Shabbat Parah
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Mar 22, 2014
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Shabbat of the Red Heifer
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Shabbat HaChodesh
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Mar 29, 2014
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Shabbat before Rosh
Chodesh Nisan
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Rosh Chodesh Nisan
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Apr 1, 2014
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Beginning of Hebrew month
of Nisan
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Shabbat HaGadol
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Apr 12, 2014
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Shabbat before Pesach (Passover)
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Ta’anit Becorot
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Apr 14, 2014
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Fast of the First Born
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Pesach
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Apr 15-22, 2014
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Passover, the Feast of Unleavened Bread. Seders, no bread-y stuff
other than matzah.
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Yom HaShoah
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Apr 28, 2014
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Holocaust Memorial Day
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Rosh Chodesh Iyyar
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Apr 30, 2014
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Beginning new Hebrew month
of Iyyar
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Yom HaZikaron
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May 5, 2014
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Israeli Memorial Day
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Yom HaAtzma’ut
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May 6, 2014
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Israeli Independence Day
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Pesach Sheni
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May 14, 2014
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Second Passover,
for those who missed Passover the
first time
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Lag B’Omer
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May 18, 2014
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33rd day of counting the Omer.
Bon fires, mores and singing
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Yom Yerushalayim
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May 28, 2014
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Jerusalem Day
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Rosh Chodesh Sivan
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May 30, 2014
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Beginning new Hebrew month
of Sivan
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Shavuot
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Jun 4-5, 2014
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Commemorates us receiving the Torah at
Mount Sinai. All night studying, Book of Ruth and cheesecake
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Rosh Chodesh Tammuz
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Jun 28, 2014
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Beginning new Hebrew month
of Tammuz
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Tzom Tammuz
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Jul 15, 2014
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Fast commemorating the siege of Jerusalem by
Nebuchadnezzar
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Rosh Chodesh Av
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Jul 28, 2014
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Beginning new Hebrew month
of Av
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Shabbat Chazon
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Aug 2, 2014
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Shabbat before Tisha B’Av (Shabbat of
Vision)
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Tisha B’Av
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Aug 5, 2014
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The Ninth of Av,
fast commemorating the destruction of the two Temples
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Shabbat Nachamu
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Aug 9, 2014
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Shabbat after Tisha B’Av (Shabbat of
Consolation)
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Rosh Chodesh Elul
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Aug 26, 2014
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Beginning new Hebrew month
of Elul
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