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|Pilgrimage feast. "Feast of Booths" or "Tabernacles." | |Pilgrimage feast. "Feast of Booths" or "Tabernacles." | ||
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|[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hoshanah_Rabbah Hoshanah Rabbah] | |||
|21 Tishri | |||
|"Greah Hoshana" or "Great Supplication." End of Sukkot, and last of the Days of Judgment. Seven circuits of the interior of the synagogue are made in procession by the congregation. "I wash my hands in purity and circle around Your altar, O Lord" (Psalms 26:6). | |||
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| | |[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shemini_Atzeret Shemini Atzeret] | ||
| | |22 Tishri | ||
| | |"Eighth Day of the Assembly." | ||
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| | |[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Simchat_Torah Simchat Torah] | ||
| | |22 or 23 Tishri. | ||
| | |Conclusion of the annual cycle of public Torah readings, and the beginning of the next cycle. | ||
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!colspan="3"|Kislev | !colspan="3"|Kislev | ||
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!colspan="3"|Adar | !colspan="3"|Adar | ||
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Revision as of 21:58, 1 April 2012
Fasts and Feasts
| name | date | |
|---|---|---|
| Nissan | ||
| Iyar | ||
| Elul | ||
| Tishri | ||
| Rosh Hashanah | 1-2 Tishri | |
| Fast of Gedaliah | 3 Tishri | |
| Yom Kippur | 10 Tishri | 25-hour fast; end of High Holy Days. Five prayer services; public confession of sins. |
| Sukkot | 15 Tishri | Pilgrimage feast. "Feast of Booths" or "Tabernacles." |
| Hoshanah Rabbah | 21 Tishri | "Greah Hoshana" or "Great Supplication." End of Sukkot, and last of the Days of Judgment. Seven circuits of the interior of the synagogue are made in procession by the congregation. "I wash my hands in purity and circle around Your altar, O Lord" (Psalms 26:6). |
| Shemini Atzeret | 22 Tishri | "Eighth Day of the Assembly." |
| Simchat Torah | 22 or 23 Tishri. | Conclusion of the annual cycle of public Torah readings, and the beginning of the next cycle. |
| Cheshvan | ||
| Kislev | ||
| Chanukah | 25th Kislev | |
| Tevet | ||
| Fast of Tevet 10 | ||
| Fast of Tevet 10 | ||
| Tu B'Shevat | ||
| Ta'anit Esther | ||
| Purim | ||
| Shushan Purim | ||
| Passover | ||
| Second Passover | ||
| Lag B'Omer | ||
| Sivan | ||
| Shavuot | 6 Sivan | |
| Tammuz | ||
| Fast of the 17th of Tammuz | ||
| Av | ||
| Fast of Tish'a B'Av | ||
| Shevat | ||
| Adar | ||
References