Jewish Holidays
Major HolidaysSpecial Shabbatot
Minor Fast DaysNew Holidays
Rosh ChodeshOther Holidays

Major Holidays
Shabbat ServicesGuide to Our Saturday Shabbat Service
PesachPassover, the Feast of Unleavened Bread
Lag B'Omer33rd day of counting the Omer
ShavuotFeast of Pentecost
Tish'a B'AvFast commemorating the destruction of the two Temples
Rosh HashanaNew Year
Yom KippurDay of Atonement
SukkotFeast of Tabernacles
Shmini AtzeretEighth Day of Assembly
Simchat TorahDay of Celebrating the Torah
ChanukahFestival of Lights
Tu B'ShevatNew Year for Trees
PurimFeast of Lots
Purim KatanMinor Purim celebration during Adar I on leap years
Shushan PurimPurim celebrated in Jerusalem and walled cities

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Special Shabbatot
Shabbat HaGadolShabbat before Pesach
Shabbat ChazonShabbat before Tish'a B'Av (Shabbat of Prophecy/Shabbat of Vision)
Shabbat NachamuShabbat after Tish'a B'Av (Shabbat of Consolation)
Shabbat ShuvaShabbat that falls between Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur
Shabbat ShekalimShabbat before Rosh Chodesh Adar
Shabbat ZachorShabbat before Purim
Shabbat ParahShabbat after Purim
Shabbat HaChodeshShabbat before Rosh Chodesh Nissan

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Minor Fast Days
Ta'anit BechorotFast of the First Born
Tzom TammuzFast commemorating breaching of the walls of Jerusalem by Nebuchadnezzar
Tzom GedaliahFast of the Seventh Month
Asara B'TevetFast commemorating the siege of Jerusalem - 10th day of Tevet
Ta'anit EstherFast of Esther

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New Holidays
Yom HaShoahHolocaust Memorial Day
Yom HazikaronIsrael's Memorial Day
Yom HaAtzma'utIsrael Independence Day
Yom YerushalayimJerusalem Day

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Rosh Chodesh
NisanSignificance of Rosh Chodesh
Iyyar 
Sivan 
Tamuz 
Av 
Elul 
Tishrei 
Cheshvan 
Kislev 
Tevet 
Sh'vat 
Adar 

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Other Holidays
Days of the Omer7 weeks from the second night of Pesach to the day before Shavuot
Hoshanah Rabbah 

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