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In 358 CE (Common Era), Hillel II instituted a Jewish calendar and leap year. The result was that Jewish could be celebrated on the same day every year. Thanks to him, Jewish holiday dates are the same every year.
A Jewish calendar has months that have 29 or 30 days and the years can either be [...]
For 2010 / 11Rosh Hashanah - September 19th
Jews believe Rosh Hashanah represents either the creation of the World, or Universe, although some think that it commemorates the creation of man - which would mean that the universe was created five days before that.
Rosh Hashanah is the Jewish New Year festival and is celebrated in September [...]
As the Jewish festival of Harvest, Sukkot could be compared to the American ‘Thanksgiving holiday. At this time, it’s traditional to take a harvest offering to the temple for God. Sukkot forms one of the three Pilgrimmage holdiays – the other two being Passover and Shavuot.
The holiday lasts nine days, it is widely regarded as [...]
It was Hillel II who created a standarised Jewish calendar and leap year. It meant that holidays could be celebrated on the same date every year for Jews.
A Jewish calendar has months that have 29 or 30 days and the years can either be composed of 12 or 13 months. Beacuse it actually takes 12.4 [...]
Yom Kippur is probably the most reverential and solemn festival in the Jewish calendar and is a time when Jews are given the chance to change God’s judgement of one’s deeds.Litereally speaking, Yom Kippur is the Day of Attonement, so it’s at this time when Jews can atone for their sins. The outcome of the [...]