Posts Tagged ‘Jewish Calendar’

Sukkot- October 3-9

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.
Regarded as one of the most important holiday dates in [...]

A short guide to Rosh Hashanah

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.
Occuring in September or October, the Jewish Rosh Hashanah festival marks the [...]