2016 Holidays
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Tu BiShvat |
January 26 |
New Year for Trees |
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Purim |
March 24 |
Purim is on of the most joyous and fun holidays commemorating the story of Esther |
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Pesach (Passover) |
April 23-30 |
Passover, the Feast of Unleavened Bread, commemorates the Exodus from Egypt |
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Yom Ha’Shoah |
May 5 |
Holocaust Memorial Day |
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Yom HaZikaron |
May 11 |
Israeli Memorial Day |
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Yom Ha’atzmaut |
May 1 |
Israeli Independence Day |
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Lag Ba’omer |
May 26 |
33rd day of the counting of the Omer |
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Yom Yerushalayim |
June 5 |
Jerusalem Day |
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Shavuot |
June 12-13 |
Festival of Weeks, commemorates the giving of the Torah at Mount Sinai |
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Tisha B’Av |
August 14 |
9th of Av, commemorates the destruction of the two Temples in Jerusalem |
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Rosh HaShanah |
October 3-4 |
The Jewish New Year |
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Yom Kippur |
October 12 |
Day of Atonement |
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Sukkot |
October17-23 |
Feast of Tabernacles |
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Shemini Atzeret |
October 24 |
Eight Day of Assembly |
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Simchat Torah |
October 25 |
Day of Celebrating the Torah |
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Hanukkah |
December 25 – January 1, 2017 |
Known as the Festival of Lights |