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Pages discussing the Jewish calendar and sacred time, including the sabbath and holidays

Shabbat Level: Basic
Learn about the Jewish sabbath and its observances. Includes a description of a typical sabbath and a recipe for cholent, a traditional Jewish sabbath dish.
Special Shabbatot Level: Intermediate
Learn about some Shabbatot (Sabbaths) that have a special additional reading or significance.
Jewish Holidays Level: Basic
Learn about Jewish holidays generally. Includes a list of all Jewish holidays and their dates for the next five years. Provides links to pages about each specific holiday.
The Month of Tishri Level: Basic
Learn about Tishri, the most holiday-intensive month of the Jewish year.
Rosh Hashanah Level: Basic
Learn about the Jewish New Year, Rosh Hashanah.
Days of Awe Level: Basic
Learn about the period of introspection from Rosh Hashanah to Yom Kippur, known as the Days of Awe.
Yom Kippur Level: Basic
Learn about the Jewish Day of Atonement, Yom Kippur.
Sukkot Level: Basic
Learn about the Jewish holiday of Sukkot, also known as the Feast of Tabernacles.
Shemini Atzeret and Simchat Torah Level: Basic
Learn about the Jewish holidays at the conclusion of Sukkot: Shemini Atzeret and Simchat Torah.
Chanukkah Level: Basic
Learn about Chanukkah, the Jewish Festival of Lights. Learn the rules for playing dreidel and a recipe for latkes (potato pancakes).
Tu B'Shevat Level: Basic
Learn about the holiday of Tu B'Shevat, the Jewish Arbor Day, the New Year for Trees.
Purim Level: Basic
Learn about the Jewish holiday of Purim, from the Book of Esther. Includes a recipe for hamentaschen (traditional holiday cookies).
Pesach: Passover Level: Basic
Learn about the Jewish holiday of Passover, known to Jews as Pesach. Includes an outline of the seder (the family holiday ritual meal) and a recipe for charoset (a traditional seder food).
Pesach Seder: How is This Night Different Level: Intermediate
Learn about the Pesach (Passover) seder in the context of traditional Jewish practice, explaining how the rituals in the seder fit into traditional Jewish life.
Pesach (Passover) Cooking Tips Level: Basic
Suggestions and tips to help you plan meals for Pesach (Passover). This page focuses on the many things that you can eat, instead of the usual focus on things you can't eat.
The Counting of the Omer Level: Basic
Learn about the counting of the omer, a Jewish observance counting the days between the festivals of Pesach (Passover) and Shavu'ot.
Shavu'ot Level: Basic
Learn about the Jewish festival of Shavu'ot, the festival of the giving of the Torah,
Tisha B'Av Level: Basic
Learn about the fast of the ninth of Av, a day commemorating the tragedies that have befallen the Jewish people.
The Month of Elul and Selichot Level: Basic
Discusses the Jewish month of Elul, a time of repentance, and the recitation of Selichot, prayers for forgiveness and mercy, during that period
Minor Fasts Level: Basic
Learn about the minor fasts of the Jewish calendar and their significance.
Rosh Chodesh Level: Basic
Learn about the minor festival of Rosh Chodesh, the first day of the new month.
New Holidays Level: Basic
Learn about the holidays that were added to the Jewish calendar to commemorate historical events of the last century.
A Gentile's Guide to the Jewish Holidays Level: Gentile
Provides a basic, minimal awareness of the holidays most commonly observed by American Jews and the accommodations that Jews may require for these holidays.
The Jewish Calendar: A Closer Look Level: Intermediate
A closer look at the mathematics behind the Jewish Calendar, explaining how Hebrew dates are calculated. Provides sample JavaScript code to show how the calculations work.
Know Your Etrog Level: Intermediate
Learn about the etrog (citron) fruit used in Jewish rituals during the festival of Sukkot (Tabernacles). Includes photographs of an etrog and an etrog tree.
Tips for Yom Kippur Fasting
Some tips for fasting on the Jewish Day of Atonement, Yom Kippur.
Birkat Hachamah: Blessing the Sun Level: Basic
Learn about the once-in-28-years recitation of the blessing of the sun, birkat hachamah
Jewish Calendar Level: Basic
Learn about the Jewish calendar, its background and history, the numbering of Jewish years, the months of the Jewish year and the days of the Jewish week.
Holocaust: A Personal View Level: Basic
Personal stories about the Holocaust experiences of members of my extended family
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