Category: Jewish

Shabbat Chazon (J): July 16/17

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Tish'a B'Av (J): July 17/18

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15th of Av (J): July 23/24

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Shabbat Nachamu (J): July 23/24

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Shabbat Nachamu commemorates the comfort experienced during suffering of the Jewish people in the time of Isaiah. Shabbat is 'Sabbath' or 'Saturday' in Hebrew. This is the first of the seven Sabbaths in w...

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Tammuz (J): June 10-July 9

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All Hebrew calendar months begin and end at sundown. LEEP Calendar marks Jewish months beginning the first full day. Observant people of the faith will begin marking the month sundown the day prior. Tammu...

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Tammuz, Fast of (J)(70AD): June 26/27

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Observed on the 17th day of the Hebrew month of Tammuz (unless it falls on a Saturday), the Fast of Tammuz begins a three week mourning period marking the breaching of the walls of Jerusalem in 70AD by th...

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Three Weeks (J): June 27 - July 18

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Three Weeks, or Bein ha-Metzarim, is an observance in the Jewish faith mourning the destruction of the first (586 BC) and second Temples (70 AD). Observed beginning in the Hebrew month of Tammuz, on its...

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Sivan (J): May 12-June 10

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All Hebrew calendar months begin and end at sundown. LEEP Calendar marks Jewish months beginning the first full day. Observant people of the faith will begin marking the month sundown the day prior. Sivan...

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Shavuot (J): May 16-18

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Shavuot (Shavuos) also known as the Feast of Weeks and Pentecost, is a Jewish observance that is celebrated on the sixth day of Sivan. It commemorates the wheat harvest and the day that God delivered th...

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Cheshvan (J): October 6 - November 4

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Tu B'Shvat (J): January 16/17

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Tu B'Shvat in Judaism is the 'New Year of Trees'. The tree-metaphor is fundamental in Judaism which sees trees as a metaphor for people, divided into three parts: roots, then trunk, branches and leaves,...

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Sh'vat (J): January 3 - February 1

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All Hebrew calendar months begin and end at sundown. LEEP Calendar marks Jewish months beginning the first full day. Observant people of the faith will begin marking the month sundown the day prior. Sh'va...

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Adar I (J): February 1-25

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All Hebrew calendar months begin and end at sundown. LEEP Calendar marks Jewish months beginning the first full day. Observant people of the faith will begin marking the month sundown the day prior. Adar...

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Four Chaplains Memorial Day (1943): Februa...

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During WWII, the USAT Dorchester, a troop ship, was making its way across the Atlantic when it was torpedoed by German U-boats of the Southern coast of Greenland. The passengers onboard fell into the wate...

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Teddy Bear Day, Intl. (1903): February 15

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Shabbat Shekalim (J): February 25/26

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Shabbat Shekalim or the Sabbath (Saturday) of Shekels is a Jewish calendar event that occurs prior to Purim. On Shabbat Shekalim adult males of the Jewish faith read from Exodus 30:11-16 and contribute 1/...

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Adar II (J): February 26 - March 25

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All Hebrew calendar months begin and end at sundown. LEEP Calendar marks Jewish months beginning the first full day. Observant people of the faith will begin marking the month sundown the day prior. Adar...

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Infertility Awareness Shabbat (J): March 3...

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Passover is a holiday with a strong focus on children. In the Jewish faith, The Torah asks the faithful to " tell your children (Exodus 13:8) of the great miracles of the Exodus." The rituals of Seder ni...

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Shabbat Across America (J)(US/CA): March 4

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Unplugging, National Day of: March 4/5

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