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    The document summarizes Jewish feasts and festivals, beginning with an overview of the Hebrew calendar. It then describes the major Jewish feasts including Rosh Hashanah, Yom Kippur, Sukkot, Pesach, Shavu'ot, Hanukkah, Purim, and Simchat Torah. It provides details on the origins and observances for each feast. The document also mentions other Jewish feasts and holidays commemorating historical events, as well as national holidays celebrated in Israel. In conclusion, it notes that most Jewish feasts commemorate major historical events described in the Hebrew Bible and are closely connected to biblical readings.

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    The document summarizes Jewish feasts and festivals, beginning with an overview of the Hebrew calendar. It then describes the major Jewish feasts including Rosh Hashanah, Yom Kippur, Sukkot, Pesach, Shavu'ot, Hanukkah, Purim, and Simchat Torah. It provides details on the origins and observances for each feast. The document also mentions other Jewish feasts and holidays commemorating historical events, as well as national holidays celebrated in Israel. In conclusion, it notes that most Jewish feasts commemorate major historical events described in the Hebrew Bible and are closely connected to biblical readings.

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    The document summarizes Jewish feasts and festivals, beginning with an overview of the Hebrew calendar. It then describes the major Jewish feasts including Rosh Hashanah, Yom Kippur, Sukkot, Pesach, Shavu'ot, Hanukkah, Purim, and Simchat Torah. It provides details on the origins and observances for each feast. The document also mentions other Jewish feasts and holidays commemorating historical events, as well as national holidays celebrated in Israel. In conclusion, it notes that most Jewish feasts commemorate major historical events described in the Hebrew Bible and are closely connected to biblical readings.

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    Judaism Feasts

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    The document summarizes Jewish feasts and festivals, beginning with an overview of the Hebrew calendar. It then describes the major Jewish feasts including Rosh Hashanah, Yom Kippur, Sukkot, Pesach, Shavu'ot, Hanukkah, Purim, and Simchat Torah. It provides details on the origins and observances for each feast. The document also mentions other Jewish feasts and holidays commemorating historical events, as well as national holidays celebrated in Israel. In conclusion, it notes that most Jewish feasts commemorate major historical events described in the Hebrew Bible and are closely connected to biblical readings.

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    Jewish Feasts & Festivals

    SCTR 19 – “Religions of the Book”


    Prepared by Felix Just, S.J.
    Hebrew Calendar: “Lunisolar”
     Twelve “months/moons” (alternating 30 or 29 days)
     Total 353, 354 or 355 days (cf. 365¼ solar days)
     or 383, 384, or 385 days in “Leap Years”
     Extra month (Adar II) added in Leap Years
     Years 3, 6, 8, 11, 14, 17 & 19 of each 19-year cycle
     So months remain in the same solar seasons:
     Tishri in Fall (Sept/Oct); Nissan in Spring (Mar/Apr), etc.
     Rosh Codesh (1st day each month)
     Specials Psalms; Women free from work
    Months and Festivals/Holy Days
    Shabbat (Sabbath)
     Weekly Day of Rest (“Observe” & “Remember”)
     Fri. before sunset to Sat. nightfall (ca. 25 hours)
     God "ceased work" on 7th day of creation (Gen 2:1-3)
     No work allowed (39 types of “work”; how strict?)
     Home/Family: 2 candles; 3 festive meals; wine/bread
     Shabbat Services
     Several different synagogue services (min. 10 men)
     Readings from Torah & Prophets (annual cycle)
     Prayers, Blessings, Sermon, etc.
     Lots of Psalms prayed/chanted
    Major Jewish Feasts (Overview):
    1. Rosh Hashanah / Jewish New Year
    2. Yom Kippur / Day of Atonement
    3. Sukkot / Tabernacles/Booths
    4. Pesach / Passover
    5. Shavu'ot / Weeks/Pentecost
    6. Hanukkah / Feast of Lights
    7. Purim / Feast of Lots
    8. Simchat Torah / Rejoicing in the Torah
    9. Tisha B’Av / 9th of Av: Destruction of Two Temples
    Pesach / Passover
    Sukkoth / Tabernacles/Booths
    Shavu'ot / Weeks/Pentecost
    Interim Review:
    Three Ancient Pilgrimage Feasts
     Multiple Backgrounds for Each:
     Agricultural; Historical; Biblical events
     Passover (Pesach)
     Spring; Song of Songs
     Weeks/Pentecost (Shavu’ot)
     Summer; Book of Ruth
     Tabernacles/Booths (Sukkoth)
     Fall; Book of Ecclesiastes/Qoheleth
    Rosh Hashanah / New Year
    Yom Kippur / Day of Atonement
    Feasts of the First Month (Tishri)
    High Holy Days / Sukkot / Simchat Torah
    Hanukkah / Feast of Lights
    Purim / Feast of Lots
    Simchat Torah / Rejoicing Torah
    Other Jewish Feasts
     Tisha B’Av – “Ninth (Day) of (Month of) Av”
     Destruction of First & Second Temples of Jerusalem
    in 586 BCE (by Babylonians) and 70 CE (by Roman), respectively
     Synagogue Reading: Book of Lamentations
     Five Minor Fasts (1/2-day fasts)
     Fast of Gedalia (Tishri 3) - during High Holy Days
     Fast of Tevet (Tevet 10) - Siege of Jerusalem Began
     Fast of Esther (Adar 13) - day before Purim
     Fast of the Firstborn (Nisan 14) - day before Passover
     Fast of Tammuz (Tammuz 17) - Walls of Jerusalem Breached
    National Holidays of State of Israel
     Yom HaShoah / "Day of the Shoah" (Nisan 27)
     Six million Jews killed in Holocaust & Resistance Heros
     Yom HaZikaron / "Memorial Day" (Iyar 4 or 3)
     Fallen soldiers and victims of terrorism
     Yom HaAtzma’ut / "Independence Day" (Iyar 5 or 4)
     Declaration of Independence in 1948
    (moved up a day if Iyar 5 is a sabbath)
     Yom Yerushalayim / "Jerusalem Day" (Iyar 28)
     Capture/unification of all Jerusalem in 1967
    Conclusion / Commonalities?
     Most Jewish Feasts Commemorate Major
    Historical Events:
     Most in Hebrew Bible; some post-biblical
     Some disasters/defeats; some victories/joys!
     Most Jewish Feasts are closely connected
    with the Hebrew Bible
     Biblical injunctions to celebrate a feast
     Biblical readings in synagogue services
    Hebrew Calendar: Review

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