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Fast of Gedaliah

CalendarZ — Mon, 18 Feb 2019 22:48:22 +0000

The Fast of Gedalia is a short one-day fast observed by Jews, which starts at dawn and ends at dusk. It is dedicated to mourning the murder of the legitimate ruler of Judah. The Jewish sovereignty thereupon ceased to exist following the demolition of Solomon’s Temple.

Yom Yerushalayim

CalendarZ — Tue, 19 Feb 2019 06:15:25 +0000

Jerusalem Day is an official Israeli national holiday celebrated by a wide array of state ceremonies and memorial services. It commemorates the inception of Israeli authority over Jerusalem and its associated reunification in June 1967, following the aftermath of the Six-Day War.

Yom HaAtzma'ut

CalendarZ — Wed, 20 Feb 2019 02:47:28 +0000

Yom Hazikaron is an official Israeli day devoted to the commemoration of fallen Israeli soldiers, as well as civilian victims who have perished because of terrorism. It was legislated in 1963, and it typically falls in late April or early May.

Yom HaShoah

CalendarZ — Wed, 20 Feb 2019 02:59:59 +0000

Israelis have a national memorial and remembrance day called Yom HaShoah, which commemorates the millions of Jews who met their untimely death on the hands of Nazi Germany led by Adolf Hitler during the genocide of the Holocaust in World War II. The commemoration was first instigated in 1951. Eight years later, in 1959, the Knesset enacted legislation which officially recognized the observance of Yom HaShoah. The day usually falls on the 27th of Nisan – in the period between April and May on the Gregorian calendar. However, the date is sometimes shifted by a day if it coincided with the Jewish Sabbath.

Tisha B'Av

CalendarZ — Tue, 19 Feb 2019 23:36:13 +0000

It is a fasting day observed annually in Judaism. That day, many disasters were recorded in the history of the Jews, one of which was the destruction of the Second Temple by the Roman Empire in Jerusalem and the other was the great destruction of the Temple of Solomon by the Neo-Babylonian Empire.

Shavuot

CalendarZ — Thu, 14 Feb 2019 06:06:05 +0000

Shavuot is one of the three great festivals that are celebrated in the Jewish tradition. It is a holiday where Jews travel to the Temple of Jerusalem to gather their first fruits. This holiday falls exactly 50 days after Passover. It is also sometimes referred to as the Feast of Weeks. The Jews who spoke Greek gave him the name of "Pentecost" as it falls fifty days after Passover.

Lag Baomer

CalendarZ — Sat, 16 Feb 2019 20:03:40 +0000

The fifty days between Passover and Shavuot, which should be days of joy and preparation for the Torah, unfortunately contain some mourning as well. This is one of the mysterious festivals of the Jews. During this period, music, haircuts and weddings are not allowed. This count is known as "Sefirat Ha'Omer". The day of Lag Baomer is celebrated on the 33rd day of the count, namely the 18th day of the Hebrew month, Iyar.

Israel's Independence Day

CalendarZ — Wed, 20 Feb 2019 01:53:52 +0000

Israel's Independence Day honors the declaration of the independence of the State of Israel in 1948 and the end of the British mandate over Palestine.

The Holocaust Remembrance Day

CalendarZ — Wed, 20 Feb 2019 01:57:33 +0000

It is a day of international commemoration that falls on January 27 honoring the calamity of the Holocaust that took place during the Second World War. This day commemorates the genocide that claimed the lives of nearly 9,000 homosexual men, 250,000 physically and mentally disabled people, 200,000 Romas, 3 million ethnic Poles, 5 million Slavs and 6 million Jews by the Nazi regime and its accomplices.

Passover

CalendarZ — Wed, 20 Feb 2019 05:19:05 +0000

Passover is one of the crucial festivals in the Jewish religion that is also known as Pesach. The celebration begins on the evening of the 14th day of Nisan and lasts eight days in the Diaspora and nearly seven days in Israel.