Jewish Festivals

The “Three Weeks” and Tisha B’Av are designated as a time of mourning over the destruction of the Holy Temple and the galut (exile). Tisha B’Av, the 9th day of the month of Av which this year falls ...

Hanukkah is the Jewish Festival of Light (sometimes spelt Chanukah). Celebrated with a nightly menorah lighting, special prayers and fried foods. The Hebrew word Chanukah means “dedication,” and it ...

Lag BaOmer is a Jewish festival celebrating the anniversary of the passing of Rabbi Shimon Bar Yochai, who was the first to publicly teach the Kabbalah which is the mystical dimension of the Torah. He is...

Pesach (more commonly known as Passover) is one of the most important festivals in the Jewish calendar. When God released the 10th of the plagues being the death of the Egyptian first born, the Israelite...

Purim celebrates the deliverance of the Jewish people from the wicked Haman in the days of Queen Esther of Persia. It begins at sundown 25th February until sundown 26th February and changes annually...

Rosh Hashanah is the Jewish New Year.  The Hebrew calendar started at the time of Creation, placed at 3761 BCE making this current year is 5780 In the Hebrew calendar. It is celebrated as ...

The Jewish festival of Shavuot commemorates the anniversary of when God gave The Torah and the 10 commandments to the Israelites assembled at Mount Sinai. The holiday is one of the Shalosh Regalim, ...

The New Year of the Trees, commonly known as Tu B’Shevat is an old Jewish tradition. The 15 of Shevat on the Jewish calendar which is a lunar calendar and therefore the date changes each year.  Howe...