Muharram is the first month of the lunar year) Ashura (Day of Atonement Tenth day of Muharram.Yom Kippur (Day of Atonement – A day of fasting and repentance of one's sins from the past year).Simchat Torah (Observed after Shemini Atzeret Completion of the Sefer Torah).Shemini Atzeret (A holiday sometimes confused as being the 8th day of Sukkot Beginning of the rainy season in Israel).Sukkot (Feast of Tabernacles Also called the Feast of Ingathering – Dwelling within sukkahs for 7 days (in Israel) or 8 days (the diaspora) Considered by some to be a mini-campout).

Shavuot (Feast of Weeks – Wheat harvesting in Israel and the receiving of the Torah at Mount Sinai).Shabbat (The 7th Day Sabbath – The day of rest and holiest day of the week, Saturday).Rosh Hashanah (Jewish New Year – First day of Tishrei every year).Reishit Katzir (Feast of Firstfruits – Collecting and waving of grain bundles ( barley or wheat) Occurs during the 7 days of unleavened bread after the Sabbath).Purim (Feast of Lots – Deliverance of Jews in Persia from extermination by Haman).Lag BaOmer (A holiday celebrated on the 33rd day of the Counting of the Omer, which occurs on the 18th day of the Hebrew month of Iyar).Pesach (Passover – Deliverance of Jews from slavery in Egypt).Hanukkah (Feast of Dedication Also called the Festival of Lights – Commemoration of the rededication of the Jerusalem Temple).Chag HaMatzot (Feast of Unleavened Bread – 7 days of consumption of matzo with wine and avoidance of leavened foods).

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