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DESCRIPTION:X-WR-CALDESC:<p>The <b>Seventeenth of Tammuz</b> (<a href="http://en.wikipe
 dia.org/wiki/Hebrew_language" title="Hebrew language">Hebrew</a>: <span lan
 g="he" dir="rtl" xml:lang="he">&#1513;&#1489;&#1506;&#1492; &#1506;&#1513;&
 #1512; &#1489;&#1514;&#1502;&#1493;&#1494;</span>&lrm;, <i><span lang="he" 
 xml:lang="he">Shiv'ah Asar b'Tammuz</span></i>) is a minor <a href="http://
 en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ta%27anit" title="Ta'anit">Jewish fast day</a> commem
 orating the breach of the walls of <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Je
 rusalem" title="Jerusalem">Jerusalem</a> before the destruction of the <a h
 ref="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Second_Temple" title="Second Temple">Seco
 nd Temple</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-0" class="reference"><a href="http://en.wik
 ipedia.org/wiki/Seventeenth_of_Tammuz#cite_note-0"><span>[</span>1<span>]</
 span></a></sup> It falls on the 17th day of the <a href="http://en.wikipedi
 a.org/wiki/Hebrew_calendar" title="Hebrew calendar">Hebrew month</a> of <a 
 href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tammuz_(Hebrew_month)" title="Tammuz (He
 brew month)">Tammuz</a> and marks the beginning of the <a href="http://en.w
 ikipedia.org/wiki/The_Three_Weeks" title="The Three Weeks">three-week</a> m
 ourning period leading up to <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tisha_B%
 27Av" title="Tisha B'Av">Tisha B'Av</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="referen
 ce"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seventeenth_of_Tammuz#cite_note-1
 "><span>[</span>2<span>]</span></a></sup></p><p>The day also commemorates t
 he destruction of the Twin Tablets of the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/
 wiki/Ten_Commandments" title="Ten Commandments">Ten Commandments</a>. The S
 eventeenth of Tammuz occurs forty days following the holiday of Shavuot. Mo
 ses ascended Mount Sinai and remained up there those forty days. The Childr
 en of Israel built the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Golden_Calf" t
 itle="Golden Calf" class="mw-redirect">Golden Calf</a> on the afternoon of 
 the sixteenth of Tammuz when it seemed that Moses was not coming down when 
 promised. Moses descended the next day (forty days by his count), saw that 
 the Israelites were violating many of the laws he had received, and smashed
  the tablets.<sup id="cite_ref-ohr_2-0" class="reference"><a href="http://e
 n.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seventeenth_of_Tammuz#cite_note-ohr-2"><span>[</span>3
 <span>]</span></a></sup></p>
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SUMMARY:Tu B'Av (July 28th, 2026 at sunset)
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DESCRIPTION:X-WR-CALDESC:<p><b>Tu B'Av</b> (<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hebre
 w_language" title="Hebrew language">Hebrew</a>: &#1496;"&#1493; &#1489;&#14
 88;&#1489;, the fifteenth of the month <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wik
 i/Ab_(month)" title="Ab (month)" class="mw-redirect"><i>Av</i></a>) is a mi
 nor <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jewish" title="Jewish" class="mw-
 redirect">Jewish</a> holiday. In modern-day <a href="http://en.wikipedia.or
 g/wiki/Israel" title="Israel">Israel</a>, it is celebrated as a holiday of 
 love (<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hebrew_language" title="Hebrew 
 language">Hebrew</a>: <span lang="he" dir="rtl" xml:lang="he">&#1495;&#1490
 ; &#1492;&#1488;&#1492;&#1489;&#1492;</span>&lrm;, <i>Hag HaAhava</i>), sim
 ilar to <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Valentine%27s_Day" title="Val
 entine's Day">Valentine's Day</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-0" class="reference"><a
  href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tu_B%27Av#cite_note-0"><span>[</span>1<
 span>]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="http
 ://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tu_B%27Av#cite_note-1"><span>[</span>2<span>]</spa
 n></a></sup> It is considered a very desirable date for <a href="http://en.
 wikipedia.org/wiki/Jewish_wedding" title="Jewish wedding">Jewish weddings</
 a>.</p><p>According to the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talmud" ti
 tle="Talmud">Talmud</a>, Tu B'Av was a joyous holiday in the days of the <a
  href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Temple_in_Jerusalem" title="Temple in J
 erusalem">Temple in Jerusalem</a>, marking the beginning of the grape harve
 st. <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yom_Kippur" title="Yom Kippur">Yo
 m Kippur</a> marked the end of the grape harvest. On both dates, the unmarr
 ied girls of Jerusalem would dress in white garments and go out to dance in
  the vineyards. (Babylonian Talmud, tractate <a href="http://en.wikipedia.o
 rg/wiki/Ta%27anit_(Talmud)" title="Ta'anit (Talmud)" class="mw-redirect">Ta
 'anit</a> 30b-31a) <sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="http://e
 n.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tu_B%27Av#cite_note-2"><span>[</span>3<span>]</span></
 a></sup> That same section in the Talmud states that there were no holy day
 s as happy for the Jews as Tu B'Av and Yom Kippur.<sup id="cite_ref-3" clas
 s="reference"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tu_B%27Av#cite_note-3">
 <span>[</span>4<span>]</span></a></sup> The holiday celebrated the wood-off
 ering brought in the temple (see Nehemiah 10:35). Josephus refers to it as 
 the Feast of Xylophory ("Wood-bearing").<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="referen
 ce"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tu_B%27Av#cite_note-4"><span>[</s
 pan>5<span>]</span></a></sup></p>
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DESCRIPTION:X-WR-CALDESC:<p><b>Rosh Hashanah</b> (<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki
 /Hebrew_language" title="Hebrew language">Hebrew</a>: <span lang="he" dir="
 rtl" xml:lang="he">&#1512;&#1488;&#1513; &#1492;&#1513;&#1504;&#1492;</span
 >&lrm;), (literally "head of the year"), is the <a href="http://en.wikipedi
 a.org/wiki/Judaism" title="Judaism">Jewish</a> <a href="http://en.wikipedia
 .org/wiki/New_Year" title="New Year">New Year</a>. It is the first of the <
 a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/High_Holy_Days" title="High Holy Days"
 >High Holy Days</a> or <i>Yamim Nora'im</i> ("Days of Awe") which occur in 
 the autumn. Rosh Hashanah is celebrated on the first two days of <a href="h
 ttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tishrei" title="Tishrei">Tishrei</a>. It is des
 cribed in the Torah as &#1497;&#1493;&#1501; &#1514;&#1512;&#1493;&#1506;&#
 1492; (<i>Yom Teru'ah</i>, a day of sounding [the Shofar]).<sup id="cite_re
 f-0" class="reference"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rosh_hashanah#
 cite_note-0"><span>[</span>1<span>]</span></a></sup> Rosh Hashanah customs 
 include sounding the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shofar" title="S
 hofar">shofar</a> and eating symbolic foods such as apples dipped in honey.
 </p><p>The term "Rosh Hashanah" does not appear in the <a href="http://en.w
 ikipedia.org/wiki/Torah" title="Torah">Torah</a>. <a rel="nofollow" class="
 external text" href="http://en.wikipedia.orghttp://bibref.hebtools.com/?boo
 k=%20Leviticus&amp;verse=23:24&amp;src=HE">Leviticus 23:24</a> refers to th
 e festival of the first day of the seventh month as "<i>Zikhron Teru'ah</i>
 " ("a memorial with the blowing of horns"), it is also referred to in the s
 ame part of Leviticus as '&#1513;&#1463;&#1473;&#1489;&#1463;&#1468;&#1514;
  &#1513;&#1463;&#1473;&#1489;&#1464;&#1468;&#1514;&#1493;&#1465;&#1503;' or
  penultimate Sabbath or meditative rest day, and a "holy day to God". These
  same words are commonly used in the Psalms to refer to the anointed days. 
 <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://en.wikipedia.orghttp:/
 /bibref.hebtools.com/?book=%20Numbers&amp;verse=29:1&amp;src=HE">Numbers 29
 :1</a> calls the festival <i>Yom Teru'ah</i>, ("Day [of] blowing [the horn]
 ") and symbolizes a number of subjects, such as the <a href="http://en.wiki
 pedia.org/wiki/Binding_of_Isaac" title="Binding of Isaac">Binding of Isaac<
 /a> and the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Korban" title="Korban">an
 imal sacrifices</a> that were to be performed.<sup id="cite_ref-Jacobs_1-0"
  class="reference"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rosh_hashanah#cite
 _note-Jacobs-1"><span>[</span>2<span>]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-2"
  class="reference"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rosh_hashanah#cite
 _note-2"><span>[</span>3<span>]</span></a></sup> (In <a rel="nofollow" clas
 s="external text" href="http://en.wikipedia.orghttp://bibref.hebtools.com/?
 book=%20Ezekiel&amp;verse=40:1&amp;src=HE">Ezekiel 40:1</a> there is a gene
 ral reference to the time of Yom Kippur as the "beginning of the year",<sup
  id="cite_ref-Jacobs_1-1" class="reference"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.or
 g/wiki/Rosh_hashanah#cite_note-Jacobs-1"><span>[</span>2<span>]</span></a><
 /sup></p>
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SUMMARY:Tzom Gedaliah (September 13th, 2026 at sunset)
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DESCRIPTION:X-WR-CALDESC:<p>The <b>Fast of <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gedali
 a" title="Gedalia" class="mw-redirect">Gedalia</a></b> (<span class="nowrap
 "><span title="pronunciation:"><img alt="play" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/
 wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8a/Loudspeaker.svg/11px-Loudspeaker.svg.png" widt
 h="11" height="11"></span>&nbsp;<span title="Representation in the Internat
 ional Phonetic Alphabet (IPA)" class="IPA"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org
 /wiki/Wikipedia:IPA_for_English" title="Wikipedia:IPA for English">/</a></s
 pan><span class="IPA"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:IPA_f
 or_English#Key" title="Wikipedia:IPA for English"><span title="'g' in 'guy'
 " style="border-bottom:1px dotted">&#609;</span></a></span><span class="IPA
 "><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:IPA_for_English#Key" titl
 e="Wikipedia:IPA for English"><span title="short 'e' in 'bed'" style="borde
 r-bottom:1px dotted">&#603;</span></a></span><span class="IPA"><a href="htt
 p://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:IPA_for_English#Key" title="Wikipedia:I
 PA for English"><span title="'d' in 'dye'" style="border-bottom:1px dotted"
 >d</span></a></span><span class="IPA"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki
 /Wikipedia:IPA_for_English#Key" title="Wikipedia:IPA for English"><span tit
 le="schwa 'a' in 'about'" style="border-bottom:1px dotted">&#601;</span></a
 ></span><span class="IPA"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:I
 PA_for_English#Key" title="Wikipedia:IPA for English"><span title="primary 
 stress follows" style="border-bottom:1px dotted">&#712;</span></a></span><s
 pan class="IPA"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:IPA_for_Eng
 lish#Key" title="Wikipedia:IPA for English"><span title="'l' in 'lie'" styl
 e="border-bottom:1px dotted">l</span></a></span><span class="IPA"><a href="
 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:IPA_for_English#Key" title="Wikipedi
 a:IPA for English"><span title="long 'i' in 'bide'" style="border-bottom:1p
 x dotted">a&#618;</span></a></span><span class="IPA"><a href="http://en.wik
 ipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:IPA_for_English#Key" title="Wikipedia:IPA for Eng
 lish"><span title="syllable break" style="border-bottom:1px dotted">.</span
 ></a></span><span class="IPA"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikiped
 ia:IPA_for_English#Key" title="Wikipedia:IPA for English"><span title="schw
 a 'a' in 'about'" style="border-bottom:1px dotted">&#601;</span></a></span>
 <span title="Representation in the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA)" c
 lass="IPA"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:IPA_for_English"
  title="Wikipedia:IPA for English">/</a></span></span> or <span class="nowr
 ap"><span title="Representation in the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA
 )" class="IPA"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:IPA_for_Engl
 ish" title="Wikipedia:IPA for English">/</a></span><span class="IPA"><a hre
 f="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:IPA_for_English#Key" title="Wikip
 edia:IPA for English"><span title="'g' in 'guy'" style="border-bottom:1px d
 otted">&#609;</span></a></span><span class="IPA"><a href="http://en.wikiped
 ia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:IPA_for_English#Key" title="Wikipedia:IPA for English
 "><span title="schwa 'e' in 'roses'" style="border-bottom:1px dotted">&#616
 ;</span></a></span><span class="IPA"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/
 Wikipedia:IPA_for_English#Key" title="Wikipedia:IPA for English"><span titl
 e="primary stress follows" style="border-bottom:1px dotted">&#712;</span></
 a></span><span class="IPA"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:
 IPA_for_English#Key" title="Wikipedia:IPA for English"><span title="'d' in 
 'dye'" style="border-bottom:1px dotted">d</span></a></span><span class="IPA
 "><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:IPA_for_English#Key" titl
 e="Wikipedia:IPA for English"><span title="'a' in 'father'" style="border-b
 ottom:1px dotted">&#593;&#720;</span></a></span><span class="IPA"><a href="
 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:IPA_for_English#Key" title="Wikipedi
 a:IPA for English"><span title="'l' in 'lie'" style="border-bottom:1px dott
 ed">l</span></a></span><span class="IPA"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/w
 iki/Wikipedia:IPA_for_English#Key" title="Wikipedia:IPA for English"><span 
 title="'y' in 'yes'" style="border-bottom:1px dotted">j</span></a></span><s
 pan class="IPA"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:IPA_for_Eng
 lish#Key" title="Wikipedia:IPA for English"><span title="schwa 'a' in 'abou
 t'" style="border-bottom:1px dotted">&#601;</span></a></span><span title="R
 epresentation in the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA)" class="IPA"><a 
 href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:IPA_for_English" title="Wikipe
 dia:IPA for English">/</a></span></span>; <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/
 wiki/Hebrew_language" title="Hebrew language">Hebrew</a>: <span lang="he" d
 ir="rtl" xml:lang="he">&#1510;&#1493;&#1465;&#1501; &#1490;&#1456;&#1468;&#
 1491;&#1463;&#1500;&#1456;&#1497;&#1464;&#1468;&#1492;</span>&lrm; <i>Tzom 
 Gedalya</i>), also spelled <b>Gedaliah</b>, is a <a href="http://en.wikiped
 ia.org/wiki/Judaism" title="Judaism">Jewish</a> <a href="http://en.wikipedi
 a.org/wiki/Fasting" title="Fasting">fast</a> day from <a href="http://en.wi
 kipedia.org/wiki/Dawn" title="Dawn">dawn</a> until <a href="http://en.wikip
 edia.org/wiki/Dusk" title="Dusk">dusk</a> to lament the assassination of th
 e righteous governor of <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Judea" title=
 "Judea">Judah</a> of that name, which ended Jewish rule following the destr
 uction of the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Solomon%27s_Temple" tit
 le="Solomon's Temple">First Temple</a>.</p><p>When the <a href="http://en.w
 ikipedia.org/wiki/Babylon" title="Babylon">Babylonian</a> king <a href="htt
 p://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nebuchadnezzar_II_of_Babylon" title="Nebuchadnezz
 ar II of Babylon" class="mw-redirect">Nebuchadnezzar</a> conquered <a href=
 "http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jerusalem" title="Jerusalem">Jerusalem</a>, h
 e killed or exiled most of its inhabitants and appointed <a href="http://en
 .wikipedia.org/wiki/Gedaliah" title="Gedaliah">Gedaliah</a>, son of Achikam
  as governor of the now-Babylonian <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pr
 ovince" title="Province">province</a> of <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/w
 iki/Judea" title="Judea">Judah</a>. Many Jews who had fled to <a href="http
 ://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moab" title="Moab">Moab</a>, <a href="http://en.wi
 kipedia.org/wiki/Ammon" title="Ammon">Ammon</a>, <a href="http://en.wikiped
 ia.org/wiki/Edom" title="Edom">Edom</a>, and other neighboring lands return
 ed to <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kingdom_of_Judah" title="Kingdo
 m of Judah">Judah</a>, tended the vineyards again, and enjoyed a new respit
 e after their earlier suffering.</p>
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SUMMARY:Yom Kippur (September 20th, 2026 at sunset)
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DESCRIPTION:X-WR-CALDESC:<p><b>Yom Kippur</b> (<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/He
 brew_language" title="Hebrew language">Hebrew</a>: <span lang="he" dir="rtl
 " xml:lang="he">&#1497;&#1493;&#1465;&#1501; &#1499;&#1460;&#1468;&#1508;&#
 1468;&#1493;&#1468;&#1512; or &#1497;&#1493;&#1501; &#1492;&#1499;&#1497;&#
 1508;&#1493;&#1512;&#1497;&#1501;</span>&lrm;, <small>IPA:&nbsp;</small><sp
 an title="Representation in the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA)" clas
 s="IPA"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:IPA_for_Hebrew" tit
 le="Wikipedia:IPA for Hebrew">[&#712;jom ki&#712;pur]</a></span>), also kno
 wn as <b>Day of Atonement</b>, is the holiest and most solemn day of the ye
 ar for the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jews" title="Jews">Jews</a
 >. Its central themes are <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atonement_i
 n_Judaism" title="Atonement in Judaism">atonement</a> and <a href="http://e
 n.wikipedia.org/wiki/Repentance_in_Judaism" title="Repentance in Judaism">r
 epentance</a>. Jews traditionally observe this holy day with a 25-hour peri
 od of <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ta%27anit" title="Ta'anit">fast
 ing</a> and intensive <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jewish_services
 " title="Jewish services" class="mw-redirect">prayer</a>, often spending mo
 st of the day in <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Synagogue" title="Sy
 nagogue">synagogue</a> services. Yom Kippur completes the annual period kno
 wn in <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Judaism" title="Judaism">Judais
 m</a> as the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/High_Holy_Days" title="H
 igh Holy Days">High Holy Days</a> or Yamim Nora'im ("Days of Awe").</p><p>Y
 om Kippur is the tenth day of the month of <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org
 /wiki/Tishrei" title="Tishrei">Tishrei</a>. According to Jewish tradition, 
 <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Names_of_God_in_Judaism" title="Names
  of God in Judaism">God</a> inscribes each person's fate for the coming yea
 r into a book, the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Book_of_Life" titl
 e="Book of Life">Book of Life</a>, on <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki
 /Rosh_Hashanah" title="Rosh Hashanah">Rosh Hashanah</a>, and waits until Yo
 m Kippur to "seal" the verdict. During the Days of Awe, a Jew tries to amen
 d his or her behavior and seek forgiveness for wrongs done against God (<i>
 bein adam leMakom</i>) and against other human beings (<i>bein adam lechave
 ro</i>). The evening and day of Yom Kippur are set aside for public and pri
 vate petitions and confessions of guilt (<i><a href="http://en.wikipedia.or
 g/wiki/Vidui" title="Vidui" class="mw-redirect">Vidui</a></i>). At the end 
 of Yom Kippur, one considers oneself absolved by God.</p>
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DESCRIPTION:X-WR-CALDESC:<p><b>Sukkot</b> (<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hebrew
 _language" title="Hebrew language">Hebrew</a>: <span class="nowrap"><span l
 ang="he" xml:lang="he">&#1505;&#1493;&#1499;&#1493;&#1514; or &#1505;&#1467
 ;&#1499;&#1468;&#1493;&#1465;&#1514;</span>,</span> <i><span class="Unicode
 ">sukk&#333;t, or sukkos</span></i>, <b>Feast of Booths</b>, <b>Feast of Ta
 bernacles</b>) is a <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bible" title="Bib
 le">Biblical</a> <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Holiday" title="Holi
 day">holiday</a> celebrated on the 15th day of the month of <a href="http:/
 /en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tishrei" title="Tishrei">Tishrei</a> (late September
  to late October). It is one of the three biblically mandated festivals <a 
 href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shalosh_regalim" title="Shalosh regalim"
  class="mw-redirect">Shalosh regalim</a> on which Hebrews were commanded to
  make a pilgrimage to the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Temple_in_J
 erusalem" title="Temple in Jerusalem">Temple in Jerusalem</a>.</p><p>The ho
 liday lasts seven days (eight in the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/
 Diaspora" title="Diaspora">diaspora</a>). The first day is a sabbath-like y
 om tov when work is forbidden, followed by the intermediate <a href="http:/
 /en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chol_Hamoed" title="Chol Hamoed" class="mw-redirect"
 >Chol Hamoed</a> and <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shemini_Atzeret"
  title="Shemini Atzeret">Shemini Atzeret</a>. The Hebrew word <i>sukk&#333;
 t</i> is the plural of <i><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sukkah" tit
 le="Sukkah">sukkah</a></i>, "<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org//en.wiktionar
 y.org/wiki/booth" class="extiw" title="wikt:booth">booth</a> or <a href="ht
 tp://en.wikipedia.org//en.wiktionary.org/wiki/tabernacle" class="extiw" tit
 le="wikt:tabernacle">tabernacle</a>", which is a walled structure covered w
 ith <i>skhakh</i> (plant material such as leafy tree overgrowth or palm lea
 ves). The sukkah is intended as a reminiscence of the type of fragile dwell
 ings in which the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Israelites" title="
 Israelites">Israelites</a> dwelt during their 40 years of travel in the des
 ert after the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Exodus" title="The 
 Exodus">Exodus</a> from slavery in <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eg
 ypt" title="Egypt">Egypt</a>. Throughout the holiday meals are eaten inside
  the sukkah and many sleep there as well. On each day of the holiday, membe
 rs of the household recite a blessing over the <a href="http://en.wikipedia
 .org/wiki/Lulav" title="Lulav">lulav</a> and <a href="http://en.wikipedia.o
 rg/wiki/Etrog" title="Etrog">etrog</a> (<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wi
 ki/Four_species" title="Four species" class="mw-redirect">Four species</a>)
 .<sup id="cite_ref-0" class="reference"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wi
 ki/Sukkot#cite_note-0"><span>[</span>1<span>]</span></a></sup></p>
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DESCRIPTION:X-WR-CALDESC:<p><b>Shemini Atzeret</b> (<span lang="he" xml:lang="he">&#151
 3;&#1502;&#1497;&#1504;&#1497; &#1506;&#1510;&#1512;&#1514;</span>&nbsp;&nd
 ash; "the Eighth [day] of Assembly"; Ashkenazic pron. <i>shmini-atseres</i>
 ) is a Jewish holiday. It is celebrated on the 22nd day of the <a href="htt
 p://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hebrew_calendar" title="Hebrew calendar">Hebrew m
 onth</a> of <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tishrei" title="Tishrei">
 Tishrei</a>. In the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jewish_diaspora" 
 title="Jewish diaspora">Diaspora</a>, an <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/w
 iki/Hebrew_calendar#Importance_of_lunar_months" title="Hebrew calendar">add
 itional day</a> is celebrated,<sup id="cite_ref-Egg_0-0" class="reference">
 <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shmini_Atzeret#cite_note-Egg-0"><span
 >[</span>1<span>]</span></a></sup> the second day being separately referred
  to as <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Simchat_Torah" title="Simchat 
 Torah">Simchat Torah</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="ht
 tp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shmini_Atzeret#cite_note-1"><span>[</span>2<span
 >]</span></a></sup> In <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Israel" title=
 "Israel">Israel</a>, as well as in <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Re
 form_Judaism" title="Reform Judaism">Reform Judaism</a>, the holidays of Sh
 emini Atzeret and Simchat Torah are combined into one and the names are use
 d interchangeably.</p><p>Shemini Atzeret is often referred to as the eighth
  day of the Festival of <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sukkot" title
 ="Sukkot">Sukkot</a>, which occupies the seven preceding days (this term is
  slightly erroneous, however).</p>
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DESCRIPTION:X-WR-CALDESC:<p>The culmination of Sukkot and Shemini Atzeret. Final <a hre
 f="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parsha" title="Parsha" class="mw-redirect">
 Parsha</a> from <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deuteronomy" title="D
 euteronomy" class="mw-redirect">Deuteronomy</a> is read in synagogue. Every
 one called to the Torah reading. Conclusion of the annual Torah reading cyc
 le.</p><p><b>Simchat Torah</b> or <b>Sim&#7717;ath Torah</b> (also <b>Simkh
 es Toreh</b>, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hebrew_language" title=
 "Hebrew language">Hebrew</a>: &#1513;&#1460;&#1474;&#1502;&#1456;&#1495;&#1
 463;&#1514; &#1514;&#1493;&#1512;&#1464;&#1492;, lit., "Rejoicing with/of t
 he Torah,") is a celebration marking the conclusion of the annual cycle of 
 public <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Torah_reading" title="Torah re
 ading">Torah readings</a>, and the beginning of a new cycle. Simchat Torah 
 is a component of the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bible" title="B
 ible">Biblical</a> <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jewish_holiday" ti
 tle="Jewish holiday">Jewish holiday</a> of <i><a href="http://en.wikipedia.
 org/wiki/Shemini_Atzeret" title="Shemini Atzeret">Shemini Atzeret</a></i> (
 "Eighth Day of Assembly"), which follows immediately after the festival of 
 <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sukkot" title="Sukkot">Sukkot</a> in 
 the month of <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tishrei" title="Tishrei"
 >Tishrei</a> (mid-September to early October on the <a href="http://en.wiki
 pedia.org/wiki/Gregorian_calendar" title="Gregorian calendar">Gregorian cal
 endar</a>).</p>
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SUMMARY:Hanukkah (December 4th, 2026 at sunset)
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DESCRIPTION:X-WR-CALDESC:<p><b>Hanukkah</b> (<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hebr
 ew_language" title="Hebrew language">Hebrew</a>: <span lang="he" dir="rtl" 
 xml:lang="he">&#1495;&#1458;&#1504;&#1467;&#1499;&#1464;&#1468;&#1492;</spa
 n>&lrm;, Tiberian: &#7716;&#259;nukk&#257;h, usually spelled &#1495;&#1504;
 &#1493;&#1499;&#1492; <small>pronounced&nbsp;</small><span title="Represent
 ation in the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA)" class="IPA"><a href="ht
 tp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:IPA_for_Hebrew" title="Wikipedia:IPA f
 or Hebrew">[&chi;anu&#712;ka]</a></span> in <a href="http://en.wikipedia.or
 g/wiki/Modern_Hebrew" title="Modern Hebrew">Modern Hebrew</a>, also romaniz
 ed as <b>Chanukah</b>, <b>Chanukkah</b>, or <b>Chanuka</b>), also known as 
 the <b>Festival of Lights</b>, is an eight-day <a href="http://en.wikipedia
 .org/wiki/Jewish_holiday" title="Jewish holiday">Jewish holiday</a> commemo
 rating the rededication of the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Temple
 _in_Jerusalem" title="Temple in Jerusalem">Holy Temple</a> (the <a href="ht
 tp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Second_Temple" title="Second Temple">Second Temp
 le</a>) in <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jerusalem" title="Jerusale
 m">Jerusalem</a> at the time of the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/M
 accabean_Revolt" title="Maccabean Revolt" class="mw-redirect">Maccabean Rev
 olt</a> of the 2nd century BCE. Hanukkah is observed for eight nights and d
 ays, starting on the 25th day of <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kisl
 ev" title="Kislev">Kislev</a> according to the <a href="http://en.wikipedia
 .org/wiki/Hebrew_calendar" title="Hebrew calendar">Hebrew calendar</a>, whi
 ch may occur at any time from late November to late December in the <a href
 ="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gregorian_calendar" title="Gregorian calenda
 r">Gregorian calendar</a>.</p><p>The festival is observed by the kindling o
 f the lights of a unique <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Candelabrum"
  title="Candelabrum" class="mw-redirect">candelabrum</a>, the nine-branched
  <i><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Menorah_(Hanukkah)" title="Menora
 h (Hanukkah)">Menorah</a></i> or <i>Hanukiah</i>, one additional light on e
 ach night of the holiday, progressing to eight on the final night. The typi
 cal Menorah consists of eight branches with an additional raised branch. Th
 e extra light is called a <i><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gabbai" 
 title="Gabbai">shamash</a></i> (<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hebre
 w_(language)" title="Hebrew (language)" class="mw-redirect">Hebrew</a>: &#1
 513;&#1502;&#1513;, "attendant" or "sexton")<sup id="cite_ref-Kotel-Notes_0
 -0" class="reference"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hanukkah#cite_n
 ote-Kotel-Notes-0"><span>[</span>1<span>]</span></a></sup> and is given a d
 istinct location, usually above or below the rest. The purpose of the <i>sh
 amash</i> is to have a light available for use, as using the Hanukkah light
 s themselves is forbidden.<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="h
 ttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hanukkah#cite_note-1"><span>[</span>2<span>]</s
 pan></a></sup></p>
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DESCRIPTION:X-WR-CALDESC:<p><b>Tenth of Tevet</b> (<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wik
 i/Hebrew_language" title="Hebrew language">Hebrew</a>: <span lang="he" dir=
 "rtl" xml:lang="he">&#1506;&#1513;&#1512;&#1492; &#1489;&#1496;&#1489;&#151
 4;</span>&lrm;, <i>Asarah BeTevet</i>), the tenth day of the <a href="http:
 //en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hebrew_calendar" title="Hebrew calendar">Hebrew mon
 th</a> of <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tevet" title="Tevet">Tevet<
 /a>, is a minor <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fast_day" title="Fast
  day">fast day</a> in <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Judaism" title=
 "Judaism">Judaism</a>. It is a "low fast" observed from sunrise to sunset. 
 The day has no relationship to <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hanukk
 ah" title="Hanukkah">Hanukkah</a>, but it happens to follow that festival b
 y a week. Whether the 10th of Tevet falls 7 or 8 days after Hanukkah depend
 s on whether the preceding month of <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/K
 islev" title="Kislev">Kislev</a> has 29 or 30 days in the relevant year.</p
 ><p>Historically, the fast commemorates the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.or
 g/wiki/Siege_of_Jerusalem_(587_BC)" title="Siege of Jerusalem (587 BC)">sie
 ge of Jerusalem</a> by <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nebuchadnezzar
 _II" title="Nebuchadnezzar II">Nebuchadnezzar II</a> of <a href="http://en.
 wikipedia.org/wiki/Babylonia" title="Babylonia">Babylonia</a>&mdash;an even
 t that began on that date and ultimately culminated in the destruction of <
 a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Solomon%27s_Temple" title="Solomon's T
 emple">Solomon's Temple</a> (the First Temple) and the conquest of the King
 dom of <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kingdom_of_Judah" title="Kingd
 om of Judah">Judah</a> (nowadays: southern Israel).</p>
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DESCRIPTION:X-WR-CALDESC:<p><b>Tu Bishvat</b> (<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/He
 brew_language" title="Hebrew language">Hebrew</a>: <span lang="he" dir="rtl
 " xml:lang="he"><b>&#1496;&#1524;&#1493; &#1489;&#1513;&#1489;&#1496;</b></
 span>&lrm;) is a minor <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jewish_holiday
 " title="Jewish holiday">Jewish holiday</a>, occurring on the 15th day of t
 he <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hebrew_calendar" title="Hebrew cal
 endar">Hebrew month</a> of <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shevat" ti
 tle="Shevat">Shevat</a> (in 2012 this occurred from sunset on February 7 th
 rough the time when you can see three stars in the sky on February 8). It i
 s also called "Rosh HaShanah La'Ilanot" (<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/w
 iki/Hebrew_language" title="Hebrew language">Hebrew</a>: <span lang="he" di
 r="rtl" xml:lang="he">&#1512;&#1488;&#1513; &#1492;&#1513;&#1504;&#1492; &#
 1500;&#1488;&#1497;&#1500;&#1504;&#1493;&#1514;</span>&lrm;), which means t
 he "New Year of the Trees". Tu Bishvat is one of four "New Years" mentioned
  in the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mishnah" title="Mishnah">Mish
 nah</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-0" class="reference"><a href="http://en.wikipedia
 .org/wiki/Tu_B%27shvat#cite_note-0"><span>[</span>1<span>]</span></a></sup>
 </p><p>The name Tu Bishvat is derived from the Hebrew date of the holiday, 
 which occurs on the fifteenth day of <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/
 Shevat" title="Shevat">Shevat</a>. "Tu" stands for the <a href="http://en.w
 ikipedia.org/wiki/Hebrew_letter" title="Hebrew letter" class="mw-redirect">
 Hebrew letters</a> <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Teth#Hebrew_Tet" t
 itle="Teth">Tet</a> and <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Waw/Vav_(lett
 er)#Hebrew_Vav" title="Waw/Vav (letter)" class="mw-redirect">Vav</a>, which
  together have the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gematria" title="G
 ematria">numerical value</a> of 9 and 6, adding up to 15.<sup id="cite_ref-
 1" class="reference"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tu_B%27shvat#cit
 e_note-1"><span>[</span>2<span>]</span></a></sup> Tu Bishvat is a relativel
 y recent name; the date was originally called "&#7716;amisha Asar BiShvat" 
 (&#1495;&#1502;&#1513;&#1492;-&#1506;&#1513;&#1512; &#1489;&#1513;&#1489;&#
 1496;), which means "Fifteenth of Shevat".<sup class="Template-Fact" style=
 "white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:C
 itation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim n
 eeds references to reliable sources from February 2012">citation needed</sp
 an></a></i>]</sup></p>
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DESCRIPTION:X-WR-CALDESC:<p>The <b>Fast of Esther</b> (<i><span lang="he-Latn" xml:lang
 ="he-Latn">Ta'anit Ester</span></i>, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/
 Hebrew_language" title="Hebrew language">Hebrew</a>: <span lang="he" dir="r
 tl" xml:lang="he">&#1514;&#1463;&#1468;&#1506;&#1458;&#1504;&#1460;&#1497;&
 #1514; &#1488;&#1462;&#1505;&#1456;&#1514;&#1461;&#1468;&#1512;</span>&lrm;
 ) is a <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jew" title="Jew" class="mw-red
 irect">Jewish</a> <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fasting" title="Fas
 ting">fast</a> from <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dawn" title="Dawn
 ">dawn</a> until <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dusk" title="Dusk">d
 usk</a> on <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Purim" title="Purim">Purim
 </a> eve, commemorating the three-day fast observed by the Jewish people in
  the story of <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Purim" title="Purim">Pu
 rim</a>. It is a common misconception that this fast was accepted by the Je
 ws for all future generations during the time of Esther, as it is stated in
  the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Book_of_Esther" title="Book of E
 sther">Book of Esther</a>: <i>They had established for themselves and their
  descendants the matters of the fasts and their cry</i> (Esther 9:31). This
  verse actually refers to the four fasts which relate to mourning for the T
 emple. Rather, the first mention of this fast is a <a href="http://en.wikip
 edia.org/wiki/Minhag" title="Minhag">Minhag</a> that is referenced in the <
 a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gaonic" title="Gaonic" class="mw-redir
 ect">Gaonic</a> period.<sup id="cite_ref-0" class="reference"><a href="http
 ://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ta%27anit_Esther#cite_note-0"><span>[</span>1<span
 >]</span></a></sup> However, the fast itself is considered a law, that deve
 loped under the authority of the last legitimate <a href="http://en.wikiped
 ia.org/wiki/Sanhedrin" title="Sanhedrin">Sanhedrin</a>.</p><p>The Fast is o
 bserved on the 13th day of the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hebrew
 _calendar" title="Hebrew calendar">Hebrew month</a> of <a href="http://en.w
 ikipedia.org/wiki/Adar" title="Adar">Adar</a>. If the date of the Fast of E
 sther falls on <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shabbat" title="Shabba
 t">Shabbat</a> (Saturday), the fast is instead observed on the preceding Th
 ursday, as is the case in 2010, 2011, 2013 and 2014.<sup class="Template-Fa
 ct" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/W
 ikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="Th
 is claim needs references to reliable sources from March 2012">citation nee
 ded</span></a></i>]</sup></p>
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DESCRIPTION:X-WR-CALDESC:<p><b>Purim</b> (<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hebrew_
 language" title="Hebrew language">Hebrew</a>: <span class="unicode"><a href
 ="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:He-Purim.ogg" title="About this sound">
 <img alt="About this sound" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/t
 humb/8/8a/Loudspeaker.svg/11px-Loudspeaker.svg.png" width="11" height="11">
 </a>&nbsp;<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/
 commons/c/c9/He-Purim.ogg" class="internal" title="He-Purim.ogg">&#1508;&#1
 468;&#1493;&#1468;&#1512;&#1460;&#1497;&#1501;</a> <small class="metadata a
 udiolinkinfo" style="cursor:help;">(<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/W
 ikipedia:Media_help" title="Wikipedia:Media help"><span style="cursor:help;
 ">help</span></a>&middot;<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:He-Puri
 m.ogg" title="File:He-Purim.ogg"><span style="cursor:help;">info</span></a>
 )</small></span> <i>P&ucirc;r&icirc;m</i> "<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org
 /wiki/Sortition" title="Sortition">lots</a>", from the word <i>pur</i>,<sup
  id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pu
 rim#cite_note-2"><span>[</span>3<span>]</span></a></sup> related to <a href
 ="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Akkadian_language" title="Akkadian language"
 >Akkadian</a> <i>p&#363;ru</i>) is a <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/
 Jewish_holiday" title="Jewish holiday">Jewish holiday</a> that commemorates
  the deliverance of the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jewish" title
 ="Jewish" class="mw-redirect">Jewish</a> people in the ancient <a href="htt
 p://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Achaemenid_Empire" title="Achaemenid Empire">Pers
 ian Empire</a> from destruction in the wake of a plot by <a href="http://en
 .wikipedia.org/wiki/Haman_(Bible)" title="Haman (Bible)">Haman</a>, a story
  recorded in the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hebrew_Bible" title=
 "Hebrew Bible">Biblical</a> <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Book_of_E
 sther" title="Book of Esther">Book of Esther</a> (<i>Megillat Esther</i>).<
 /p><p>According to the Book of Esther, in the Hebrew Bible, Haman, royal <a
  href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vizier" title="Vizier">vizier</a> to Ki
 ng <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ahasuerus" title="Ahasuerus">Ahasu
 erus</a> (presumed to be <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Xerxes_I_of_
 Persia" title="Xerxes I of Persia">Xerxes I of Persia</a>), planned to kill
  all the Jews in the empire, but his plans were foiled by <a href="http://e
 n.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mordecai" title="Mordecai">Mordecai</a> and his adopte
 d daughter Queen <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Esther" title="Esthe
 r">Esther</a>. The day of deliverance became a day of feasting and rejoicin
 g.</p>
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DESCRIPTION:X-WR-CALDESC:<p>Celebrates the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Ex
 odus" title="The Exodus">Exodus</a>, the freedom from <a href="http://en.wi
 kipedia.org/wiki/Slavery" title="Slavery">slavery</a> of the <a href="http:
 //en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Children_of_Israel" title="Children of Israel" clas
 s="mw-redirect">Children of Israel</a> from <a href="http://en.wikipedia.or
 g/wiki/History_of_ancient_Egypt" title="History of ancient Egypt">ancient E
 gypt</a> that followed the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ten_Plague
 s" title="Ten Plagues" class="mw-redirect">Ten Plagues</a>.<br></p><p><b>Pa
 ssover</b> (<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hebrew_language" title="H
 ebrew language">Hebrew</a>, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yiddish_l
 anguage" title="Yiddish language">Yiddish</a>: &#1508;&#1462;&#1468;&#1505;
 &#1463;&#1495; <i>Pesach,</i> <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tiberia
 n_Hebrew" title="Tiberian Hebrew">Tiberian</a>: <span title="Representation
  in the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA)" class="IPA"><a href="http://
 en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:IPA_for_Hebrew" title="Wikipedia:IPA for He
 brew">[p&#603;sa&#295;]</a></span><small class="nowrap">&nbsp;(<a href="htt
 p://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:He-Pesach.ogg" title="File:He-Pesach.ogg"><i
 mg alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/21/Speaker_
 Icon.svg/13px-Speaker_Icon.svg.png" width="13" height="13"></a> <a href="ht
 tp://en.wikipedia.org//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/7/77/He-Pesac
 h.ogg" class="internal" title="He-Pesach.ogg">listen</a>)</small>, <a href=
 "http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Modern_Hebrew" title="Modern Hebrew">Modern H
 ebrew</a>: /&#712;pesa&chi;/ <i>Pesah, Pesakh,</i> Yiddish: <i>Peysekh, Pay
 sakh, Paysokh</i>) is a <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jew" title="J
 ew" class="mw-redirect">Jewish</a> holiday and festival. It commemorates th
 e story of <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Exodus" title="The Exo
 dus">the Exodus</a>, in which the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anc
 ient_Israelites" title="Ancient Israelites" class="mw-redirect">ancient Isr
 aelites</a> were freed from <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Slavery" 
 title="Slavery">slavery</a> in <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ancien
 t_Egypt" title="Ancient Egypt">Egypt</a>. Passover begins on the 15th day o
 f the month of <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nisan" title="Nisan">N
 isan</a> in the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jewish_calendar" titl
 e="Jewish calendar" class="mw-redirect">Jewish calendar</a>, which is in sp
 ring in the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Northern_Hemisphere" titl
 e="Northern Hemisphere">Northern Hemisphere</a>, and is celebrated for seve
 n or eight days. It is one of the most widely observed Jewish holidays.</p>
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SUMMARY:Yom HaZikaron (May 10th, 2027 at sunset)
URL:http://www.DaysUntil.com/Yom-HaZikaron
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DESCRIPTION:X-WR-CALDESC:<p><b>Yom Hazikaron</b> (<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki
 /Hebrew_language" title="Hebrew language">Hebrew</a>: <span lang="he" dir="
 rtl" xml:lang="he">&#1497;&#1493;&#1501; &#1492;&#1494;&#1497;&#1499;&#1512
 ;&#1493;&#1503; &#1500;&#1495;&#1500;&#1500;&#1497; &#1502;&#1506;&#1512;&#
 1499;&#1493;&#1514; &#1497;&#1513;&#1512;&#1488;&#1500; &#1493;&#1500;&#150
 4;&#1508;&#1490;&#1506;&#1497; &#1508;&#1506;&#1493;&#1500;&#1493;&#1514; &
 #1492;&#1488;&#1497;&#1489;&#1492;</span>&lrm;, <i>lit.</i> Israeli Fallen 
 Soldiers and Victims of Terrorism Remembrance Day) is Israel's official Mem
 orial Day. In 2011, Israel honored the memory of soldiers killed in the lin
 e of duty and the civilian casualties too.</p><p>Yom Hazikaron is the day o
 n which Israel honors its fallen servicemen and women. National memorial se
 rvices are held in the presence of Israel's top leadership and military per
 sonnel. The day opens with a siren the preceding evening at 20:00 (8:00 pm)
 , given that in the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hebrew_calendar" 
 title="Hebrew calendar">Hebrew calendar</a> system, the day begins at sunse
 t. The siren is heard all over the country and lasts for one minute, during
  which Israelis stop everything (including driving, which stops highways) a
 nd stand in silence, commemorating the fallen and showing respect. Many rel
 igious Jews say prayers for the souls of the fallen soldiers at this time. 
 The official ceremony to mark the opening of the day takes place at the <a 
 href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Western_Wall" title="Western Wall">Weste
 rn Wall</a>, and the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flag_of_Israel" 
 title="Flag of Israel">flag of Israel</a> is lowered to <a href="http://en.
 wikipedia.org/wiki/Half_staff" title="Half staff" class="mw-redirect">half 
 staff</a>.</p>
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SUMMARY:Yom HaAtzmaut (May 11th, 2027 at sunset)
URL:http://www.DaysUntil.com/Yom-HaAtzmaut
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20270512
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DESCRIPTION:X-WR-CALDESC:<p><b>Yom Ha'atzmaut</b> (<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wik
 i/Hebrew_language" title="Hebrew language">Hebrew</a>: <span lang="he" dir=
 "rtl" xml:lang="he">&#1497;&#1493;&#1501; &#1492;&#1506;&#1510;&#1502;&#148
 8;&#1493;&#1514;</span>&lrm;, <i>y&#333;m h&#257;-&lsquo;a&#7779;m&#257;&rs
 quo;&#363;&#7791;</i>, lit. "Independence Day") commemorates <a href="http:
 //en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Israeli_declaration_of_independence" title="Israeli
  declaration of independence" class="mw-redirect">Israel's declaration of I
 ndependence</a> in 1948. It is celebrated on <a href="http://en.wikipedia.o
 rg/wiki/5_Iyar" title="5 Iyar" class="mw-redirect">5 Iyar</a> according to 
 the Hebrew calendar. Yom Ha'atzmaut is preceded by <a href="http://en.wikip
 edia.org/wiki/Yom_Hazikaron" title="Yom Hazikaron">Yom Hazikaron</a>, the I
 sraeli Fallen Soldiers and Victims of Terrorism Remembrance Day.</p><p>Yom 
 Ha'atzmaut centers around the declaration of the establishment of the <a hr
 ef="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/State_of_Israel" title="State of Israel" c
 lass="mw-redirect">State of Israel</a> by The Jewish Leadership led by futu
 re <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prime_Minister_of_Israel" title="P
 rime Minister of Israel">Prime Minister</a>, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.o
 rg/wiki/David_Ben-Gurion" title="David Ben-Gurion">David Ben-Gurion</a>, on
  14 May 1948. This was declared 8 hours before the end of the <a href="http
 ://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/British_Mandate_of_Palestine" title="British Manda
 te of Palestine" class="mw-redirect">British Mandate of Palestine</a>, whic
 h was due to finish on 15 May 1948.</p>
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SUMMARY:Lag B'Omer (May 24th, 2027 at sunset)
URL:http://www.DaysUntil.com/Lag-BOmer
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DESCRIPTION:X-WR-CALDESC:<p><b>Lag BaOmer</b> (<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/He
 brew_language" title="Hebrew language">Hebrew</a>: <span lang="he" dir="rtl
 " xml:lang="he">&#1500;&#1524;&#1490; &#1489;&#1506;&#1493;&#1502;&#1512;</
 span>&lrm;), also known as <b>Lag LaOmer</b> amongst <a href="http://en.wik
 ipedia.org/wiki/Sephardi_Jews" title="Sephardi Jews">Sephardi Jews</a>, is 
 a <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Judaism" title="Judaism">Jewish</a>
  holiday celebrated on the thirty-third day of the <a href="http://en.wikip
 edia.org/wiki/Counting_of_the_Omer" title="Counting of the Omer">Counting o
 f the Omer</a>, which occurs on the 18th day of the <a href="http://en.wiki
 pedia.org/wiki/Hebrew_calendar" title="Hebrew calendar">Hebrew month</a> of
  <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iyar" title="Iyar">Iyar</a>. Accordi
 ng to the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talmud" title="Talmud">Talm
 ud</a> and <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Midrash" title="Midrash">M
 idrash</a>, this day marks the <i><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yom
 _Hillula" title="Yom Hillula">hillula</a></i> (anniversary of death) of Rab
 bi <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shimon_bar_Yochai" title="Shimon b
 ar Yochai" class="mw-redirect">Shimon bar Yochai</a>, a <a href="http://en.
 wikipedia.org/wiki/Mishnah" title="Mishnah">Mishnaic</a> sage and leading d
 isciple of <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Akiba_ben_Joseph" title="A
 kiba ben Joseph" class="mw-redirect">Rabbi Akiva</a> in the 2nd century. Mo
 dern Jewish tradition links the holiday to the <a href="http://en.wikipedia
 .org/wiki/Bar_Kokhba_Revolt" title="Bar Kokhba Revolt" class="mw-redirect">
 Bar Kokhba Revolt</a> against the Roman Empire (132-135 CE). In <a href="ht
 tp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Israel" title="Israel">Israel</a>, Lag BaOmer is
  celebrated as a symbol for the fighting Jewish spirit.<sup id="cite_ref-0"
  class="reference"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lag_B%27Omer#cite_
 note-0"><span>[</span>1<span>]</span></a></sup></p><p>Lag BaOmer is Hebrew 
 for "33rd [day] in the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Counting_of_th
 e_Omer" title="Counting of the Omer">Omer</a>". The <a href="http://en.wiki
 pedia.org/wiki/Hebrew_alphabet" title="Hebrew alphabet">Hebrew letter</a> &
 #1500; (<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lamedh" title="Lamedh">lamed<
 /a>) or "L" represents "30" and &#1490; (<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/w
 iki/Gimel" title="Gimel">gimmel</a>) or "G" represents "3". A vowel sound i
 s conventionally added for pronunciation purposes.</p>
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SUMMARY:Yom Yerushalayim (June 3rd, 2027 at sunset)
URL:http://www.DaysUntil.com/Yom-Yerushalayim
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20270604
DURATION:P1D
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DESCRIPTION:X-WR-CALDESC:<p><b>Jerusalem Day</b> (<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki
 /Hebrew_language" title="Hebrew language">Hebrew</a>: <span lang="he" dir="
 rtl" xml:lang="he">&#1497;&#1493;&#1501; &#1497;&#1512;&#1493;&#1513;&#1500
 ;&#1497;&#1501;</span>&lrm;, <i>Yom Yerushalayim</i>) is an <a href="http:/
 /en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jewish_holiday#New_Israeli.2FJewish_national_holiday
 s" title="Jewish holiday">Israeli national holiday</a> commemorating the re
 unification of <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jerusalem" title="Jeru
 salem">Jerusalem</a> and the establishment of Israeli control over the <a h
 ref="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Old_City_(Jerusalem)" title="Old City (Je
 rusalem)">Old City</a> in June 1967. The <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/w
 iki/Chief_Rabbinate_of_Israel" title="Chief Rabbinate of Israel">Chief Rabb
 inate of Israel</a> declared Jerusalem Day a minor religious holiday to tha
 nk God for victory in the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Six-Day_War
 " title="Six-Day War">Six-Day War</a> and for answering the 2,000-year-old 
 prayer of "Next Year in Jerusalem".</p><p>The day is marked by state ceremo
 nies, memorial services for soldiers who died in the battle for Jerusalem, 
 parades through downtown Jerusalem, reciting the <a href="http://en.wikiped
 ia.org/wiki/Hallel" title="Hallel">Hallel</a> prayer with blessings in syna
 gogues, and saying the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pesukei_Dezimr
 a" title="Pesukei Dezimra" class="mw-redirect">Pesukei Dezimra</a> of Sabba
 th and High Holidays.<sup id="cite_ref-autogenerated2_0-0" class="reference
 "><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yom_Yerushalayim#cite_note-autogene
 rated2-0"><span>[</span>1<span>]</span></a></sup> There are also lectures o
 n Jerusalem-related topics, singing and dancing, and special television pro
 gramming.<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="http://en.wikipedi
 a.org/wiki/Yom_Yerushalayim#cite_note-1"><span>[</span>2<span>]</span></a><
 /sup> Schoolchildren throughout the country learn about the significance of
  Jerusalem, and schools in Jerusalem hold festive assemblies.<sup id="cite_
 ref-autogenerated1_2-0" class="reference"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/
 wiki/Yom_Yerushalayim#cite_note-autogenerated1-2"><span>[</span>3<span>]</s
 pan></a></sup> The day is also marked in Jewish schools around the world.<s
 up id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/
 Yom_Yerushalayim#cite_note-3"><span>[</span>4<span>]</span></a></sup><sup i
 d="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yom_
 Yerushalayim#cite_note-4"><span>[</span>5<span>]</span></a></sup></p>
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SUMMARY:Shavuot (June 10th, 2027 at sunset)
URL:http://www.DaysUntil.com/Shavuot
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DESCRIPTION:X-WR-CALDESC:<p>The festival of <span class="unicode"><a href="http://en.wi
 kipedia.org/wiki/File:He-Shavuot.ogg" title="About this sound"><img alt="Ab
 out this sound" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8a/Lo
 udspeaker.svg/11px-Loudspeaker.svg.png" width="11" height="11"></a>&nbsp;<a
  href="http://en.wikipedia.org//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/c/cf
 /He-Shavuot.ogg" class="internal" title="He-Shavuot.ogg"><i><b>Shavuot</b><
 /i></a> <small class="metadata audiolinkinfo" style="cursor:help;">(<a href
 ="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Media_help" title="Wikipedia:Media
  help"><span style="cursor:help;">help</span></a>&middot;<a href="http://en
 .wikipedia.org/wiki/File:He-Shavuot.ogg" title="File:He-Shavuot.ogg"><span 
 style="cursor:help;">info</span></a>)</small></span> (or <span class="unico
 de"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Yi-Shavuos.ogg" title="About
  this sound"><img alt="About this sound" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipe
 dia/commons/thumb/8/8a/Loudspeaker.svg/11px-Loudspeaker.svg.png" width="11"
  height="11"></a>&nbsp;<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org//upload.wikimedia.o
 rg/wikipedia/commons/c/cc/Yi-Shavuos.ogg" class="internal" title="Yi-Shavuo
 s.ogg"><i><b>Shavuos</b></i></a> <small class="metadata audiolinkinfo" styl
 e="cursor:help;">(<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Media_hel
 p" title="Wikipedia:Media help"><span style="cursor:help;">help</span></a>&
 middot;<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Yi-Shavuos.ogg" title="Fi
 le:Yi-Shavuos.ogg"><span style="cursor:help;">info</span></a>)</small></spa
 n>, in <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ashkenazi_Jews" title="Ashkena
 zi Jews">Ashkenazi</a> usage; <i><b>Shabhu&#703;oth</b></i> in Classical an
 d Mizrahi Hebrew <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hebrew_language" tit
 le="Hebrew language">Hebrew</a>: <span lang="he" dir="rtl" xml:lang="he"><b
 >&#1513;&#1489;&#1493;&#1506;&#1493;&#1514;</b></span>&lrm;, lit. "Weeks") 
 is a <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jewish_holiday" title="Jewish ho
 liday">Jewish holiday</a> that occurs on the sixth day of the Hebrew month 
 of <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sivan" title="Sivan">Sivan</a> (la
 te May or early June).</p><p><i><b>Shavuot</b></i> commemorates the anniver
 sary of the day <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Names_of_God_in_Judai
 sm#In_English" title="Names of God in Judaism">God</a> gave the <a href="ht
 tp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Torah" title="Torah">Torah</a> to the entire <a 
 href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Israelite" title="Israelite" class="mw-r
 edirect">Israelite</a> nation assembled at <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org
 /wiki/Mount_Sinai" title="Mount Sinai">Mount Sinai</a>, although the associ
 ation between the giving of the Torah (<i>Matan Torah</i>) and Shavuot is n
 ot explicit in the Biblical text. The holiday is one of the <i><a href="htt
 p://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shalosh_Regalim" title="Shalosh Regalim" class="m
 w-redirect">Shalosh Regalim</a></i>, the three Biblical pilgrimage festival
 s. It marks the conclusion of the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cou
 nting_of_the_Omer" title="Counting of the Omer">Counting of the Omer</a>.</
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