menu-control
The Jerusalem Post Logo - Bring them home now
accessibilty

Jewish Holidays


Celebrate and observe the Jewish holidays: Rosh Hashana, Yom Kippur, Sukkot, Simchat Torah, Hanukkah, Tu Beshevat and more.

 memorial for Women Wage Peace activist Vivian Silver, killed on October 7, 2023, at Kibbutz Be'eri.

Passover 2025: A ‘midrashic’ lesson for these days

 PHARAOH’S ARMY engulfed by the Red Sea, by Frederick Arthur Bridgman, 1900. ‘The wind dropped, the waters flooded back, and the entire Egyptian force was drowned.’

Passover 2025: Crossing your own Red Sea

 An illustrative image of a maze with a large question mark inside.

Passover 2025: When God hides, we still believe

 ‘The Tenth Plague: Killing the Firstborn Son,’ from a collection by Joseph Mallord and William Turner.

The tragedy of the firstborn: Inherent legal, societal burdens of the eldest child

By HAIM KATZ , SAM KATZ
HARVESTING WHEAT in a field near Rehovot.

Counting the Omer: A journey from Passover to Shavuot

 An illustrative image of a Passover Seder plate.

Passover 2025: Are we a nation or a family?

 ALL-IMPORTANT: Children take part in a practice Seder.

'Jewish & Israel Trivia': The perfect trivia challenge for the Passover Seder

 'Moses Parting the Red Sea' by Hans Jordaens.

The Passover paradox: Being given freedom from slavery, but also new strict rules

By MORDECHAI BECK
 'Moses and Aaron speak before Pharaoh,' by Benjamin West.

Passover: The message of empathy in the Haggadah

 CAVE OF the Patriarchs in Hebron’s Old City.

'Departing Egypt: Passover Haggadah': Excerpts for insights at the Passover Seder

 A man is seen performing the ritual of bedikat hametz, looking for traces of bread by candlelight to be swept with a feather, in Jerusalem.

The history of bedikat hametz: From Talmudic era until today

By DAVID GEFFEN
 Rabbi David Geffen is seen holding his copy of The American Heritage Haggadah, which he wrote.

The American Heritage Haggadah: A personal story of production and publication

By DAVID GEFFEN
 An illustrative image of Jews dancing at the Western Wall in the Old City of Jerusalem.

Passover 2025: A spiritual call for unity for the 2nd Passover since Oct. 7

By RABBI TULLY BRYKS
 YORAM RAANAN, ‘Kabbalat Shabbat Hagadol,’ 2020, acrylic on canvas, 100x130 cm.

Shabbat Hagadol: Receiving the great Sabbath

By MEIRA RAANAN , ESTHER CAMERON
 An illustrative image of an illuminated pathway.

Passover 2025: Why must Jews see themselves as personally leaving Egypt?

 Children are seen spelunking in the Biyar Aqueduct.

Let my people go have fun! 48 things to do for Passover in and near Jerusalem

By JOANNA SHEBSON , Ronit Ansbacher
Matzot Yehuda matzah factory in Jerusalem, 2019.

Passover 2025: What you need to know about the Jewish holiday

 Esther and Mordechai writing the second letter of Purim, painted by Arent de Gelder.

Purim's unacceptable mask: The powerful themes of revenge, evil, and free will

By MORDECHAI BECK
 Illustrated Esther scroll (Ferrara, Italy, 1616)

How beautiful are illuminated ‘Megillot Esther’

By DAVID GEFFEN
 Jewish Soldiers Leave the Battlefield to Celebrate Purim in Kyiv

From the Frontlines to the Megillah: Jewish soldiers celebrate Purim in Kyiv

The feast of Esther

Purim's eternal message: Protecting humanity's moral fiber and maintaining hope

Load more