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Jewish Holidays


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

 YORAM RAANAN, ‘Menorah Spreading Light,’ acrylic on canvas, 90 x 70 cm, 2012.

Hanukkah: Expanding light

 The World's Largest Menorah is set up by Chabad-Lubavitch in New York City ahead of Hanukkah, on December 15, 2022.

Lighting up NYC: World's largest menorah erected ahead of Hanukkah

Menorah in the window on the eighth night

Hanukkah 2024: Your guide to the Jewish Festival of Lights

Shabbat candles

Shabbat candle-lighting times for Israel and the US

Shabbat candles

Shabbat candle-lighting times for Israel and the US

 A Jewish man reads the first letters in the torah scroll during Simchat Torah celebrations at the Western Wall in Jerusalem Old City, October 10, 2020.

How should we observe Simchat Torah this year?

 EDEN GOLAN after singing ‘Hurricane’ at a rally calling for the release of the hostages at Hostages Square in Tel Aviv, in May.

'Who’s the fool who told you boys don’t cry?' Approaching Simchat Torah with sorrow

 A hand is seen reaching towards the heavens in this illustrative image.

Simchat Torah: Grasping the divine strands of joy

By RABBI SUSAN SILVERMAN
 An illustrative image of Jews celebrating with Torah scrolls on Simchat Torah.

Come together: The importance of unity on Simchat Torah

 Jews are seen celebrating Simchat Torah at the Western Wall.

How will the Jewish people celebrate Simchat Torah this year?

 BALLOONS FLY at a memorial for the victims of the Supernova music festival, on the anniversary of the October 7 massacre.

Annus horribilis: How can we celebrate and rejoice on Sukkot in 2024?

  SHDEYUR AVRAHAMI is seen alongside etrogim for Sukkot.

Harvesting for Sukkot: A look at the farmers who grow the holiday's Four Species

  KING SOLOMON, traditionally considered the author of ‘Ecclesiastes.’

Finding solace in the wisdom of King Solomon: Avner Moriah's work on 'Ecclesiastes'

By ESTI LEVITAS
 A SUKKOT installation in Tel Aviv leaves places for all the hostages still being held in Gaza.

One year after October 7, many sukkot by Gaza border still stand in destroyed towns

 Shopping in Tel Aviv's Four Species market ahead of Sukkot.

Sukkot: Despite everything - together!

A sukkah

No plans for Sukkot? A variety of free activities throughout the holiday offer family quality time

By Walla!
 FREED HOSTAGE Sapir Cohen holds up a poster of captive partner Sasha Alexander Trupanov at an Evening of Unity at Yeshiva University’s Stern College for Women, New York City, Aug. 27.

Yom Kippur: Finding hope in times of uncertainty

By NECHAMA GOLDMAN BARASH
 The Cave of Machpelah in Hebron.

Yom Kippur 2024: Reconciling our personal journeys and collective experiences

 An illustrative of a road sign saying "Forgive Yourself."

Yom Kippur: Solidarity, compassion, and forgiveness

 Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur act as an anchor for the Jewish people.

Rosh Hashanah: Wishing for a good and sweet year

 Seder Nashim (c. 1550)

The rare, unusual Rosh Hashanah-Yom Kippur 'machzorim' at the National Library of Israel

By DAVID GEFFEN
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