Holy days for Judaism

Answer 1

People who are not Jewish will variously tell you the Jewish holy day, the Shabbat, is Friday or Saturday. They're both correct to an extent, because the Jewish day begins at nightfall rather than at midnight as is the case with the secular calendar. As a result, Shabbat starts at nightfall on Friday (though Shabbat prayers are said and candles lit shortly before nightfall) and ends shortly after nightfall (havdalah) on Saturday.

Answer 2

The Jews have many holy days. The Jewish Sabbath is Saturday (beginning Friday sundown). For the rest, see the attached Related Link.

Holy days observed in Judaism are distributed throughout the year. The Shabbat (sabbath) is observed every week, on Saturday, and the beginning of each new month is observed on or near the day of each New Moon. The other major Torah holidays are concentrated during the northern Hemisphere's Spring-to-Autumn agricultural season ... roughly March to October.

Answer 3

There are many special days:

Many of these holidays are found in Leviticus ch.23. The holidays begin at sunset and last until after nightfall around 25 hours later.

A list of Jewish holidays, fasts and occasions:

• Shabbat - every Saturday (beginning Friday at sunset)
• Rosh Chodesh - the new moon, every 29 or 30 days
• Rosh Hashanah - the Jewish New Year, 2 days
• Aseret Yemei Teshuva - Ten Days of Repentance
• Yom Kippur - fast day, Day of Atonement, 1 day
• Sukkot - Tabernacles - 7 or 8 days
• Shemini Atzeret and Simchat Torah - 1 or 2 days
• Hanukkah - Festival of Lights - 8 days
• Tu Bishvat - New Year of the Trees - 1 day
• Purim - 1 day, followed by 1 day of Shushan Purim
• Pesach - Passover - 7 or 8 days
• Sefirah - Counting of the Omer - 49 days
• Lag Ba'omer - 1 day
• Shavuot - Feast of Weeks; Yom HaBikurim; Pentecost - 2 days
• The Three Weeks and the Nine Days (days of mourning preceding Tisha b'Av; see below)
• Tu B'Av - 1 day

Fast days:

• Tzom Gedalya; the day after Rosh Hashanah
• Asara B'Tevet - 10th of the month of Tevet
• Ta'anit Esther - the day before Purim
• Shiva Asar B'Tamuz - 17th of Tamuz
• Tisha B'Av - 9th of the month of Av

The fasts start shortly before dawn and end at twilight, except for Tisha B'Av which starts the evening before at sunset and lasts for 25 hours. The 3 weeks between Shiva Asar B'Tamuz and Tisha B'Av is a period of mourning for the destruction of the Temple, referred to as "the 3 weeks" or Bein Hameitzarim. The mourning intensifies during the last 9 days of these 3 weeks.

Each festival has its specific laws:

• On Rosh Hashanah, the shofar (ram's horn) is blown, to mark the beginning of the Jewish year.
• Yom Kippur is a fast day on which Jews pray for forgiveness for all their sins. No eating, drinking, or bathing is allowed. Wearing leather shoes is also prohibited.
• On Sukkot Jews eat all their meals in outdoor arbor-canopied booths (Sukkah) in order to commemorate the Israelites' wanderings in the desert. Some will also sleep in the Sukkah. During the morning prayers on these days, we take the 4 minim consisting of a Lulav (young palm branch), an Etrog (Citrus Medica; citron), three Haddassim(Myrtle branches) and two Aravot (willow branches).
• On Hannukah the 8 branched menora is lit in the home; on the first night one candle, on the 2nd night 2 candles, until all 8 candles are lit on the 8th night.
• On Pesach leavened bread, cakes, pasta etc. are forbidden and unleavened Matzah is substituted. Passover begins with the Seder-meal commemorating and retelling the story of the Exodus. Matzah and ceremonial foods are eaten at the Seder.
• On Purim the story of Esther is read from a Megilat-Esther scroll and food baskets are given to friends and charity to the poor.
• On Shavuot the custom is to stay up all night studying Torah to mark the date that God gave the Ten Commandments.

Answer 4

The holy day on the Jewish religion is Sabbath,

New Month, Passover, Shavuot, and Sukkot.

Answer 5

The weekly holy day for Jews is called Shabbat. Shabbat starts Friday at sundown and ends Saturday at sundown.

Answer 6

See the attached Related Link.

Answer 7

See the attached Related Link for a list.