Date | Name | Kind | More |
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Tuesday april 23, 2024 | First Day of Pessah/Passover | Jewish | |
Tuesday april 23, 2024 | Optional holiday | Jewish | |
Monday april 29, 2024 | Pessah/Passover | Jewish | |
Wednesday june 12, 2024 | Shavuot | Jewish | |
Tuesday august 13, 2024 | Tisha B'Av | Jewish | |
Monday september 16, 2024 | Optional holiday | Jewish | |
Thursday october 3, 2024 | Rosh Hashanah/Jewish New Year | Jewish | |
Friday october 4, 2024 | Rosh Hashanah/Jewish New Year | Jewish | |
Saturday october 12, 2024 | Yom Kippur | Jewish | |
Sunday october 13, 2024 | Optional holiday | Jewish | |
Sunday october 13, 2024 | Yom Kippur | Jewish | |
Thursday october 17, 2024 | Sukkot | Jewish | |
Friday october 18, 2024 | Sukkot | Jewish | |
Thursday october 24, 2024 | Shemini Atzeret and Simkhat Torah (banks are closed) | Jewish | |
First Day of Pessah/Passover
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Tuesday april 23, 2024
Jewish :
Optional holiday
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Tuesday april 23, 2024
Jewish : Jewish Easter for the Jewish community only
Pessah/Passover
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Monday april 29, 2024
Jewish : Passover; deliverance of the Jewish people from Egypt. The Seder service on the first two evenings recounts the story of the Exodus
Shavuot
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Wednesday june 12, 2024
Jewish : Celebration of Moses' descent from Mt Sinai with the ten commandments. Plants and flowers are used in decorations.
Tisha B'Av
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Tuesday august 13, 2024
Jewish : Commemorates the Wall's profanation
Optional holiday
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Monday september 16, 2024
Jewish : Jewish new year for the Jewish community only
Rosh Hashanah/Jewish New Year
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Thursday october 3, 2024
Jewish :
Rosh Hashanah/Jewish New Year
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Friday october 4, 2024
Jewish :
Yom Kippur
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Saturday october 12, 2024
Jewish : Day of Atonement. This holiest day of the Jewish year is observed with strict fasting and ceremonial repentance.
Optional holiday
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Sunday october 13, 2024
Jewish : Yom Kippur
Yom Kippur
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Sunday october 13, 2024
Jewish :
Sukkot
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Thursday october 17, 2024
Jewish : As for Passover and Shavu'ot, Sukkot has a dual meaning: agricultural and historical. Celebraion of the 40 years spent by the children of Israel in huts in the desert.
This explains the tradition of dwelling in huts during that period.
Sukkot
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Friday october 18, 2024
Jewish : As for Passover and Shavu'ot, Sukkot has a dual meaning: agricultural and historical. Celebraion of the 40 years spent by the children of Israel in huts in the desert.
This explains the tradition of dwelling in huts during that period.
Shemini Atzeret and Simkhat Torah (banks are closed)
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Thursday october 24, 2024
Jewish : Reading of the last Torah portion and proceeding to the first chapter of Genesis (the Torah is seen as a circle). Processions, singing and dancing (Simkhat Torah = Rejoicing in the Torah).