Jewish: calendar of festivals and religious celebrations around the world for the current 3 months
Date | Name | Kind | More |
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Sunday June 5, 2022 | Shavuot | Jewish | |
Sunday August 7, 2022 | Tisha B'Av | Jewish | |
Friday September 16, 2022 | Optional holiday | Jewish | |
Monday September 26, 2022 | Rosh Hashanah - new year 5783 (banks are closed) | Jewish | |
Tuesday September 27, 2022 | Rosh Hashanah - new year 5783 (banks are closed) | Jewish | |
Tuesday October 4, 2022 | Optional holiday | Jewish | |
Wednesday October 5, 2022 | Optional holiday | Jewish | |
Wednesday October 5, 2022 | Yom Kippur | Jewish | |
Monday October 10, 2022 | Sukkot (banks are closed) | Jewish | |
Tuesday October 11, 2022 | Sukkot (banks are closed) | Jewish | |
Monday October 17, 2022 | Shemini Atzeret and Simkhat Torah (banks are closed) | Jewish | |
Shavuot
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Sunday June 5, 2022
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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Sunday August 7, 2022
Jewish : Commemorates the Wall's profanation
Optional holiday
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Friday September 16, 2022
Jewish : Jewish new year for the Jewish community only
Rosh Hashanah - new year 5783 (banks are closed)
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Monday September 26, 2022
Jewish :
Rosh Hashanah - new year 5783 (banks are closed)
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Tuesday September 27, 2022
Jewish :
Optional holiday
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Tuesday October 4, 2022
Jewish : Yom Kippur observed by the Jewish community
Optional holiday
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Wednesday October 5, 2022
Jewish : Yom Kippur
Yom Kippur
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Wednesday October 5, 2022
Jewish : Day of Atonement. This holiest day of the Jewish year is observed with strict fasting and ceremonial repentance.
Sukkot (banks are closed)
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Monday October 10, 2022
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 (banks are closed)
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Tuesday October 11, 2022
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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Monday October 17, 2022
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).