| Rosh Hashanah - new year 5782 (banks are closed) - Tuesday September 7, 2021 Jewish :
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| Rosh Hashanah - new year 5782 (banks are closed) - Wednesday September 8, 2021 Jewish :
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| Optional holiday - Wednesday September 15, 2021 Jewish : Yom Kippur observed by the Jewish community
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| Yom Kippur - Thursday September 16, 2021 Jewish : Day of Atonement. This holiest day of the Jewish year is observed with strict fasting and ceremonial repentance.
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| Optional holiday - Thursday September 16, 2021 Jewish : Jewish new year for the Jewish community only
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| Sukkot (banks are closed) - Tuesday September 21, 2021 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.
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| Sukkot (banks are closed) - Wednesday September 22, 2021 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.
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| Shemini Atzeret and Simkhat Torah (banks are closed) - Tuesday September 28, 2021 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).
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