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most people are confused about when Jewish holidays fall as they seem to change dates according to the regular calendar. the Jewish calendar is a compromise between the solar and the lunar calendar. there are 12 lunar months + 11 days in each solar year so the Jewish calendar runs according to lunar months and adds a leap month every 2 or three years over a 19-year cycle. most Jewish festivals tend to occur at full moon.
note: every sabbath is also a day of rest, prayer and specials meals
*Jewish day begins at sunset
Jewish months: tishrei, heshvan, kislev, tevet, shvat. adar, Nissan, iyar, sivan, tammuz, av, and elul
Jewish holidays begin in month of tishrei (actually the 7th month) which falls in sept/oct, biblical holidays in bold:
1. rosh hashanah (new year) 2 day holiday (1st 2 days of month of tishrei)
2. day after rosh hashanah-- fast of gedalia
3. yom kippur (day of atonement) (10th of tishrei)
4. sukkot (feast of tabernacles) 7 day holiday in Israel, 8 days elsewhere (15th tishrei)
5 shmini atzeret/simchat Torah eight day of assembly/rejoicing in the Torah day after last day of sukkot 1 day in israel, 2 days elsewhere .
6. Hanukkah 8 days
7. fast of 10th of month of tevet
8. tu b'shvat (new year of the trees) 15th shvat
9. purim (feast of esther) which is preceded by the fast of esther.
10. pesach (passover) 7 day holiday in israel, 8 days elsewhere (15th Nissan)
11. lag b'omer 33rd day of counting between passover & shavuot
12. shavuot (feast of weeks/giving of the Torah) 7 weeks after beginning of passover 1 day in israel, 2 days elsewhere
13. fast of the 17th of tammuz
14. the nine days, from 1-9th of av, the 9th is a fast day
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What is the religious language of judaism?
Hebrew.
