What harvest do Jewish celebrate?

Answer 1

There are two harvest festival in Judaism. In Israel, there is the grain harvest and the fruit harvest. They come at two different times in the year, and so there are two different harvest festivals which are commanded. The first "harvest festival" would not be recognised as such. The day after the first day of Passover is the Feast of Firstfruits where the wave offering of new grain is celebrated. This is the barley harvest and is commanded in Leviticus 23:11. Then there is the commandment to count 50 days and offer a second offering. This is Shavuot which is commonly known as Pentacost among Christians. This festival is the wheat harvest and marks the end of the harvest season of grain. The second harvest festival is known is Succot. This is the fruit harvest festival and is also known as the Feast of Tabernacles to Christians. It takes place in the fall season after Rosh HaShannah and Yom Kippur. It is eight days long and during that time Jews are commanded to live in temporary shelters known as Sukkas. It is also one of the three traveling feasts as Jews were commanded to come to the Temple to sacrifice at that time. The directions for the feast are given in Leviticus 23:34-43.

Answer 2

Thanksgiving is an American/Canadian holiday. Because it is a civil holiday, some Jewish people celebrate it pretty much as all North American do. There is no commandment NOT to celebrate a civil holiday, and like all people, Jewish folk love to throw a party. Yes, there is Thanksgiving to God, and the meals are kosher. Freedom is worth celebrating.

While the vast majority of American Jews celebrate Thanksgiving, few Canadian Jews do. By contrast, nearly all American Jews - even many Orthodox Jews - celebrate American Thanksgiving.

There are several reasons for this:

1) Canadian Thanksgiving falls in early October it is often overshadowed by Jewish holidays like Rosh Hashana, Yom Kippur, or Sukkot (the latter being a sort of Jewish Thanksgiving anyway). While there is no prohibition on celebrating Thanksgiving, due to timing and other cultural factors, few Canadian Jews celebrate the holiday.

2) Canadian Jews as a whole are less assimilated than American Jews. They also tend to have been later arrivals (on average, families of American Jews have been in North America about 30 years longer than the families of Canadian Jews).

3) Canadian Thanksgiving is a smaller holiday in general, more recently created, and without the same cultural status in Canada that American Thanksgiving has in the US.

Answer 3

They celebrate it with the holiday of Sukkot (Leviticus ch.23). In keeping with the Torah's command, most Jews either build a structure called a sukkah, which is like the shelters the ancient Isrealites stayed in, or have one at their synagogue.

Answer 4

Pesach (Passover) comes at the time of the barley harvest. Shavuoth comes at the time of the wheat harvest. And Sukkoth is at the time of the ingathering, when the already-harvested grains, left outside to dry, are brought indoors to avoid the onset of the rainy season.

Answer 5

In Israel the Jewish Harvest festival is known as Sukkotor as it is also known Succoth or the Feast of the Tabernacles. This is the day for remembering the journey of the Jews through the desert to the Promised Land. For this day Huts are put up in the synagogues and in people's gardens, families gather in them to eat their meals.

Answer 6

Traditional Jewish celebrations are invariably linked with Torah-observances. The Holy-day and Sabbath meals are festive occasions with wine (in moderation), singing, good food and camaraderie. Weddings, Bar Mitzvas and similar family milestones are likewise joyous. Judaism is a happy and optimistic religion. It should also be noted that at all celebrations and other occasions it is customary to speak words of Torah. Everything is linked with the service of God.

Answer 7

Sukkot is an Autumn harvest festival and Shavuot is a Summer Harvest festival.

Answer 8

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