Sukkot
The last festival day at the end of Sukkoth, it marks the end and beginning of the year's Torah-reading cycle.
The question could be referring to two different feast days! The first is Shavuot, also known as Pentecost or the Feast of Weeks. This occurs on the 50th day after the first day of Passover, and it celebrates (among other things) the giving of the Torah on Mount Sinai. The other festival that is relevant is Simchat Torah, literally the celebration of the Torah, which occurs on the last day of Shemini Atzeret, the day of assembly (which itself lasts 2 days outside of Israel except for Reform Jews), an extra day tacked onto the weeklong festival of Succot, also known as the Feast of Booths. Simchat Torah celebrates the end and beginning of the annual cycle of Torah reading. The last verses of the Torah are read, and then the first verses, with some dancing and parading around the synagogue added to the event.
It was the 19th of Tishrei, making it the 5th day of the festival of Sukkot and Shabbat Hol Hamoed. The Torah portion is Exodus 33:12-23 and Exodus 34:1-26.
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Simchat Torah is a festival on which we complete the yearly cycle of reading the Torah. It is, as its name implies, one of the happiest days of the year. During this day, we should remember our love for the Torah and its importance to us. We should remember that learning Torah is an activity which never ends: this is why we begin the next cycle of reading the Torah immediately after concluding the present cycle. We should be aware that those people who are patient enough to learn the Torah many times are granted deeper and deeper insights into it.
No. Shemini Atzeret is on the day before Simchat Torah.
On the last day (Simchat Torah), we complete the yearly cycle of reading the whole Torah, and we dance with the Torah-scrolls.
"Hanukkah" is not a German word, but comes from Hebrew. It is an eight day holiday known as the Festival of Lights.
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Shavuot is a Jewish holiday that commemorates the giving of the Torah to the Jewish people at Mount Sinai. It is observed seven weeks after Passover and marks the end of the counting of the Omer. It is a time for study, prayer, and eating dairy foods.
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