Festivals

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Rosh Hashanah

• Rosh Hashanah is celebrated as the Jewish new year

• On Rosh Hashanah Jews all over the world celebrate Gods creation
of the world.
• Rosh Hashanah lasts for 10 days and ends with Yom Kippur.
• Some traditions during Rosh Hashanah are; candle lighting,
customary greetings and festival meals.

Yom Kippur

• Yom Kippur is seen as the holiest day of the year in Judaism.

• Yom Kippur is also known as the day of atonement and offers a
chance for people to change their life through prayer and
repentance.
• On Yom Kippur you are not would fast, pray, abstain from physical
pleasure and refrain from working.
• Yom Kippur normally lasts 25 hours.

Pesach

• Pesach, also called Passover, celebrates the exodus of the

Israelites from slavery in Egypt.
• Pesach lasts for 8 days.
• The Passover dietary rules restrict the use of grains that can
ferment.
• On Passover the meats that are forbidden to eat are; pork,
shellfish, lobster, shrimp, crab, rabbit, and seafood without fins or
scales.

Shavout

• Shavout celebrates the giving of the Torah on Mount Sinai.

• On Shavout certain types of jobs are not allowed such as; using
electricity, riding in cars, writing and using the telephone.
• Shavout lasts 1 day in Isreal and 2 days in diaspora
• It is customary to eat 2 different meals on Shavout 1 dairy and 1
meat

Sukkot

• Sukkot is a festival that celebrates giving thanks.

• Sukkot goes on for 7 days
• Sukkot meals are inspired from the harvest origin of the holiday.
• All normal activities forbidden on Shabbat are also forbidden on
the first 2 days of Sukkot except for cooking, baking, transferring
fire and carrying things around.