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  • Shavuot begins at sundown

    Shavuot is the celebration of the giving of the Torah to the Jewish people, also known as the Festival of First Fruits. The Torah was given by the Lord on […]

  • Juneteenth

    Juneteenth is the oldest nationally celebrated commemoration of the ending of slavery in the United States. Dating back to 1865, it was on June 19 that the Union soldiers landed […]

  • Tisha B’Av begins at sundown

    An important fast day commemorating the destruction of the Jewish Temple in Jerusalem in 586 BCE and 70 CE. It is the culmination of the Three Weeks, an annual mourning […]

  • Eid al-Adha begins at sundown

    At the end of the annual pilgrimage, Muslims celebrate the "Festival of Sacrifice." It includes a ritual sacrifice of a sheep, camel, or goat, to honor the willingness of Ibrahim […]

  • Rosh Hashana begins at sundown

    Rosh Hashanah, the Jewish new year, takes place at the beginning of the month of Tishrei, which is actually the seventh month of the Jewish year (counting from Nisan in […]

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    Yom Kippur begins at sundown

    Yom Kippur is the holiest day of the year, when we are closest to the Lord and to the essence of our souls. Yom Kippur means “Day of Atonement,” as […]

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    Sukkot begins at sundown

    A celebration of the fall harvest that begins five days after Yom Kippur, Sukkot is named after the booths or huts (sukkot in Hebrew) in which Jews are supposed to […]

  • Simchat Torah begins at sundown

    Simchat Torah is a joyful feast that marks the end of the old Torah reading cycle and the beginning of a new cycle. All the synagogue's Torah scrolls are removed […]

  • National Dashiki Day

    National Dashiki Day is a day of cultural celebration to the colorful garment that was adopted by African-Americans in the 1960s and 1970s as a symbol of pride, awareness, independence […]

  • Chanukah begins at sundown

    Chanukah is the Jewish eight-day, wintertime “festival of lights,” celebrated with a nightly menorah lighting, special prayers, and special foods. In the second century BCE, the Holy Land was ruled […]