Jewish holidays (English Wikipedia)

One common suggestion is that the custom comes from Esther's hiding her family background when first brought to the palace.Esther 2:10). See Ariela Pelaia. "Purim–Jewish Holiday of Purim". about.com Judaism. Archived from the original on November 18, 2012. Retrieved December 26, 2012. See Rabbi Yair Hoffman (February 25, 2010). "New York–Purim Costumes–A History–Reasons and Origins". Vos iz Neias.com. Retrieved December 26, 2012., for another theory.
Lisa Katz. "Purim Shpiels". about.com Judaism. Archived from the original on January 17, 2013. Retrieved December 26, 2012.

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The uprising began on 14 Nisan, Passover eve. There was sufficient opposition to the selection of that date for the memorial that its observance was moved to 27 Nisan, approximately halfway between the end of Passover and Yom Ha'Atzmaut, and still within the period of the uprising. See Rosenberg, Jennifer. "Holocaust Remembrance Day". about.com. Archived from the original on January 20, 2013. Retrieved January 22, 2013.

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Neither the Torah nor the Talmud specifies Sefirah as a mourning period. However, there is evidence that this custom was in place by the era of the Geonim, which ended around 1040 CE. See Kahn, Rabbi Ari (February 20, 2006). "Rebbe Akiva's 24,000 Students". aish.com. Retrieved January 18, 2013.

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"Sephardic Passover Customs and Traditions For Pesach". Angelfire. Elimelech David Ha-Levi Web. Retrieved July 22, 2013.

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"מעגל השנה". arachim.org (in Hebrew).

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Travis, Rabbi Daniel Yaakov (April 29, 2010). "Mourning's End – Understanding Sefira and Lag B'Omer". Beyond BT. Archived from the original on May 1, 2013. Retrieved May 2, 2010.

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Collins, John J. (November 15, 2005). The Bible After Babel: Historical Criticism in a Postmodern Age. Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing. ISBN 9780802828927.
Schäfer, Peter (2003). The Bar Kokhba War Reconsidered: New perspectives on the Second Jewish Revolt against Rome. Mohr Siebeck. pp. 283–286. ISBN 3-16-148076-7.

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"The Second Festival Day and Reform Judaism (Responsum 5759.7)". CCAR Responsa. 1999. Retrieved July 15, 2013.. See in particular footnotes 1 and 2 to the responsum.

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Some customs around cessation of work do exist–particularly work by women during the period the candles are burning. See, for example, Eliyahu Kitov, "Working on Chanukah", retrieved November 8, 2012.
"The Month of Elul: Stocktaking and Introspection". Chabad.org. Retrieved July 11, 2013.
See, for example, Wenger, Eliezer. "The Laws Concerning the Thirty Days before Passover". chabad.org. Retrieved January 15, 2013.
See "Rashi on Exodus 14:5". chabad.org. Retrieved January 10, 2013.

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Ma'agal Hashanah, chinuch.org

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See Mashechet Soferim 21:3 and BT Menachot 65, discussed at "Insights to the Daf—Menachos 65". dafyomi.co.il. Kollel Iyun Hadaf of Yerushalayim. Retrieved January 15, 2013, which differ in their explanation for the custom.

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"Government Unanimously Approves National Remembrance Day for October 7 Disaster and the Swords of Iron War". Israeli Prime Minister's Office. March 17, 2024. Retrieved March 28, 2024.

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See, just as one example, Rinat, Zafrir (January 20, 2011). "Israelis Go Green For Tu Bishvat". Haaretz. Retrieved January 20, 2011.
Aderet, Ofer (November 30, 2014). "Israel marks first-ever national day remembering Jewish exodus from Muslim lands". Haaretz. Retrieved April 15, 2015.

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"Une fête peu connue en Europe, La Mimouna". Harissa.com (in French). March 25, 2013. Retrieved July 22, 2013.

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Shawna Dolansky, "The Truth(s) About Hanukkah”, The Huffington Post, December 23, 2011, accessed most recently November 8, 2012.

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Knesset Proposes Aliyah Holiday Bill

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נזכור את כולם [Remember them all]. www.izkor.gov.il (in Hebrew). Israel Ministry of Defense. Retrieved February 6, 2013. See, in particular, this sub-page Archived October 19, 2013, at the Wayback Machine.

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"Mimouna Customs". www.jafi.org.il. Jewish Agency for Israel. 2011. Archived from the original on May 28, 2014. Retrieved July 22, 2013.
"The Seharane". jafi.org.il. The Jewish Agency for Israel. Archived from the original on October 17, 2013. Retrieved July 22, 2013.
"The Ethiopian Sigd". www.jafi.org.il. The Jewish Agency for Israel. Archived from the original on October 17, 2013. Retrieved July 22, 2013.

jewishdatabank.org

National Jewish Population Survey 2000-1, Berman Jewish DataBank, 2003, retrieved January 11, 2013(survey from the United States).

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Singer, Isidore; et al., eds. (1901–1906). "Fasting and Fast Days". The Jewish Encyclopedia. New York: Funk & Wagnalls.
Singer, Isidore; et al., eds. (1901–1906). "Yom Kippur Katan". The Jewish Encyclopedia. New York: Funk & Wagnalls.

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Nachum Mohl. "The Fifteenth Av and Yom Kippur". www.jewishmag.co.il.

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Rossoff, Dovid. "Meron on Lag B'Omer". The Jewish Magazine. Retrieved April 28, 2010.

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Mandel, Jonah (November 16, 2010). "Chief rabbis call for day of fasting, prayers for rain". Jerusalem Post. Retrieved July 14, 2013.
Wagner, Matthew (April 28, 2008). "An anchor for national mourning". The Jerusalem Post. Retrieved January 22, 2013.
Afsai, Shai (December 12, 2012). "The Sigd Festival comes home to Jerusalem". The Jerusalem Post. Retrieved July 22, 2013.

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As early as 1940, 4 Iyar had been established as a memorial day for victims of Arab attacks. See לישוב [Notice to the Yishuv]. Davar (in Hebrew). Tel Aviv. May 6, 1940.

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Memorial Day for Israel's Fallen Soldiers, Knesset official website. Retrieved April 25, 2012.

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The requirement to drink at the Purim Se'udah does not create license for dangerous or immoral behavior. See Se'udat Purim, as well as Josh Rossman and Shlomo Yaros (March 6, 2004). "Baruch Haman, Arur Mordechai". Kol Torah, Vol. 13 No. 24. Torah Academy of Bergen County. Archived from the original on July 18, 2011. Retrieved August 8, 2012. and Jeffrey Spitzer. "Drinking on Purim". MyJewishLearning.com. Archived from the original on January 9, 2015. Retrieved August 8, 2012.

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In practice, the Sanhedrin had the discretion to arrange the month proclamations so that Elul would almost never be extended to 30 days. See BT Rosh Hashanah 19b, as well as commentators there. This greatly reduced the practical level of doubt as to which day would be the first day of Tishrei. The doubt still existed, so Rosh Hashanah and Sukkot were observed for two days. However, the low level of the doubt–combined with the difficulty of a 49-hour fast–led to the exemption of Yom Kippur from the requirement for a second day of observance. This complex issue is discussed more fully here.

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"Yom Yerushalayim and Lag Ba'omer Events Postponed a Day Due to Chillul Shabbos". Matzav.com. Retrieved April 27, 2013.

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"Yom Yerushalayim:The Celebration". www.mazornet.com. MazorGuide. Retrieved April 27, 2013.

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One common suggestion is that the custom comes from Esther's hiding her family background when first brought to the palace.Esther 2:10). See Ariela Pelaia. "Purim–Jewish Holiday of Purim". about.com Judaism. Archived from the original on November 18, 2012. Retrieved December 26, 2012. See Rabbi Yair Hoffman (February 25, 2010). "New York–Purim Costumes–A History–Reasons and Origins". Vos iz Neias.com. Retrieved December 26, 2012., for another theory.
The text of the Torah itself uses the term Pesach to refer to the Korban Pesach, the offering of the paschal lamb, as well as the day that the sacrifice is offered—14 Nisan. See Leviticus 23:5. The long pilgrimage festival of 15–21 Nisan is always called Ḥag haMatzot, or "Festival of Unleavened Bread"; see Lev. 23:6. This distinction is still made in Karaite Judaism and in Samaritanism. In conventional Rabbinic Judaism the term Pesach now commonly refers to the pilgrimage festival itself, although the text of the liturgy continues to use the name Ḥag haMatzot.
Based on the source text at Lev. 23:11, normative Jewish practice identifies the start of the Omer period as the second day of Passover, or 16 Nisan. (See Shulchan Aruch OC 489 – via Wikisource.{{citation}}: CS1 maint: postscript (link)) Based on the same source text, Karaite practice identifies this as the first Sunday on or after 16 Nisan, and therefore places Shavuot on the eighth Sunday on or after 16 Nisan—both as reckoned on the Karaite calendar. (See Karaite Judaism: Sephirath Ha‘Omer and Shavu‘oth.)
The Jerusalem Talmud at Ta'anit 4:5 states that the walls were breached on this date during the First Temple period as well, notwithstanding the text of Jeremiah 39:2.
Numbers 29:1
See Jeremiah 41:1, ff.
Leviticus 23:42 and other places
Leviticus 23:40 and other places
See Esther 4:16.
Esther 9:2
See Esther 9.
See, for example, Exodus 12:14 and following verses.
See, for example, Ex. 12:39.
as per Ex. 12:15
Numbers 9.
Leviticus 23:9–17 and Deuteronomy 16:9–10
Per Exodus 32:1 ff., counting forty days from Shavuot.
Mishnah Ta'anit 4:6 (reference in Hebrew)
Lamentations 1:3
Numbers 28:15
Hebrew Bible Nehemiah 8

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Haber, Alan. "Yom HaAtzmaut and Yom Yerushalayim in Halacha and Hashkafa". www.mevaseret.org. Yeshivat Shaarei Mevaseret Zion. Archived from the original on July 25, 2012. Retrieved February 27, 2013.

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The game of dreidel itself, though, is likely of much later origin. See, for example, David Golinkin, "The Origin of the Dreidel" at myjewishlearning.com Archived December 20, 2014, at the Wayback Machine, accessed November 8, 2012.
The requirement to drink at the Purim Se'udah does not create license for dangerous or immoral behavior. See Se'udat Purim, as well as Josh Rossman and Shlomo Yaros (March 6, 2004). "Baruch Haman, Arur Mordechai". Kol Torah, Vol. 13 No. 24. Torah Academy of Bergen County. Archived from the original on July 18, 2011. Retrieved August 8, 2012. and Jeffrey Spitzer. "Drinking on Purim". MyJewishLearning.com. Archived from the original on January 9, 2015. Retrieved August 8, 2012.
"Ask the Expert: Wedding Timing". MyJewishLearning.org. Archived from the original on January 9, 2015. Retrieved June 11, 2013.
Gordon, Sheldon (May 2003). "Holocaust Scroll". The Jewish Forward. Archived from the original on January 9, 2015. Retrieved January 22, 2013.
"Yom Hazikaron: Israel's Memorial Day". www.myjewishlearning.com. My Jewish Learning. Archived from the original on May 12, 2011. Retrieved February 27, 2013.
"Yom Yerushalayim, Jerusalem Day". MyJewishLearning.com. Archived from the original on August 12, 2014. Retrieved April 27, 2013.

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See, for example, Nevins, Daniel, The Use of Electrical and Electronic Devices on Shabbat (PDF), retrieved October 23, 2012, as an illustration both on general concepts and on specific rulings.

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"yom tov". Random House Webster's Unabridged Dictionary.

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"Rosh Hashanah: Customs". ReformJudaism.org. Union for Reform Judaism. Retrieved July 14, 2013.

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See, for example, Cohen, Ezra. "Count Up". www.tfdixie.com. Torah from Dixie. Archived from the original on April 2, 2012. Retrieved January 18, 2013.

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See, for example, "ADLOYADA-The Purim Parade in Israel". theicenter.org. Retrieved June 2, 2017.

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"Yom HaShoah". timeanddate.com. Retrieved February 27, 2013.
"Yom HaAtzmaut". timeanddate.com. Retrieved February 27, 2013.

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Wein, Rabbi Berel. "Days of Fasting". torah.org. Project Genesis. Archived from the original on May 9, 2013. Retrieved July 14, 2013.

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One common suggestion is that the custom comes from Esther's hiding her family background when first brought to the palace.Esther 2:10). See Ariela Pelaia. "Purim–Jewish Holiday of Purim". about.com Judaism. Archived from the original on November 18, 2012. Retrieved December 26, 2012. See Rabbi Yair Hoffman (February 25, 2010). "New York–Purim Costumes–A History–Reasons and Origins". Vos iz Neias.com. Retrieved December 26, 2012., for another theory.

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The game of dreidel itself, though, is likely of much later origin. See, for example, David Golinkin, "The Origin of the Dreidel" at myjewishlearning.com Archived December 20, 2014, at the Wayback Machine, accessed November 8, 2012.
The requirement to drink at the Purim Se'udah does not create license for dangerous or immoral behavior. See Se'udat Purim, as well as Josh Rossman and Shlomo Yaros (March 6, 2004). "Baruch Haman, Arur Mordechai". Kol Torah, Vol. 13 No. 24. Torah Academy of Bergen County. Archived from the original on July 18, 2011. Retrieved August 8, 2012. and Jeffrey Spitzer. "Drinking on Purim". MyJewishLearning.com. Archived from the original on January 9, 2015. Retrieved August 8, 2012.
One common suggestion is that the custom comes from Esther's hiding her family background when first brought to the palace.Esther 2:10). See Ariela Pelaia. "Purim–Jewish Holiday of Purim". about.com Judaism. Archived from the original on November 18, 2012. Retrieved December 26, 2012. See Rabbi Yair Hoffman (February 25, 2010). "New York–Purim Costumes–A History–Reasons and Origins". Vos iz Neias.com. Retrieved December 26, 2012., for another theory.
The uprising began on 14 Nisan, Passover eve. There was sufficient opposition to the selection of that date for the memorial that its observance was moved to 27 Nisan, approximately halfway between the end of Passover and Yom Ha'Atzmaut, and still within the period of the uprising. See Rosenberg, Jennifer. "Holocaust Remembrance Day". about.com. Archived from the original on January 20, 2013. Retrieved January 22, 2013.
Lisa Katz. "Purim Shpiels". about.com Judaism. Archived from the original on January 17, 2013. Retrieved December 26, 2012.
See, for example, Cohen, Ezra. "Count Up". www.tfdixie.com. Torah from Dixie. Archived from the original on April 2, 2012. Retrieved January 18, 2013.
Travis, Rabbi Daniel Yaakov (April 29, 2010). "Mourning's End – Understanding Sefira and Lag B'Omer". Beyond BT. Archived from the original on May 1, 2013. Retrieved May 2, 2010.
"Ask the Expert: Wedding Timing". MyJewishLearning.org. Archived from the original on January 9, 2015. Retrieved June 11, 2013.
Wein, Rabbi Berel. "Days of Fasting". torah.org. Project Genesis. Archived from the original on May 9, 2013. Retrieved July 14, 2013.
Gordon, Sheldon (May 2003). "Holocaust Scroll". The Jewish Forward. Archived from the original on January 9, 2015. Retrieved January 22, 2013.
נזכור את כולם [Remember them all]. www.izkor.gov.il (in Hebrew). Israel Ministry of Defense. Retrieved February 6, 2013. See, in particular, this sub-page Archived October 19, 2013, at the Wayback Machine.
"Yom Hazikaron: Israel's Memorial Day". www.myjewishlearning.com. My Jewish Learning. Archived from the original on May 12, 2011. Retrieved February 27, 2013.
Haber, Alan. "Yom HaAtzmaut and Yom Yerushalayim in Halacha and Hashkafa". www.mevaseret.org. Yeshivat Shaarei Mevaseret Zion. Archived from the original on July 25, 2012. Retrieved February 27, 2013.
"Yom Yerushalayim, Jerusalem Day". MyJewishLearning.com. Archived from the original on August 12, 2014. Retrieved April 27, 2013.
"Mimouna Customs". www.jafi.org.il. Jewish Agency for Israel. 2011. Archived from the original on May 28, 2014. Retrieved July 22, 2013.
"The Seharane". jafi.org.il. The Jewish Agency for Israel. Archived from the original on October 17, 2013. Retrieved July 22, 2013.
"The Ethiopian Sigd". www.jafi.org.il. The Jewish Agency for Israel. Archived from the original on October 17, 2013. Retrieved July 22, 2013.

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Based on the source text at Lev. 23:11, normative Jewish practice identifies the start of the Omer period as the second day of Passover, or 16 Nisan. (See Shulchan Aruch OC 489 – via Wikisource.{{citation}}: CS1 maint: postscript (link)) Based on the same source text, Karaite practice identifies this as the first Sunday on or after 16 Nisan, and therefore places Shavuot on the eighth Sunday on or after 16 Nisan—both as reckoned on the Karaite calendar. (See Karaite Judaism: Sephirath Ha‘Omer and Shavu‘oth.)
Beitza 12a and Shulchan Aruch OC 495:1 – via Wikisource.{{citation}}: CS1 maint: postscript (link)
Mishnah Rosh Hashanah 1:3 – via Wikisource.
Mishnah Rosh Hashanah 1:1
Shulchan Aruch OC 489 – via Wikisource.{{citation}}: CS1 maint: postscript (link)
Shulchan Aruch Orach Chaim 551 – via Wikisource.{{citation}}: CS1 maint: postscript (link)

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Kitzur Shulchan Aruch 124 (Hebrew Wikisource).

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Kodesh Studies, Yeshiva College of South Africa

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YNET: Grassroots initiated holiday becomes law

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