Jewish festivals: Quick Facts

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Western Wall: shofar

Two Jewish men wearing yarmulkes and tallitot, one blowing a shofar and the other holding a prayer book, praying during Rosh Hashana in Uman, Ukraine.

Sukkot celebration

A family gathers around a table of food set for Passover seder, singing the prayer song Dayenu in their home.

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Hanukkah Passover Purim Tu BiShvat Rosh Hashanah Shavuot Yom Kippur Tisha b’Av Sabbath Jubilee Jewish religious year Hebraic law Kaddish Zionism Haskala Musar Hasidism shtetl New Year festival klezmer music

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