Calendar and Holy Days On Website Lunar Calendar Linked to special events in History Every month begins with the appearance of a new moon A month is either days long A lunar month is off by 12 days to a solar year A leap month is added every 2-3 years Counting of years base on years since creation. Day begins at Sundown. Rosh Hashanah (new years) Month of Tishre Rosh Hashanah The Head of the Year Holiest day of the year No work Permitted Day spent In Synagogue Rosh Hashanah (new years) 30 days prior to Rosh Hashanah the Shofar (Rams horn) is blown at the Synagogue service. Eating of sweet things a wish to have a sweet new years. Rosh Hashanah (new years) "Tashlich" -"casting off" symbolically casting off the sins of the previous year by tossing pieces of bread or another food into a body of flowing water. Yom Kippur ("Day of Atonement) atone for the sins of the past year KAPAROS ancient folk costom "This is my substitute, this is my exchange, this is my atonement. This fowl will go to death, and I will enter upon a good and long life." Sukkot https://www.youtube.com/wa tch?v=iZ8WLRNEDWg The End of.. Hanukkah or Chanukah Month of Kislev (8 days long) Hanukkah Menorah Sometimes called Chanukivah Menorah Hanukkah or Chanukah (feast of dedication ) Children receive gifts each day Children also play the Dreidel Game Purim Month of Adar Commemorates the Legend of Esther The story is read from the scrolls Gifts of money and food to the poor and to friends and family. Passover (Pesach) Month of Nisan Celebrated with Seder Dinner Children ask ritual questions about why each thing is done. Contemporary Passover Liturgynew-haggadah-passover- 2014_n_ html Holocaust Memorial Day In Israel a country wide min of silence. Shavuot The Giving of the Torah The Sabbath (or Shabbat) a day of great joy eagerly awaited throughout the week most important ritual observance in Judaism a day of rest and spiritual enrichment. Typical Shabbat schedule At about 2PM or 3PM Shabbat preparations. Shabbat, like all Jewish days, begins at sunset, Shabbat candles are lit and a blessing is recited no later than eighteen minutes before sunset. This ritual, performed by the woman of the house, officially marks the beginning of Shabbat. Two candles are lit, representing the two commandments: zakhor (remember) and shamor (observe)woman The family then attends a brief evening servic Shabbat cont.. After services, the family comes home for a festive, leisurely dinner The usual prayer for eating bread is recited over two loaves of challah,challah Shabbat cont After dinner, the birkat ha-mazon (grace after meals) is recited By the time all of this is completed, it may be 9PM or later. The family has an hour or two to talk or study Torah, and then go to sleep. Wake up and do it all over again Shabbat ends at nightfall