Shavuot (pronounced Shah-voo-OTE), Hebrew for “weeks," has been observed since biblical times. It marks the passing of seven ...

Shavuot, Hebrew for “weeks," has been observed since biblical times. It marks the passing of seven weeks (49 days) from the ...

Jewish families commemorated Lag B'Omer, which marks the end of an ancient plague and heeds Rabbi Shimon Bar Yochai's call for joy, love and respect.

Jewish families in Lancaster honor Shavuot with a Torah reading, dairy buffet and reflection on timeless values rooted in the ...

For example, Jewish students in Israel speak Hebrew, follow the Jewish calendar, and spend most of their time with other Jews. Yet many of them are still looking for a stronger connection to ...

The sacrifice of fasting allows Muslims to approach Allah. In a similar way, in Tishrei, the first month of the Jewish calendar - approximately in the month of September of the Gregorian year - we.

Hebcal is a program which prints out the days in the Jewish calendar for a given secular year. Hebcal is fairly flexible in terms of which events in the Jewish calendar it displays. Each of the ...

We count months in our beautifully intricate Jewish calendar, even adding a leap month seven times every 19 years to keep our festivals aligned with their seasons. Without that correction, Rosh ...

The calendar begins in 3761 B.C., the traditional Jewish date of creation. By that count, the year 2025 corresponds to 5785. Further reading: Catholics embrace Lunar New Year with faith and ...

The Exodus can also be seen as the birth of the people of Israel as a nation. In the Jewish calendar, Passover corresponds this year to the dates of the 14th to the 21st of Nissan in the year 5784.