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  • Shmini Atzeret / שמיני עצרת

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    Shemini Atzeret (“the Eighth of Assembly”) is celebrated on the 22nd day of the Hebrew month of Tishrei (first month of calendar). In the Diaspora, an additional day is celebrated, […]

  • Simchat Torah / שמחת תורה

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    Simchat Torah or Simḥath Torah (also Simkhes Toreh, “Rejoicing with/of the Torah,”) is a celebration marking the conclusion of the annual cycle of public Torah readings, and the beginning of […]

  • Shmini Atzeret / שמיני עצרת

    Recurring

    Shemini Atzeret (“the Eighth of Assembly”) is celebrated on the 22nd day of the Hebrew month of Tishrei (first month of calendar). In the Diaspora, an additional day is celebrated, […]

  • Sukkot / סוכות

    Recurring

    Sukkot (sukkōt, or sukkos, Feast of Booths, Feast of Tabernacles) is a Biblical holiday celebrated on the 15th day of the month of Tishrei (late September to late October). It […]

  • Shavuot / שבועות

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    Shavuot is the second of three pilgrimage festivals in Judaism (along with Passover and Sukkot). Known as the Shalosh Regalim in Hebrew, these festivals each have agricultural and historical significance and were days […]

  • Chanukah / חנוכה

    Hanukkah, Chanukah or Chanuka, also known as the Festival of Lights, is an eight-day Jewish holiday commemorating the rededication of the Holy Temple (the Second Temple) in Jerusalem at the […]

  • Chanukah Celebration at the JRC of the Poconos!

    Jewish Resource Center of the Poconos 1210 N. 5th Street, Stroudsburg, P, United States

    Join us on Wednesday, December 17th between 4:30 pm - 6:30 pm for a delightful Chanukah celebration! Sponsored by the Jewish Federation of Northeastern Pennsylvania.

  • Tu BiShvat / טו בשבט

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    Tu BiShvat or Tu B’Shevat or Tu B’Shvat occurs on the 15th day of the Hebrew month of Shevat. It is also called “The New Year of the Trees” or […]

  • Purim / פורים

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    Purim (“lots”, from the word pur, related to Akkadian pūru) commemorates the deliverance of the Jewish people in the ancient Persian Empire from destruction in the wake of a plot […]

  • Yom HaShoah יום השואה

    Holocaust Remembrance Day “Holocaust and Heroism Remembrance Day” known colloquially in Israel and abroad as Yom HaShoah (יום השואה) and in English as Holocaust Remembrance Day, or Holocaust Day, is […]

  • Yom Haatzmaut / יום העצמאות

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    Immediately after Yom Hazikaron ends, Yom Haatzmaut (Israel’s Independence Day) begins. It takes place on the date in the Hebrew calendar that Israel declared independence, the 5th of Iyar.