This is the first in a series of pages on the jewish holidays. The old testament describes three major feasts that became part of the jewish annual calendar, each having its own unique theological significance for the community 2 chr. Rosh hashanah jewish new year and yom kippur day of atonement are considered high holy days or high holidays. Each religion requires its followers to adhere to a certain. A day devoted to selfexamination, and the chance to begin the new year with a clean slate. The major holidays of judaism are rosh hashanah new year, yom kippur day of atonement, and pesach passover. They include religious, cultural and national elements, derived from three sources. Its foundations lie in the book of genesis, when god created the world in.
Historical texts and archeological evidence indicate that in late antiquity. There are essentially three major categories of jewish holidays, celebrations, and commemorations found in the. The jewish day of atonementthe most solemn day of the jewish year. Start studying compare and contrast islam, judaism, and christianity. They are all abrahamic religions and worship the same god. As society changed, the jews found that the torah needed to be updated from its original agricultural emphasis. Jewish festivals 2019 from yom kippur to shavuot and purim, here. This sacred text is divided into two main sections, the old testament and the new testament which are then further divided into various books.
The three pilgrimage festivals, in hebrew shalosh regalim. Christianity, islam, and judaism have many similarities and many differences. Then god will reopen the books of life and death on yom kippur, and based on each. Major jewish holidays include hanukkah, passover, rosh hashanah, yom kippur, sukkot, and purim. Each of the individual holiday pages talks about the significance of a holiday, its traditional observances and related customs, the date on which each holiday will occur for the next five years, and. The three weeks and tisha bav are designated as a time of mourning over the destruction of the holy temple and the galut exile. The three major festivals, sukkot, passover, and shavuot, are. But how do observers celebrate significant dates in the hebrew calendar. We also invite you to join us at the pjcc for our holiday celebrations. These three major feasts include the feast of unleavened bread pesachpassover, the feast of weeks shavoutpentecost, and the feast of booths sukkoth. The other holy book for the jewish religion is the talmud which includes the.
The other holy book for the jewish religion is the talmud which includes the mishnah, which means repetition or study and the gemara, which means addition or completion. Jewish holy days haggim, celebrate landmark events in jewish history, such as the exodus from egypt and the giving of the torah, and sometimes mark the change of seasons and transitions in the agricultural cycle. The three pilgrimage festivals, originally designated because they were supposed to be celebrated in jerusalem, refers to passover, shavuot and sukkot holidays. This page discusses some basic considerations that apply to all or many holidays. The first holy day is rosh hashanah, the traditional jewish new year. A chart at explains the different parts of the tanakh and whats.
These books are not part of the tanakh hebrew bible, they are apocryphal books instead. Learn more about significant holidays and observations of the jewish calendar. Answer 1 introduction the jewish holy book is the tanakh jewish bible, containing the torah and the prophetic books. The most important jewish holy days are the sabbath, the three pilgrimage festivals passover, shavuot, and sukkot and the two high holy days rosh hashanah and yom kippur. Judaism is the worlds oldest monotheistic religion, dating back nearly 4,000 years. The holy books of world religions sacred texts in world.