Holidays

Simchat Torah ends the four fall festivals; it is the day of rejoicing in the Torah.   Simchat Torah is a day to rejoice in our relationship with the Torah and to mark the completion of the Torah reading cycle.   Simchat Torah

Sukkot (also spelled Succah) comes four days after Yom Kippur ends. This festival lasts eight days and celebrates the gathering of the harvest.   As soon as Yom Kippur ends, the building of the Sukkah begins. The Sukkah is a

Yom Kippur is the Day of Atonement.  It comes ten days after Rosh Hashanah. The High Holy Days begin with Rosh Hashanah and culminate with Yom Kippur. The High Holidays are a ten-day period of penitence and know as the

Rosh Hashanah is the Jewish New Year and marks the beginning of the four fall festivals. This is a time of solemn evaluation and personal scrutiny. It is a Day of Remembrance, looking back at the past year as well