The Hebrew-language term Yom Tov (יום טוב), sometimes referred to as "festival day", usually refers to the six biblically-mandated festival dates on which all activities prohibited on Shabbat are prohibited, except for some related to food preparation.General concepts Groupings Ĭertain terms are used very commonly for groups of holidays. Each holiday can only occur on certain days of the week, four for most, but five for holidays in Tevet and Shvat and six for Hanukkah (see Days of week on Hebrew calendar).ĭate ranges for Jewish holidays Holiday This is because the Hebrew calendar is a lunisolar calendar (based on the cycles of both the sun and moon), whereas the Gregorian is a solar calendar.
Jewish holidays occur on the same dates every year in the Hebrew calendar, but the dates vary in the Gregorian.
They include religious, cultural and national elements, derived from three sources: biblical mitzvot ("commandments"), rabbinic mandates, and the history of Judaism and the State of Israel. Jewish holidays, also known as Jewish festivals or Yamim Tovim ( Hebrew: ימים טובים, lit.'Good Days', or singular יום טוב Yom Tov, in transliterated Hebrew ), are holidays observed in Judaism and by Jews throughout the Hebrew calendar.
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