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Observed as a day of fasting, mourning and repentance, where people refrain from food and drink from daybreak to nightfall, and add selichot and other special supplements to their prayers. The fast ends at nightfall or as soon as you see three medium sized stars in the sky.
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Passover celebrates the deliverance of the Jewish people from slavery in Egypt.
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Marks the completion of the seven-week counting period between Passover and Shavuot, where the acceptance of God’s gift is renewed, and and God “re-gives” the Torah.
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A day where the tachanun, the confession of sins should be forgiven from daily prayers.
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The Jewish new year. Anniversary of the creation of Adam and Eve.
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The holiest day on the Jewish calendar.
