When Is Purim Celebrated? Is it the Same Day Every Year? The festival of Purim is celebrated every year on the 14th day of Adar, the second month of the Hebrew calendar, everywhere but Jerusalem.

(RNS) — Elul, the current and final month in the ancient Hebrew calendar, is a time of introspection, preparation and forgiveness as Jews prepare for the High Holidays: first the new year ...

The Jewish calendar year begins around the autumnal equinox and then has 12 lunar months, each lasting about 30 days: Tishrei, Cheshvan, Kislev, Tevet, Shevat, Adar, Nisan (the spring month in ...

Ancient roots The name Tu BiShvat refers to the 15th day of the month of Shvat on the Hebrew calendar. In 2023, it starts on the evening of Feb. 5.

Rosh Hashanah in 2025 will begin at sundown on Monday, Sept. 22, and continue through nightfall on Wednesday, Sept. 24.

Hanukkah means "dedication" in Hebrew. It's usually in December, but the dates change every year since Judaism follows a lunar calendar. The national menorah lit in Washington, DC, is 30 feet tall ...

The Jewish calendar is a lunisolar calendar, also based on lunar months, that begins with the first day of Rosh Hashanah. Here's when Easter and Passover are this year and why they fall "late" in ...

JERUSALEM — One of the oldest surviving biblical manuscripts, a nearly complete 1,100-year-old Hebrew Bible, could soon be yours — for a cool $30 million.

Rosh Hashanah, also known as the Jewish New Year, is one of Judaism’s holiest days. It begins on the first day of Tishrei, the seventh month of the Hebrew calendar.

JERUSALEM – One of the oldest surviving biblical manuscripts, a nearly complete 1,100-year-old Hebrew Bible, could soon be yours — for a cool $30 million. The Codex Sassoon, a leather-bound ...