Purim
Begins sunset of Wednesday, March 4, 2015
Ends nightfall of Thursday, March 5, 2015
Ends nightfall of Thursday, March 5, 2015
- Ta'anit Esther - March 4, 2015
- Shushan Purim - March 6, 2015
Purim celebrates the deliverance of the Jewish people from the wicked Haman in the days of Queen Esther of Persia.
Passover
Begins sunset of Friday, April 3, 2015
Ends nightfall of Saturday, April 11, 2015
Ends nightfall of Saturday, April 11, 2015
No work permitted on April 4 - 5 and April 10 - 11. Work is permitted only on April 6 - 9 with certain restrictions.
Passover (Pesach) celebrates the deliverance of the Jewish people from slavery in Egypt.
Second Passover
Sunday, May 3, 2015
Thirty days ago we cleaned our homes and souls
of leaven, and matzahed our way through the week-long festival of
Passover. And now, Pesach Sheni—a Second Passover!
Lag B'Omer
Thursday, May 7, 2015
The birthday of Jewish mysticism
Shavuot
Begins sunset of Saturday, May 23, 2015
Ends nightfall of Monday, May 25, 2015
Ends nightfall of Monday, May 25, 2015
Shavuot marks the giving of the Torah on Mt.
Sinai. The Ten Commandments are read in synagogues, just as they were in
the desert on Mt. Sinai over 3,300 years ago.
The Three Weeks
Saturday, July 4, 2015 through Saturday, July 25, 2015
Fast of the 17th of Tammuz - July 5, 2015
Fast of Tish'a B'Av - July 25 - 26, 2015
The “Three Weeks” and Tisha B’Av are designated as a time of mourning over the destruction of the Holy Temple and the galut (exile).
The 15th of Av
Friday, July 31, 2015
Our sages proclaimed the 15th of Av (Tu B'Av)
as one of the two greatest festivals of the year, yet they ordained no
special observances. This is the day which the Talmud considers the
greatest festival of the year, with Yom Kippur a close second!
Rosh Hashanah
Begins sunset of Sunday, September 13, 2015
Ends nightfall of Tuesday, September 15, 2015
Ends nightfall of Tuesday, September 15, 2015
The Month of Elul - August 16 - September 13, 2015
Fast of Gedaliah - September 16, 2015
Rosh Hashanah is the Jewish New Year. It is
the anniversary of the creation of Adam and Eve, and a day of judgment
and coronation of G‑d as king.
Yom Kippur
Begins sunset of Tuesday, September 22, 2015
Ends nightfall of Wednesday, September 23, 2015
Ends nightfall of Wednesday, September 23, 2015
It is the Day of Atonement—“For on this day
He will forgive you, to purify you, that you be cleansed from all your
sins before G‑d” (Leviticus 16:30).
Sukkot
Begins sunset of Sunday, September 27, 2015
Ends nightfall of Sunday, October 4, 2015
Ends nightfall of Sunday, October 4, 2015
For
forty years, as our ancestors traversed the Sinai Desert, following the
Exodus from Egypt, miraculous "clouds of glory" surrounded and hovered
over them, shielding them from the dangers and discomforts of the
desert. Ever since, we remember G-d's kindness and reaffirm our trust in His providence by dwelling in a sukkah--a
hut of temporary construction with a roof covering of branches--for the
duration of the Sukkot festival (on the Jewish calendar Tishrei 15-21).
For seven days and nights, we eat all our meals in thesukkah and otherwise regard it as our home.
Chanukah
Begins sunset of Sunday, December 6, 2015
Ends nightfall of Monday, December 14, 2015
Ends nightfall of Monday, December 14, 2015
Chanukah commemorates the rededication of the
Temple in Jerusalem after a group of Jewish warriors defeated the
occupying mighty Greek armies.
There is much more information posted at http://www.chabad.org/holidays/default_cdo/year/2015/jewish/2015-Holidays.htm
There is every reason to believe that 2015 is
going to be highly significant prophetically speaking. The rapture
could occur any day, but many of us continue to see the Jewish holidays
as being especially significant. I know many are looking for the
rapture to happen during one of the Fall festivals, but with so much
happening we should keep watchful everyday.
YBIC
Bruce Baber