Jewish Holidays

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the first and second days of Tishrei; the beginning of the Jewish civil year; souls are judged and fates are "temporarily" decided; white clothes, apples with honey, and pomegranates

the tenth day of Tishrei; Day of Atonement; at the end, fates are sealed; abstain from eating, drinking, washing, sex, and indulgent dress; white clothes; the Book of Jonah

celebrates the booths Israelites lived in during the Exodus and the harvest; build booths in which they live and eat for 7 days; the palm, the etrog, the myrtle, and the willow

eight days, starting of the 25th of Kislev; celebrates the victory of the Maccabee army; menorahs, latkes, dreidels

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the 14th of Adar; the Book of Esther; traditional to dress up, get drunk, give to charity, eat pastry, and exchange gifts

seven or eight days beginning on the 15th of Nissan; commemorate the Exodus from Egypt; seder; no leavened bread

the 6th of Sivan and the 50th day of Omer; commemorates the Torah at Mt. Sinai and the harvest; Book of Ruth

mourning for the destructions of the first and second temples; fasting; the Book of Lamentations