Festivals

Thursday 25th September 2014 ראש השנה Jewish New Year Click here for details of the Rosh Hashanah Services

יוֹם כִּפּוּר Saturday 4 October 2014 The Day of Atonement   Click here for details of services.

סוכות‎ Thursday 9 October First day of the the Feast of Tabernacles

שְׁמִינִי עֲצֶֽרֶת שִׂמְחַת תּוֹרָה Thursday 16th October Eighth Day of Assembly / Rejoicing of Torah  

חֲנֻכָּה   Festival of Lights

טו בשבט Wednesday 4th February New Year for the Trees

פּוּרִים The story of Purim is told in the Book of Esther, whose eponymous heroine plays the leading role in saving her people. The holiday is traditionally celebrated with wild abandon, fancy dress and partying as well as the reading of the Megillah (retelling the story). There is also a tradition of giving gifts to […]

פֶּסַח Pesach Originally a combination of a couple of different spring festivals, it is a commemoration of the Exodus from Egypt--especially the night when God "passed over" the houses of the Israelites during the tenth plague--and of the following day, when the Israelites had to leave Egypt hurriedly. Centered on the family or communal celebration […]

יום השואה Thursday 16th April The full name of the day commemorating the victims of the Holocaust is "Yom Hashoah Ve-Hagevurah"--literally the "Day of (Remembrance of) the Holocaust and the Heroism." It is marked on the 27th day in the month of Nisan--a week after the seventh day of Passover, and a week before Yom Hazikaron (Memorial Day for Israel's fallen […]