Israel has many holidays and festivals throughout the year, including Rosh Hashanah, Sukkot, Passover, and many more. In the following posts, you can learn everything you need to know about them. Some require prior planning, like being prepared for no public transportation.
Winter is an excellent time to visit Israel if you want to tour the main cities, visit the top-notch museums, and experience the holiday season in the Holy Land, the …
Yom Kippur, “the Day of Atonement,” is the holiest day on the Jewish calendar. According to the Jewish tradition, GOD inscribes a person’s fate on Rosh Hashanah, the Jewish New Year, but …
Springtime is the ideal time to visit Israel. Temperature is usually pleasant – around 25 degrees Celsius during the day. If you’re not coming on one of the Jewish holidays, …
The Hebrew month of Elul will begin on the 18th of August. Elul is the month of Selichot, and if you’re in Israel this month, you should definitely go see …
Shavuot is a one-day holiday, marking the completion of the seven-week Counting of the Omer. According to tradition, it is also the day that GOD gave the Torah to the …
Passover is a seven-day holiday, commemorating the exodus from Egypt. On this holiday, we celebrate the freedom of the Israelite people from slavery in Egypt. We gather, eat the traditional …
Channukah is the Jewish “Festival of Lights.” In recent years, I’ve learned that many religions celebrate holidays connected to light during November or December, the wintertime months. This is because …
Sukkot is a weeklong Jewish holiday that celebrates the gathering of the harvest. But most importantly, it reminds us of the Exodus from Egypt. During the Exodus, GOD took care …
Rosh Hashanah marks the beginning of the Jewish Year. According to Jewish tradition, it is the day GOD created Adam and Eve. It is also the day GOD determines the …
We are getting closer and closer to Christmas, which will be celebrated, like every year, on the 25th of December. If you’re planning to be in Israel this Christmas, here …
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