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Jewish calendar

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hebrew calendarnounSynonym of Jewish calendar.
rosh hashanahnoun(Judaism) The Jewish holiday marking the start of the liturgical year, taking place on the first two days of Tishrei, 163 days after the first day of Passover.
liturgical yearThe liturgical year, also called the church year, Christian year, ecclesiastical calendar, or kalendar, consists of the cycle of liturgical days and seasons that determines when feast days, including celebrations of saints, are to be observed, and which portions of scripture are to be read.
lectionarynoun(Christianity, Judaism) A book or listing that contains a collection of scripture readings appointed for Christian or Jewish worship on a given day or occasion.
general roman calendarthe liturgical calendar that indicates the dates of celebrations of saints and mysteries of the Lord (Jesus Christ) in the Roman Rite of the Catholic Church, wherever this liturgical rite is in use.
calendar of saintsThe calendar of saints is the traditional Christian method of organizing a liturgical year by associating each day with one or more saints and referring to the day as the feast day or feast of said saint.
revised common lectionarya lectionary of readings or pericopes from the Bible for use in Christian worship, making provision for the liturgical year with its pattern of observances of festivals and seasons.
sukkotnoun(Judaism) An ancient biblical / Israelite / Jewish festival lasting seven days, celebrating the autumn harvest and commemorating the passage through the wilderness: observed from the 15th day to the 21st day of the month of Tishrei (Tishri).
siddurnoun(Judaism) A prayer book containing a set order of daily prayers.
shavuotnoun(Judaism) A ceremony held on that day to commemorate the giving of the Torah (“first five books of the Hebrew scriptures”) to Moses and the Israelites on Mount Sinai.
hebrew biblenoun(Abrahamism) The sacred texts of Judaism, consisting of the Law (Torah), the Prophets, and the Hagiographa.
torah studythe study of the Torah, Hebrew Bible, Talmud, responsa, rabbinic literature, and similar works, all of which are Judaism's religious texts.
torah readinga Jewish religious tradition that involves the public reading of a set of passages from a Torah scroll.
simchat torahnoun(Judaism) a Jewish holiday that marks the conclusion of the annual cycle of Torah readings, the celebrations of which include singing and dancing with the Torah scrolls
relative hourRelative hour (Hebrew singular: / ; plural: / ), sometimes called halachic hour, temporal hour, seasonal hour and variable hour, is a term used in rabbinic Jewish law that assigns 12 hours to each day and 12 hours to each night, all throughout the year.
tishreinoun(Judaism) The first month of the civil year and the seventh month of the ecclesiastical year in the Jewish calendar, after Elul and before Cheshvan.
punjabi calendarThe (Punjabi: , ) a luni-solar calendar used by the Punjabi people in Punjab and around the world, but varies by religions.
haggadahnoun(Judaism) The text which is recited at Seder during the first and second nights of Passover, focused on the freeing of Israel from Egyptian bondage as described in the Book of Exodus.
islamic calendarnounA calendar system associated with Islamic culture, dividing the year into twelve months.
haftarahnoun(Judaism) A selection from the books of Nevi'im and Ketuvim of the Tanach, usually corresponding to the week's parashah, publicly read in synagogue following the parashah.

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