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*'''[[Chanukah]]''' (there are several English spellings)--celebrates the rededication of the Temple after the revolt against the Greeks recorded in the Books of Macabees. Jews light candles each night for eight nights, adding one candle each night.
 
*'''[[Chanukah]]''' (there are several English spellings)--celebrates the rededication of the Temple after the revolt against the Greeks recorded in the Books of Macabees. Jews light candles each night for eight nights, adding one candle each night.
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*'''Purim'''--celebrates the thwarting of a plot to kill all Jews recorded in the Book of Esther, which is read aloud in its entirety in the synagogue.
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*'''[[Purim]]'''--celebrates the thwarting of a plot to kill all Jews recorded in the Book of Esther, which is read aloud in its entirety in the synagogue.
    
*'''Tisha B'Av'''--a fast day that mourns the destruction of the Temple in Jerusalem.
 
*'''Tisha B'Av'''--a fast day that mourns the destruction of the Temple in Jerusalem.
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