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Line 17: − + − * '''[[Purim]]''' - 14 Adar (2 Adar leap year) - Purim commemorates the events that took place in the Book of Esther. It is celebrated by reading or acting out the story of Esther, and by making disparaging noises at every mention of Haman (the antagonist)'s name. This is by far more fun than Hanukkah.
Purim is in Tanach.
:*The [[Torah]] reading on the Sabbath has more sections of Torah readings than on Yom Kippur, the most of any Jewish holiday.
:*The [[Torah]] reading on the Sabbath has more sections of Torah readings than on Yom Kippur, the most of any Jewish holiday.
:*There is a tradition that the [[Messiah]] will come if every Jew observes the Sabbath twice in a row.<br />Additionally, Orthodox Jews observe 39 restrictions on the Sabbath. These include not cooking, lighting fires (includes using electricity), extinguishing fires, writing, cutting, etc.
:*There is a tradition that the [[Messiah]] will come if every Jew observes the Sabbath twice in a row.<br />Additionally, Orthodox Jews observe 39 restrictions on the Sabbath. These include not cooking, lighting fires (includes using electricity), extinguishing fires, writing, cutting, etc.
* '''[[Purim]]''' - 14 Adar (2 Adar leap year) - Purim commemorates the events that took place in the Book of Esther. It is celebrated by reading or acting out the story of Esther, and by making disparaging noises at every mention of Haman (the antagonist)'s name. This is by far more fun than Hanukkah.
== Non-Biblical holidays ==
== Non-Biblical holidays ==
* '''[[Chanukah]]''' - 25 Kislev - 2, 3 Tevet - The story of Hanukkah is preserved in the books of the First and Second Maccabees. These books are not part of the Tanakh (Hebrew Bible), they are apocryphal books instead. The miracle of the one-day supply of oil miraculously lasting eight days is first described in the [[Talmud]].
* '''[[Chanukah]]''' - 25 Kislev - 2, 3 Tevet - The story of Hanukkah is preserved in the books of the First and Second Maccabees. These books are not part of the Tanakh (Hebrew Bible), they are apocryphal books instead. The miracle of the one-day supply of oil miraculously lasting eight days is first described in the [[Talmud]].
* '''[[Tu Bishva]]t''' - 15 Shevat - Tu Bishvat is the new year for trees. According to the Mishnah, it marks the day from which fruit tithes are counted each year, and marks the timepoint from which the Biblical prohibition on eating the first three years of fruit and the requirement to bring the fourth year fruit to the Temple in Jerusalem were counted. In modern times, it is celebrated by eating various fruits and nuts associated with the Land of [[Israel]].
* '''[[Tu Bishva]]t''' - 15 Shevat - Tu Bishvat is the new year for trees. According to the Mishnah, it marks the day from which fruit tithes are counted each year, and marks the timepoint from which the Biblical prohibition on eating the first three years of fruit and the requirement to bring the fourth year fruit to the Temple in Jerusalem were counted. In modern times, it is celebrated by eating various fruits and nuts associated with the Land of [[Israel]].
[[Category:Holidays]][[Category:Judaism]]
[[Category:Holidays]][[Category:Judaism]]