Jewish holidays are occasions which mark events in our past. Some are from the Torah (see Leviticus ch.23 for a list), some are from the prophets (Purim, plus the minor fasts), and some are from the Sages (Hanukkah).
Shabbat - every Saturday (from Friday at sunset until Saturday after twilight)
Rosh Hashanah - the Jewish New Year, 2 days
Yom Kippur - a fast day, the Day of Atonement, 1 day
Pesach - Passover - 7 or 8 days
Shavuot - Feast of Weeks; Yom HaBikurim - 1 or 2 days
Sukkot - Feast of Booths - 7 days
Shemini Atzeret and Simchat Torah - 1 or 2 days
Minor holidays and occasions (in which work is not forbidden):
Rosh Chodesh - the new moon, every 29 or 30 days
Hanukkah - the Festival of Lights - 8 days
Tu Bishvat - New Year of the Trees - 1 day
Purim - 1 day, followed by 1 day of Shushan Purim
Sefirah - Counting of the Omer - 49 days
Lag Ba'omer - 1 day
The Three Weeks and the Nine Days (days of mourning preceding Tisha b'Av)
Tu B'Av - 1 day
Here is a list of most of major and minor Jewish holidays:
1 Rosh Hashanah (ראש השנה)- The Jewish New Year
2 Aseret Yemei Teshuva (עשרת ימי תשובה)- Ten Days of Repentance
3 Yom Kippur (יום כיפור) - Day of Atonement
4 Sukkot (סוכות) - Feast of Booths (or Tabernacles)
5 Shemini Atzeret (שמיני עצרת) and Simchat Torah (שמחת תורה)
6 Hanukkah (חנוכה) - Festival of Lights
7 Tenth of Tevet (י׳ בטבט)
8 Tu Bishvat (ט״ו בשבט) - New Year of the Trees
9 Purim (פורים) - Festival of Lots, celebration of the victory of the story of Esther
10 Pesach (פסח) - Passover, celebration of the Exodus
11 Sefirah (ספירת העומר) - Counting of the Omer
12 Lag Ba'omer (ל״ג בעומר)
13 Shavuot (שבועות) - Feast of Weeks - Yom HaBikurim
14 Seventeenth of Tammuz (י״ז בתמוז)
15 The Three Weeks and the Nine Days
16 Tisha B'av - Ninth of Av (ט׳ באב), commemoration of the Temple destruction
17 Rosh Chodesh - the New Month (ראש חודש)
18 Shabbat - The Sabbath (שבת), Saturday, the day of rest
19 Yom HaShoah (יום השואה) - Holocaust Remembrance day
20 Yom Hazikaron (יום הזיכרון) - Memorial Day
21 Yom Ha'atzmaut (יום העצמאות) - Israel Independence Day
22 Yom Yerushalaim (יום ירושלים) - Jerusalem Day
It depends on how you define 'holiday'. In other words, whether or not to include minor fast days, regional Jewish holidays not universally observed, and Israeli secular holidays, some of which are widely observed by Jews outside Israel.
Here is a list of almost all of the major and minor holidays:
1 Rosh Hashanah - The Jewish New Year
2 Aseret Yemei Teshuva - Ten Days of Repentance
3 Yom Kippur - Day of Atonement
4 Sukkot - Feast of Booths (or Tabernacles)
5 Shemini Atzeret and Simchat Torah
6 Hanukkah - Festival of Lights
7 Tenth of Tevet
8 Tu Bishvat - New Year of the Trees
9 Purim - Festival of Lots
10 Pesach - Passover
11 Sefirah - Counting of the Omer
12 Lag Ba'omer
13 Shavuot - Feast of Weeks - Yom HaBikurim
14 Seventeenth of Tammuz
15 The Three Weeks and the Nine Days
16 Tisha B'av - Ninth of Av
17 Rosh Chodesh - the New Month
18 Shabbat - The Sabbath
19 Yom HaShoah - Holocaust Remembrance day
20 Yom Hazikaron - Memorial Day
21 Yom Ha'atzmaut - Israel Independence Day
22 Yom Yerushalaim - Jerusalem Day
It depends on what you define as a holiday, but somewhere between 25 and 30, if you include the minor fasts and Israeli modern holidays.
Answer
Many of these holidays are found in Leviticus ch.23. The holidays begin at sunset and last until after nightfall around 25 hours later.
Each festival has its specific laws:
Yes. Below is a list.
Many of these holidays are found in Leviticus ch.23. Other occasions are more recent; specifically Purim (2375 years), Hanukkah (2200 years), and the fasts marking the Destruction of the Temple (Zechariah 7:3 and 8:19).The holidays begin at sunset and last until after nightfall around 25 hours later. They serve to enrich the Jewish year and to connect the people with their past.
All of these days are marked by added prayers and Torah-readings; and each has its specific observances.
Fast days:
Judaism has six yearly fasts. The fasts start shortly before dawn and end at twilight, except for Yom Kippur and Tisha B'Av which start the evening before at sunset and last for 25 hours.
The sixth fast, Yom Kippur, is the Day of Atonement, commanded in Leviticus 23:26-32.
Each festival has its specific purpose and laws:
Reasons for the holidays:
Every one of them has as its purpose "remembering the Exodus from Egypt" (as stated in our prayers and the kiddush over wine). In addition, Passover is a Thanksgiving to God for the barley-harvest, Shavuot is a thanksgiving to God for the wheat-harvest, and Sukkot is a thanksgiving to God for the ingathering of grain.
Shavuot also celebrates the Giving of the Torah on Mount Sinai, and Sukkot commemorates God having protected us in the wilderness.
It may also be noted that it is instinctive and a moral and emotional need to celebrate in front of God every so often. This was Cain's motivation in making his offering in Genesis ch.4 without having been commanded.
Had God not given us the Torah-festivals listed above, we might instinctively seek out those of the Canaanites, which the Torah warns against (Exodus 34:15) immediately before listing the Jewish festivals (in the following verses).
Many of these holidays are found in Leviticus ch.23. Other occasions are more recent; specifically Purim (2375 years), Hanukkah (2200 years), and the fasts marking the Destruction of the Temple (Zechariah 7:3 and 8:19).The holidays begin at sunset and last until after nightfall around 25 hours later. They serve to enrich the Jewish year and to connect the people with their past.
All of these days are marked by added prayers and Torah-readings; and each has its specific observances.
Fast days:
Judaism has six yearly fasts. The fasts start shortly before dawn and end at twilight, except for Yom Kippur and Tisha B'Av which start the evening before at sunset and last for 25 hours.
Link: The destruction
The Fast of Esther commemorates the danger that the Jews were in, during the events described in the Book of Esther.
The sixth fast, Yom Kippur, is the Day of Atonement, commanded in Leviticus 23:26-32.
Each festival has its specific purpose and laws:
Reasons for the holidays:
Every one of them has as its purpose "remembering the Exodus from Egypt" (as stated in our prayers and the kiddush over wine). In addition, Passover is a thanksgiving to God for the barley-harvest, Shavuot is a thanksgiving to God for the wheat-harvest, and Sukkot is a thanksgiving to God for the ingathering of grain.
Shavuot also celebrates the Giving of the Torah on Mount Sinai, and Sukkot commemorates God having protected us in the wilderness.
It may also be noted that it is instinctive and a moral and emotional need to celebrate in front of God every so often. This was Cain's motivation in making his offering in Genesis ch.4 without having been commanded.
Had God not given us the Torah-festivals listed above, we might instinctively seek out those of the Canaanites, which the Torah warns against (Exodus 34:15) immediately before listing the Jewish festivals (in the following verses).
Passover and Yom Kippur
Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur.
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Channukkah, Sukkot, Pesach and Yom Kippur.
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Observing the Torah and other Jewish holidays aswell as rejecting Christ as the Messiah
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