FALL FEASTS
ROSH HASHANA
“Tell the people of Isra’el, ‘In the seventh month, the first of the month is to be for you a day of complete rest for remembering, a holy convocation announced with blasts on the shofar. Do not do any kind of ordinary work, and bring an offering made by fire to ADONAI.'” Leviticus 23.24-25
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YOM KIPPUR
“The tenth day of this seventh month is Yom-Kippur: you are to have a holy convocation, you are to deny yourselves, and you are to bring an offering made by fire to ADONAI. You are not to do any kind of work on that day, because it is Yom-Kippur, to make atonement for you before ADONAI your God.” Leviticus 23.27-28
Date of celebration: Monday, September 25, 2023 at 6:30 pm – 7:30 pm
Suggested dress: N/A
SUKKOT
“Tell the people of Isra’el, on the fifteenth day of this seventh month is the feast of Sukkot for seven days to ADONAI. On the first day there is to be a holy convocation; do not do any kind of ordinary work. For seven days you are to bring an offering made by fire to ADONAI, on the eighth day you are to have a holy convocation and bring an offering made by fire to ADONAI; it is a day of public assembly; do not do any kind of ordinary work.” Leviticus 23.34-36
Date of celebration: Friday, September 29, 2023 at 6:30 pm – 7:30 pm
Suggested dress: N/A
TIME OF REMEMBRANCE
HANUKKAH
“Moreover Judas and his brethren with the whole congregation of Isra’el ordained that the days of the dedication of the altar should be kept in their season from year to year by the space of eight days, from the five and twentieth day of the month Casleu, with Mirth and gladness.” 1 Maccabees 4.59
Date of celebration: Friday, December 8, 2023 at 6:30 pm – 8:30 pm
Suggested dress: N/A