Shavuot is described in the Torah as an agricultural holiday. On the second day of Passover, the feast of spring (Deuteronomy 16: 1), the...

The identity of the Jewish people is determined by everything that happened to our ancestors in Egypt, their process of liberation by...

Purim is a very peculiar holiday. Judaism teaches to avoid excessive behaviors, but on Purim it is a mitzwah to overindulge with...

The book of 2 Maccabees is one of the most important sources to understand the meaning of the Chanukah festival (“Dedication” in Hebrew)...

The festival of Sukkot is celebrated over seven days, but the Torah adds an “eighth day” of joy to it: “Shemini Atzeret” (an expression...

What is the meaning of the celebration of Sukkot? The question seems unnecessary since there is a biblical paragraph that gives a very...

Yom Kippur is the most important day in the Jewish calendar. Since biblical times it was dedicated as the time when in response to a...

Biblical festivals are generally related to the seasonal events on the ancient agricultural calendar in the land of Israel: Pesach with...