Israeli Accents

 

Holocaust Remembrance Day
April 21, 2009
Holocaust Remembrance Day -- we honor the memory of the Six Million.

 

 

Israel Memorial Day
April 28, 2009
 
Israel Memorial Day -- giving one's life in defense of the Jewish people is a mitzvah of the highest order

 

 

Israel Independence Day
April 29, 2009
Israel Independence Day -- return of the Jewish people to the Land of Israel.
 

 

 

Yom Yerushalayim
May 22, 2009
The anniversary of the reunification of Jerusalem.

 

 

Shavuot
May 29, 2009
The Day the Torah was given.
 

 

 

Tisha B'Av and the 3 Weeks
July 30, 2009

A Major Fast Day -- The day the Temple in Jerusalem was twice destroyed.
 

 

 

The High Holidays
September 19 -28, 2009
Rosh Hashana and Yom Kippur -- a day of sweetness and a day of atonement.
 

 

 

Sukkot
October 3, 2009
The Festival of Booths - with Lulav and Etrog in hand, we camp out under the stars seven days.
 

 

 

Chanukah
December 12, 2009
The Holiday of Lights -- celebrating the miracle of a little oil that lasted eight days.
 

 

 

10th of Tevet
December 27, 2009
A Fast Day -- the Babylonians first laid siege to Jerusalem.
 

 

 

 

Tu B'Shvat
February 09, 2009
New Year for the Trees -- connecting to the environment and appreciate the fruits of the Land of Israel
 

 

 

Purim
March 10 2009
The Holiday of Joy -- dress up and be merry.
 

 

 

Passover
April 9, 2009
Liberation and fulfillment!

 

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