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April 2006 - 2007
Israeli Accents
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Holocaust Remembrance Day
April 15, 2007
Holocaust
Remembrance Day -- we honor the memory of the Six Million.
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Israel Memorial Day
April 22,
2007
Israel
Memorial Day -- giving one's life in defense of the Jewish people is a
mitzvah of the highest order
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Israel Independence Day
April 23,
2007
Israel Independence
Day -- return of the Jewish people to the Land of Israel.
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Yom Yerushalayim
May 16,
2007
The anniversary of the reunification of Jerusalem.
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Shavuot
May 23
-24, 2007
The Day the Torah
was given.
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Tisha B'Av and the 3 Weeks
July 3
-24, 2007
A Major
Fast Day -- The day the Temple in Jerusalem was twice
destroyed.
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The High Holidays
September
13 -22, 2007
Rosh Hashana and Yom Kippur -- a day of sweetness and a day
of atonement.
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Sukkot
Sept. 27
- October 5, 2007
The Festival of
Booths - with Lulav and Etrog
in hand, we camp out under the stars seven days.
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Chanukah
December
16 - December 23, 2006
The Holiday of Lights
-- celebrating the miracle of a little oil that lasted eight days.
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10th of Tevet
December
31, 2006
A Fast Day -- the
Babylonians first laid siege to Jerusalem.
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Tu B'Shvat
February
13, 2006 - Monday
New Year for the
Trees -- connecting to the environment and appreciate the fruits of the Land of Israel
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Purim
March 7 - March 8, 2004
The Holiday of Joy
-- dress up and be merry.
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Passover
March
14 - March 15, 2006
Liberation and
fulfillment!
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