jewish holy day
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1. a religious holiday for Jews (noun.time)
| hypernym | : | holy day, religious holiday, |
| definition | : | a day specified for religious observance (noun.time) |
| hyponym | : | feast of booths, feast of tabernacles, succos, succoth, sukkoth, tabernacles, |
| definition | : | a major Jewish festival beginning on the eve of the 15th of Tishri and commemorating the shelter of the Israelites during their 40 years in the wilderness (noun.time) |
| hyponym | : | rosh chodesh, rosh hodesh, |
| definition | : | (Judaism) the beginning of each month in the Jewish calendar; marked by a special liturgy (noun.time) |
| hyponym | : | high holiday, high holy day, |
| definition | : | Jewish holy days observed with particular solemnity (noun.time) |
| hyponym | : | purim, |
| definition | : | (Judaism) a Jewish holy day commemorating their deliverance from massacre by Haman (noun.time) |
| hyponym | : | rejoicing in the law, rejoicing of the law, rejoicing over the law, shimchath torah, simchas torah, simchat torah, simhat torah, simhath torah, |
| definition | : | (Judaism) a Jewish holy day celebrated on the 22nd or 23rd of Tishri to celebrate the completion of the annual cycle of readings of the Torah (noun.time) |
| hyponym | : | fast of ab, fast of av, ninth of ab, ninth of av, tisha b'ab, tisha b'av, tishah b'ab, tishah b'av, |
| definition | : | (Judaism) a major fast day on the Jewish calendar commemorating the destruction of the temples in Jerusalem (noun.time) |
| hyponym | : | channukah, channukkah, chanukah, chanukkah, feast of dedication, feast of lights, feast of the dedication, festival of lights, hannukah, hanukah, hanukkah, |
| definition | : | (Judaism) an eight-day Jewish holiday commemorating the rededication of the Temple of Jerusalem in 165 BC (noun.time) |
| hyponym | : | lag b'omer, |
| definition | : | (Judaism) Jewish holy day; the 33rd day after the 2nd day of Passover; the 18th day of Iyar (noun.time) |
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