Holidays

Selichot

Begin a spiritual journey of growth and reflection as we prepare to enter into the season of awe and renewal.

Rosh Hashanah

Celebrate the New Year and usher in the High Holy Days with the TBE community.

Yom Kippur

The most solemn religious holy day of the Jewish year and the last of the 10 days of repentance that begins with Rosh Hashanah.

Sukkot

The only festival with an explicit commandment to rejoice, Sukkot is for giving thanks for the fall harvest and commemorates 40 years of Jews wandering in the desert after the giving of the Torah. Celebrated five days after Yom Kippur.

Simchat Torah

A day after Sukkot, Simchat Torah celebrates the completion of the reading of the Torah and affirms the importance of Torah in our lives. Participate as the scrolls are taken from the ark and danced around our makom.

Chanukah

Celebrate miracles in history and in our lives, today. Take time to enjoy stories, songs, lights, and dreidels!

Chanukah Guide 5781
Pass the Candle Video
Chanukah Blessings

Tu B’Shevat

Considered the “New Year of the Trees,” and originally an agricultural festival to welcome spring, today it is a tree planting festival in Israel.

Purim

Experience the story of Purim from the Book of Esther, whose eponymous heroine saves her people. Hamantachens, gifts, costumes, humor — fun all around.

Passover

The festival of freedom. Celebrate the liberation of our ancestors from slavery and remember all who are still enslaved, including at our beloved communal seder.

NEW: Search for Chameitz Podcast

Interactive TBE Haggadah (recommended) or printer friendly TBE Haggadah

Passover Guide 5781

Family Passover Handbook

TGIS Seder Supplement

Four Questions

TBE Passover Cookbook

Yom Ha’atzmaut

Israel Independence Day recognizes the establishment of the State of Israel when members of the “provisional government” read and signed a Declaration of Independence in Tel Aviv on May 14, 1948.

Watch Rabbi Saphire cook Yom Ha’atzmaut falafel waffles

Shavuot

Commemorate the spring harvest and the giving of the Torah on Mount Sinai.

Tikkun Leil Shavuot I URJ

Resources & Opportunities to Celebrate I URJ

How to Observe Shavuot from Home I ReformJudaism.org

Recipes & Family Activites I ReformJudaism.org

Tisha B’Av

Observe the day of mourning for the calamities that have befallen the Jewish people over the ages.