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Chrismukkah. A Hanukkah bush that some Jewish families display in their homes for the duration of Hanukkah and Christmas. [1] [2] Unlike a Christmas tree it would be without any Christianity-themed ornaments and use the colour blue. Chrismukkah is a pop-culture portmanteau neologism referring to the merging of the holidays of Christianity 's ...
Hanukkah bush. A Hanukkah bush that some Jewish families display in their homes for the duration of Hanukkah and Christmas. [1] [2] It uses a Star of David rather than any Christian-themed decorations. A Hanukkah bush is a bush or tree —real or artificial—that some Jewish families in North America display in their homes for the duration of ...
Tu BiShvat ( Hebrew: ט״ו בִּשְׁבָט, romanized : Ṭū bīŠvāṭ, lit. '15th of Shevat') is a Jewish holiday occurring on the 15th day of the Hebrew month of Shevat (in 2024, Tu BiShvat begins at sunset on January 24 and ends in the evening of January 25). It is also called Rosh HaShanah La'Ilanot ( ראש השנה לאילנות ), literally "New Year of the Trees". In ...
List of observances set by the Hebrew calendar All observances begin at sunset the day prior to the Gregorian date listed unless otherwise noted, and end on nightfall of the date in question, which is defined as the appearance of three stars in the sky. On leap years (which occur every 2–3 years) an extra month, Adar II, is added and certain holidays move accordingly, and it is mentioned in ...
The dreidel is a Jewish variant on the teetotum, a gambling toy found in Europe and Latin America . Each side of the dreidel bears a letter of the Hebrew alphabet: נ ( nun ), ג ( gimel ), ה ( hei ), ש ( shin ). These letters are represented in Yiddish as a mnemonic for the rules of a gambling game derived from teetotum played ...
Shemini Atzeret ( שְׁמִינִי עֲצֶרֶת —"Eighth [day of] Assembly") is a Jewish holiday. It is celebrated on the 22nd day of the Hebrew month of Tishrei in the Land of Israel, [1] and on the 22nd and 23rd outside the Land, usually coinciding with late September or early October. It directly follows the Jewish festival of Sukkot which is celebrated for seven days, and thus ...
Some critics of Christian observances of Jewish holidays have echoed the comments of the 4th century theologian John Chrysostom who said, The festivals of the pitiful and miserable Jews are soon to march upon us one after the other and in quick succession: the feast of Trumpets, the feast of Tabernacles, the fasts.
Jewish art encompasses the visual plastic arts, sculpture, painting, and more, all influenced by Jewish culture, history, and religious beliefs . Jewish artistic expression traces back to the art of the ancient Israelites in the Land of Israel, where it originated and evolved during the Second Temple Period, influenced by various empires.