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Happy holiday. [χaɡ saˈme.aχ] Hebrew. Used as a greeting for the holidays, can insert holiday name in the middle; e.g. "chag Chanukah sameach". [2] Also, for Passover, " chag kasher v'same'ach " (חַג כָּשֵׁר וְשָׂמֵחַ ) meaning wishing a happy and kosher (-for-Passover) holiday. [2] Moed tov. Moadim l'simcha.
A birthday cake iced with the words mazal tov, often done in Israel. Here the phrase is written in Hebrew cursive . " Mazel tov " ( Yiddish : מזל טוב , romanized : mázl tov ) or " mazal tov " ( Hebrew : מזל טוב , romanized : mazál tov ; lit. "good fortune") is a Jewish phrase used to express congratulations for a happy and ...
Yom Huledet. " Yom Huledet (Happy Birthday) " ( Hebrew: יום הולדת; meaning "Birthday") was the Israeli entry in the Eurovision Song Contest 1999, performed in Hebrew and English by Eden. The song was written by Yitzhak Baranes, Ya'akov Lamai [ he], Jacky Oved, and Gabriel Butler [ he], and composed by Baranes, Lamai, Oved, and Moshe ...
Live until 120. The phrase "May you live until 120" (Hebrew: עד מאה ועשרים שנה: Ad me'ah ve-essrim shana; Yiddish: ביז הונדערט און צוואַנציק ; Biz hundert un tsvantsik), often written as "till 120", is a traditional Jewish blessing. [1]
A Hebrew birthday (also known as a Jewish birthday) is the date on which a person is born according to the Hebrew calendar. This is important for Jews, particularly when calculating the correct date for day of birth, day of death, a bar mitzva or a bat mitzva. This is because the Jewish calendar differs from the secular and Christian Gregorian ...
Yom Ha'atzmaut (Hebrew: יוֹם הָעַצְמָאוּת, Arabic: عيد الاستقلال, romanized: ʿīd al-istiqlāli, lit. 'Day of Independence') is Israel's national day, commemorating the Israeli Declaration of Independence on 14 May 1948. It is marked by a variety of official and unofficial ceremonies and observances.
The Hebrew calendar (Hebrew: הַלּוּחַ הָעִבְרִי, romanized: halLūaḥ hāʿĪḇrī), also called the Jewish calendar, is a lunisolar calendar used today for Jewish religious observance and as an official calendar of Israel. It determines the dates of Jewish holidays and other rituals, such as yahrzeits and the schedule of ...
Purim is the plural of the Hebrew word pur (loan from Akkadian puru) meaning "lot". [ 13 ] [ a ] Its use as the name of this festival comes from Esther 3:6–7, describing the choice of date: 6: [...] having been told who Mordecai's people were, Haman plotted to do away with all the Jews, Mordecai's people, throughout the kingdom of Ahasuerus.