JEWISH HOLIDAYS

FROM SOLEMN OCCASIONS

TO LIVELY FESTIVITY

JEWISH HOLIDAYS

• Also described as Jewish Festivals or 'Yom Tov'
• Yom Tov meaning: literally, "a good day"
• On these certain days the Torah prohibits work (let's all convert)
• Work is defined differently for Yom Tov as to Shabbat

"MELACHA"

• The most common feature of Shabbat and Biblical festivals
• is the requirement to refrain from "work" or melacha on these days
• Defined in Jewish Law by 39 categories of labor
• On Shabbat and Yom Kippur all melacha is prohibited
• On Yom Tov most melacha is restricted other than the preparation of food

SUBVERT THAT SACREDNESS AND BLOCK IT'S LIGHT."

THE DAY OF REST

• Shabbat, weekly observance of God's completion of creation
• Starting Friday night an hour before sunset
• Lasts for 25 hours until sunset on Saturday night
• Considered the most important of all Jewish holidays

SHABBAT VS. YOM TOV

• Shabbat is on the day the weekly cycle transcends itself
• We can think of this abstractly, a day going beyond the limits of the week
• Yom Tov, used as a greeting for Yom Tov holidays (ex. Rosh Hashanah)
• Other greetings; "Shanah tovah" meaning "a good year";
• "Shana tova u'metukah" meaning "a good sweet year"

THERE ARE SIX DAYS

CELEBRATING YOM TOV

WHAT IS THE DIASPORA?

CELEBRATING YOM TOV

SHABBAT REQUIREMENTS

AS TO YOM TOV

"AND YOU SHALL REJOICE IN YOUR FESTIVAL ... AND YOU SHALL BE HAPPY"

REFERENCES - BIBLIOGRAPHY

• www.religionfacts.com
• www.patheos.com
• www.bbc.co.uk/religion
• www.webspace.ship.edu
• Encyclopedia of Judaism