Valentine’s Day, July 4th and Halloween all land on a Friday in 2025, making for at least a few fun holiday weekends to look ...

Jews who observe the holiday typically self-reflect during the 49-day “Omer count” period and work on their spiritual growth. This year, it begins the evening of Sunday, May 16 and lasts until ...

Shavuot, like other Jewish holidays ... celebrate it on the same day as their fellow Jews in the Land of Israel. Today, in honor of that tradition, Jewish communities outside the Land of Israel ...

Today, those churches who observe all or parts ... to the number of days between Passover and the Jewish festival of Shavuot.

New Jersey election law sets the primary on the first Tuesday following the first Monday in June, but the state legislature has the power to change the date. Next year, that day is June 3, which falls ...

ORIGINS Tikkun Leil Shavuot is said to have been officially established by the famous 16th-century kabbalist, Rabbi Isaac Luria, more commonly referred to as the Arizal or the Ari. However, there ...

After concern arose that Jewish residents would be hindered from participating in the primary because of the Jewish holiday Shavuot, lawmakers are moving forward with a plan to shift the election ...

Coming 50 days after Passover, Shavuot marks the end of the grain harvest and the anniversary of the giving of the Torah at Mount Sinai. Shavuot is also one of the Shalosh Regalim, the three ...

Jews with some familiarity of Shavuot probably know the holiday as ... Jewish food – especially Ashkenazi food – is today in this country.” Centuries ago, he says, Jews had a lot of ...

Democratic leaders in Trenton on Thursday committed to moving New Jersey’s 2025 primary to avoid a conflict with Shavuot, a Jewish holiday during which observant Jews cannot use electronics ...

On the night of the festival of Shavuot (the first night of Shavuot in the diaspora), it is traditional for Jews to stay up and learn Torah – a centuries-old custom known as Tikkun Leil Shavuot.