<Ul> <Li> Rosh Hashanah, (also Yom Ha - Zikkaron or "Day of Remembrance", and Yom Teruah, or "Day of the Sounding of the Shofar"). Rosh Hashanah is the Jewish New Year (literally, "head of the year"), although it falls on the first day of the seventh month of the Hebrew calendar, Tishri . Rosh Hashanah marks the beginning of the 10 - day period of atonement leading up to Yom Kippur, during which Jews are commanded to search their souls and make amends for sins committed, intentionally or not, throughout the year . Holiday customs include blowing the shofar, or ram's horn, in the synagogue, eating apples and honey, and saying blessings over a variety of symbolic foods, such as pomegranates . </Li> <Li> Yom Kippur, ("Day of Atonement") is the holiest day of the Jewish year . It is a day of communal fasting and praying for forgiveness for one's sins . Observant Jews spend the entire day in the synagogue, sometimes with a short break in the afternoon, reciting prayers from a special holiday prayerbook called a "Machzor". Many non-religious Jews make a point of attending synagogue services and fasting on Yom Kippur . On the eve of Yom Kippur, before candles are lit, a prefast meal, the "seuda mafseket", is eaten . Synagogue services on the eve of Yom Kippur begin with the Kol Nidre prayer . It is customary to wear white on Yom Kippur, especially for Kol Nidre, and leather shoes are not worn . The following day, prayers are held from morning to evening . The final prayer service, called "Ne'ilah", ends with a long blast of the shofar . </Li> </Ul> <Li> Rosh Hashanah, (also Yom Ha - Zikkaron or "Day of Remembrance", and Yom Teruah, or "Day of the Sounding of the Shofar"). Rosh Hashanah is the Jewish New Year (literally, "head of the year"), although it falls on the first day of the seventh month of the Hebrew calendar, Tishri . Rosh Hashanah marks the beginning of the 10 - day period of atonement leading up to Yom Kippur, during which Jews are commanded to search their souls and make amends for sins committed, intentionally or not, throughout the year . Holiday customs include blowing the shofar, or ram's horn, in the synagogue, eating apples and honey, and saying blessings over a variety of symbolic foods, such as pomegranates . </Li> <Li> Yom Kippur, ("Day of Atonement") is the holiest day of the Jewish year . It is a day of communal fasting and praying for forgiveness for one's sins . Observant Jews spend the entire day in the synagogue, sometimes with a short break in the afternoon, reciting prayers from a special holiday prayerbook called a "Machzor". Many non-religious Jews make a point of attending synagogue services and fasting on Yom Kippur . On the eve of Yom Kippur, before candles are lit, a prefast meal, the "seuda mafseket", is eaten . Synagogue services on the eve of Yom Kippur begin with the Kol Nidre prayer . It is customary to wear white on Yom Kippur, especially for Kol Nidre, and leather shoes are not worn . The following day, prayers are held from morning to evening . The final prayer service, called "Ne'ilah", ends with a long blast of the shofar . </Li> <P> Purim (Hebrew: פורים (help info) Pûrîm "lots") is a joyous Jewish holiday that commemorates the deliverance of the Persian Jews from the plot of the evil Haman, who sought to exterminate them, as recorded in the biblical Book of Esther . It is characterized by public recitation of the Book of Esther, mutual gifts of food and drink, charity to the poor, and a celebratory meal (Esther 9: 22). Other customs include drinking wine, eating special pastries called hamantashen, dressing up in masks and costumes, and organizing carnivals and parties . </P>

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