Jewish holiday
Let an agent explain Jewish holidays and their calendar, describe major and minor holidays with attribution to Jewish sources, relay observance practices and variation among communities, and distinguish biblical, rabbinic and modern observances.
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Purpose and description
Let an agent explain Jewish holidays and their calendar, describe major and minor holidays with attribution to Jewish sources, relay observance practices and variation among communities, and distinguish biblical, rabbinic and modern observances.
A day or period of religious observance in Judaism, fixed by the Hebrew calendar, including the biblical festivals of Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur that form the High Holy Days, the Three Pilgrimage Festivals of Passover, Shavuot and Sukkot, the weekly Shabbat, rabbinic holidays such as Hanukkah and Purim, fast days called taanit, and modern Israeli observances; holidays are marked by liturgy, meals, rest on Yom Tov days and customs that vary among Jewish communities.
What it is for: Religious observance and communal life.
It can be explain the calendar and holidays; describe observances; relay variation among communities; distinguish kinds of holiday.
Distinguishing features
Lunisolar calendar
Biblical and rabbinic layers
Rest restrictions on Yom Tov
Community variation
What it looks like
Not a visible object; days of prayer, rest, festive meals and customs.
Physical character
Hebrew calendar year: 353 to 385 days - lunisolar with leap months
Yom Tov days in the diaspora: often 2 days - where Israel keeps 1
How it is recognised
Observances of the Jewish calendar
High Holy Days, Pilgrimage Festivals, Shabbat, fast days, rabbinic and Israeli holidays
Israeli civil holidays are related; Christian and Islamic holidays follow other calendars
Related models
is a kind of - in registry terms
is fixed by - the lunisolar calendar
is observed in - the religion
includes - the holiest day
In practice
Families and kinds
Shabbat
High Holy Days: Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur
Three Pilgrimage Festivals: Passover, Shavuot, Sukkot with Shemini Atzeret and Simchat Torah
rabbinic holidays: Hanukkah and Purim
fast days such as Tisha B Av and other taanit
minor observances such as Tu BiShvat and Lag BaOmer
modern Israeli observances such as Yom HaShoah and Yom HaAtzmaut
Standards and regulation
Halakha on holiday observance as interpreted by each movement
Israeli law on public holidays
Workplace accommodation laws in some countries
Failure modes and hazards
Wrong dates from calendar conversion errors
Overgeneralising practices across communities
Disrespectful presentation
Also called
Where this came from
wikidata · CC0 1.0
Drafted structure
Bundle to layer to finding to question, as the second pass will find it: 4 bundles · 8 layers · 8 findings · 16 questions.
Understand The holidays.
Attribution.
Calendar
Calendar and dates.
Calendar
Calendar.
- How does the Hebrew calendar fix holiday dates, and when do the holidays fall in a given year? definition
- Is the question about a religious holiday, an Israeli civil holiday or another calendar? boundary
Kinds
Kinds of holiday.
Kinds
Kinds.
- How do biblical, rabbinic, fast and modern observances differ, as Jewish sources describe? provenance
- Which entry fits the specific holiday? action
Observe Observance.
Attribution.
Practices
Practices.
Practices
Practices.
- What liturgy, meals, rest rules and customs mark the major holidays, described with attribution? provenance
- Is the presentation respectful and attributed to the traditions? boundary
Variation
Variation among communities.
Variation
Variation.
- How do Ashkenazi, Sephardi, Mizrahi and denominational practices differ? provenance
- Which references are standard? provenance
Meaning Meaning and history.
Sources.
Meaning
Meaning.
Meaning
Meaning.
- What do the holidays commemorate, and how are they interpreted in Jewish thought? provenance
- Which sources are cited? provenance
History
History.
History
History.
- How did the holiday cycle develop from biblical to rabbinic and modern times, as scholars describe? provenance
- Which entry fits the history of Judaism? action
Context Society and accommodation.
Context.
Society
Holidays in society.
Society
Society.
- How are Jewish holidays accommodated in workplaces, schools and public life in different countries? provenance
- Which entry fits religious accommodation? action
Israel
Holidays in Israel.
Israel
Israel.
- How are religious and national holidays observed in Israel? provenance
- Which entry fits public holidays in Israel? action
What the second pass must settle
- Should each major holiday be a separate entry?
- How should calendar sources be linked?
- The registry entry has merged aliases naming groupings and a date list; should they be split off?