Start of month of Elul on the Hebrew calendar. Elul (ΧΦ±ΧΧΦΌΧ) is the 12th month of the civil Hebrew year (13th on leap years) and the 6th month of the biblical Hebrew year. It has 29 days and corresponds to August or September on the Gregorian calendar. Χ¨ΦΉΧΧ©Χ ΧΧΦΉΧΦΆΧ©Χ, transliterated Rosh Chodesh or Rosh Hodesh, […]
Prayers for forgiveness in preparation for the High Holidays https://hebcal.com/h/leil-selichot-2025?uc=ical-diaspora-2025
The Jewish New Year. Also spelled Rosh Hashanah https://hebcal.com/h/rosh-hashana-2025?uc=ical-diaspora-2025
The Jewish New Year. Also spelled Rosh Hashanah Torah: Genesis 21:1-34; Numbers 29:1-6 Haftarah: I Samuel 1:1-2:10 https://hebcal.com/h/rosh-hashana-2025?uc=ical-diaspora-2025
The Jewish New Year. Also spelled Rosh Hashanah Torah: Genesis 22:1-24; Numbers 29:1-6 Haftarah: Jeremiah 31:2-20 https://hebcal.com/h/rosh-hashana-2025?uc=ical-diaspora-2025
Fast of the Seventh Month. Commemorates the assassination of the Jewish governor of Judah Torah: Exodus 32:11-14, 34:1-10 https://hebcal.com/h/tzom-gedaliah-2025?uc=ical-diaspora-2025
Shabbat of Returning. Shabbat that occurs during the Ten Days of Repentance between Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur Haftarah: Hosea 14:2-10; Micah 7:18-20; Joel 2:15-27 https://hebcal.com/h/shabbat-shuva-2025?uc=ical-diaspora-2025
In partnership with the Maine Jewish Film Festival (MJFF), UMaine Judaic Studies is honored to screen the award-winning film βAinβt no Back to a Merry-Go-Roundβ by Emmy Award-winning Jewish director Ilana Trachtman in Minsky Recital Hall on the campus of the University of Maine on September 28th, 2025. This documentary tells the largely unknown story […]
Day of Atonement. The holiest day of the year in Judaism, traditionally observed with a 25-hour period of fasting and intensive prayer https://hebcal.com/h/yom-kippur-2025?uc=ical-diaspora-2025
