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  • Holi (H, J, Si)

    Holiday associated with exuberant flinging of colored powders, celebrates the advent of spring and the enduring message that good will always be victorious over evil; light will always overcome darkness

  • Nineteen Day Fast

    Sunrise to sunset fast also marked with prayer to reinvigorate soul and bring closer to God (fasting)

  • ๐ŸŽญ๏ธ๐Ÿ“œ Erev Purim (Judaism)

    Celebration of Jewish deliverance as told by Megilat Esther. It commemorates a time when the Jewish people living in Persia were saved from extermination Torah: Esther 1:1-10:3 https://hebcal.com/h/purim-2026?uc=ical-diaspora-2026

  • ๐ŸŽญ๏ธ๐Ÿ“œ Purim

    Celebration of Jewish deliverance as told by Megilat Esther. It commemorates a time when the Jewish people living in Persia were saved from extermination Torah: Exodus 17:8-16; Esther 1:1-10:3 https://hebcal.com/h/purim-2026?uc=ical-diaspora-2026

  • Lailat al-Qadr (I)

    The night when the Quran was first sent down from Heaven to the world and also the night when the first verses of the Quran were revealed to the prophet […]

  • Ostara (P, W)

    Celebrates Spring, also known as the vernal equinox

  • ๐Ÿ• Shabbat HaGadol

    Shabbat before Pesach (The Great Shabbat) Haftarah: Malachi 3:4-24 https://hebcal.com/h/shabbat-hagadol-2026?uc=ical-diaspora-2026

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