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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20260912
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20260913
DTSTAMP:20260424T205305
CREATED:20250630T202602Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250630T202602Z
UID:1781-1789171200-1789257599@umaine.edu
SUMMARY:🍏🍯 Rosh Hashana 5787
DESCRIPTION:The Jewish New Year. Also spelled Rosh Hashanah\nTorah: Genesis 21:1-34; Numbers 29:1-6\nHaftarah: I Samuel 1:1-2:10\nhttps://hebcal.com/h/rosh-hashana-2026?uc=ical-diaspora-2026
URL:https://umaine.edu/religious-studies/event/%f0%9f%8d%8f%f0%9f%8d%af-rosh-hashana-5787/
CATEGORIES:Holiday,Holidays
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20260913
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20260914
DTSTAMP:20260424T205305
CREATED:20250630T202602Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250630T202602Z
UID:1783-1789257600-1789343999@umaine.edu
SUMMARY:🍏🍯 Rosh Hashana II
DESCRIPTION:The Jewish New Year. Also spelled Rosh Hashanah\nTorah: Genesis 22:1-24; Numbers 29:1-6\nHaftarah: Jeremiah 31:2-20\nhttps://hebcal.com/h/rosh-hashana-2026?uc=ical-diaspora-2026
URL:https://umaine.edu/religious-studies/event/%f0%9f%8d%8f%f0%9f%8d%af-rosh-hashana-ii-2/
CATEGORIES:Holiday,Holidays
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20260914
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20260915
DTSTAMP:20260424T205305
CREATED:20250604T223936Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250702T153552Z
UID:1489-1789344000-1789430399@umaine.edu
SUMMARY:Ganesh Chaturthi (H)
DESCRIPTION:Birthday of Lord Ganesha\, revered as the god of wisdom\, prosperity and good fortune and the remover of obstacles.
URL:https://umaine.edu/religious-studies/event/ganesh-chaturthi-h-2/
CATEGORIES:Holiday,Holidays
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20260914
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20260915
DTSTAMP:20260424T205305
CREATED:20250630T202602Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250630T202602Z
UID:1782-1789344000-1789430399@umaine.edu
SUMMARY:✡️ Tzom Gedaliah
DESCRIPTION:Fast of the Seventh Month. Commemorates the assassination of the Jewish governor of Judah\nTorah: Exodus 32:11-14\, 34:1-10\nhttps://hebcal.com/h/tzom-gedaliah-2026?uc=ical-diaspora-2026
URL:https://umaine.edu/religious-studies/event/%e2%9c%a1%ef%b8%8f-tzom-gedaliah-2/
CATEGORIES:Holiday,Holidays
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20260919
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20260920
DTSTAMP:20260424T205305
CREATED:20250630T202602Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250630T202602Z
UID:1784-1789776000-1789862399@umaine.edu
SUMMARY:🕍 Shabbat Shuva
DESCRIPTION:Shabbat of Returning. Shabbat that occurs during the Ten Days of Repentance between Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur\nHaftarah: Hosea 14:2-10; Micah 7:18-20; Joel 2:15-27\nhttps://hebcal.com/h/shabbat-shuva-2026?uc=ical-diaspora-2026
URL:https://umaine.edu/religious-studies/event/%f0%9f%95%8d-shabbat-shuva-2/
CATEGORIES:Holiday,Holidays
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20260920
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20260921
DTSTAMP:20260424T205305
CREATED:20250630T202602Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250630T202602Z
UID:1785-1789862400-1789948799@umaine.edu
SUMMARY:✡️ Erev Yom Kippur
DESCRIPTION:Day of Atonement. The holiest day of the year in Judaism\, traditionally observed with a 25-hour period of fasting and intensive prayer\nhttps://hebcal.com/h/yom-kippur-2026?uc=ical-diaspora-2026
URL:https://umaine.edu/religious-studies/event/%e2%9c%a1%ef%b8%8f-erev-yom-kippur-2/
CATEGORIES:Holiday,Holidays
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20260921
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20260922
DTSTAMP:20260424T205305
CREATED:20250604T223937Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250702T153610Z
UID:1491-1789948800-1790035199@umaine.edu
SUMMARY:Yom Kippur* (Ju)
DESCRIPTION:Day of Atonement (Fasting and work prohibited)
URL:https://umaine.edu/religious-studies/event/yom-kippur-ju-2/
CATEGORIES:Holiday,Holidays
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20260921
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20260922
DTSTAMP:20260424T205305
CREATED:20250630T202603Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250630T202603Z
UID:1786-1789948800-1790035199@umaine.edu
SUMMARY:✡️ Yom Kippur
DESCRIPTION:Day of Atonement. The holiest day of the year in Judaism\, traditionally observed with a 25-hour period of fasting and intensive prayer\nTorah: Leviticus 16:1-34; Numbers 29:7-11\nHaftarah: Isaiah 57:14-58:14\nhttps://hebcal.com/h/yom-kippur-2026?uc=ical-diaspora-2026
URL:https://umaine.edu/religious-studies/event/%e2%9c%a1%ef%b8%8f-yom-kippur-2/
CATEGORIES:Holiday,Holidays
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20260923
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20260924
DTSTAMP:20260424T205305
CREATED:20250604T223937Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250702T153610Z
UID:1492-1790121600-1790207999@umaine.edu
SUMMARY:Mabon (Pagan\, Wiccan)
DESCRIPTION:Celebrates the autumnal equinox through a ritual of thanksgiving for the fruits of the earth
URL:https://umaine.edu/religious-studies/event/mabon-pagan-wiccan-3/
CATEGORIES:Holiday,Holidays
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260923T000000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260923T235959
DTSTAMP:20260424T205305
CREATED:20220818T210251Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20220818T210251Z
UID:1402-1790121600-1790207999@umaine.edu
SUMMARY:Mabon (Pagan\, Wiccan)
DESCRIPTION:
URL:https://umaine.edu/religious-studies/event/mabon-pagan-wiccan-2/2026-09-23/
CATEGORIES:Holidays
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20260925
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20260926
DTSTAMP:20260424T205305
CREATED:20250630T202603Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250630T202603Z
UID:1787-1790294400-1790380799@umaine.edu
SUMMARY:🌿🍋 Erev Sukkot
DESCRIPTION:Feast of Booths. Also called the Feast of Tabernacles\, the seven-day holiday is one of the Three Pilgrimage Festivals (Hebrew: שלוש רגלים\, shalosh regalim)\nhttps://hebcal.com/h/sukkot-2026?uc=ical-diaspora-2026
URL:https://umaine.edu/religious-studies/event/%f0%9f%8c%bf%f0%9f%8d%8b-erev-sukkot-2/
CATEGORIES:Holiday,Holidays
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20260926
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20261003
DTSTAMP:20260424T205305
CREATED:20250604T223937Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250702T153610Z
UID:1495-1790380800-1790985599@umaine.edu
SUMMARY:Sukkot* (Ju)
DESCRIPTION:The Feast of the Tabernacles and Harvest festival (work is prohibited the first two days)
URL:https://umaine.edu/religious-studies/event/sukkot-ju-2/
CATEGORIES:Holiday,Holidays
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20260926
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20260927
DTSTAMP:20260424T205305
CREATED:20250630T202603Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250630T202603Z
UID:1788-1790380800-1790467199@umaine.edu
SUMMARY:🌿🍋 Sukkot I
DESCRIPTION:Feast of Booths. Also called the Feast of Tabernacles\, the seven-day holiday is one of the Three Pilgrimage Festivals (Hebrew: שלוש רגלים\, shalosh regalim)\nTorah: Leviticus 22:26-23:44; Numbers 29:12-16\nHaftarah: Zechariah 14:1-21\nhttps://hebcal.com/h/sukkot-2026?uc=ical-diaspora-2026
URL:https://umaine.edu/religious-studies/event/%f0%9f%8c%bf%f0%9f%8d%8b-sukkot-i-2/
CATEGORIES:Holiday,Holidays
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20260927
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20260928
DTSTAMP:20260424T205305
CREATED:20250630T202603Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250630T202603Z
UID:1789-1790467200-1790553599@umaine.edu
SUMMARY:🌿🍋 Sukkot II
DESCRIPTION:Feast of Booths. Also called the Feast of Tabernacles\, the seven-day holiday is one of the Three Pilgrimage Festivals (Hebrew: שלוש רגלים\, shalosh regalim)\nTorah: Leviticus 22:26-23:44; Numbers 29:12-16\nHaftarah: I Kings 8:2-21\nhttps://hebcal.com/h/sukkot-2026?uc=ical-diaspora-2026
URL:https://umaine.edu/religious-studies/event/%f0%9f%8c%bf%f0%9f%8d%8b-sukkot-ii-2/
CATEGORIES:Holiday,Holidays
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20260928
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20260929
DTSTAMP:20260424T205305
CREATED:20250630T202603Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250630T202603Z
UID:1790-1790553600-1790639999@umaine.edu
SUMMARY:🌿🍋 Sukkot III (CH’’M)
DESCRIPTION:Feast of Booths. Also called the Feast of Tabernacles\, the seven-day holiday is one of the Three Pilgrimage Festivals (Hebrew: שלוש רגלים\, shalosh regalim)\nTorah: Numbers 29:17-25\, 29:17-22\nhttps://hebcal.com/h/sukkot-2026?uc=ical-diaspora-2026
URL:https://umaine.edu/religious-studies/event/%f0%9f%8c%bf%f0%9f%8d%8b-sukkot-iii-chm-2/
CATEGORIES:Holiday,Holidays
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20260929
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20260930
DTSTAMP:20260424T205305
CREATED:20250630T202603Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250630T202603Z
UID:1791-1790640000-1790726399@umaine.edu
SUMMARY:🌿🍋 Sukkot IV (CH’’M)
DESCRIPTION:Feast of Booths. Also called the Feast of Tabernacles\, the seven-day holiday is one of the Three Pilgrimage Festivals (Hebrew: שלוש רגלים\, shalosh regalim)\nTorah: Numbers 29:20-28\, 29:20-25\nhttps://hebcal.com/h/sukkot-2026?uc=ical-diaspora-2026
URL:https://umaine.edu/religious-studies/event/%f0%9f%8c%bf%f0%9f%8d%8b-sukkot-iv-chm-2/
CATEGORIES:Holiday,Holidays
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20260930
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20261001
DTSTAMP:20260424T205305
CREATED:20250630T202603Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250630T202603Z
UID:1792-1790726400-1790812799@umaine.edu
SUMMARY:🌿🍋 Sukkot V (CH’’M)
DESCRIPTION:Feast of Booths. Also called the Feast of Tabernacles\, the seven-day holiday is one of the Three Pilgrimage Festivals (Hebrew: שלוש רגלים\, shalosh regalim)\nTorah: Numbers 29:23-31\, 29:23-28\nhttps://hebcal.com/h/sukkot-2026?uc=ical-diaspora-2026
URL:https://umaine.edu/religious-studies/event/%f0%9f%8c%bf%f0%9f%8d%8b-sukkot-v-chm-2/
CATEGORIES:Holiday,Holidays
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20261001
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20261002
DTSTAMP:20260424T205305
CREATED:20250630T202603Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250630T202603Z
UID:1795-1790812800-1790899199@umaine.edu
SUMMARY:🌿🍋 Sukkot VI (CH’’M)
DESCRIPTION:Feast of Booths. Also called the Feast of Tabernacles\, the seven-day holiday is one of the Three Pilgrimage Festivals (Hebrew: שלוש רגלים\, shalosh regalim)\nTorah: Numbers 29:26-34\, 29:26-31\nhttps://hebcal.com/h/sukkot-2026?uc=ical-diaspora-2026
URL:https://umaine.edu/religious-studies/event/%f0%9f%8c%bf%f0%9f%8d%8b-sukkot-vi-chm-2/
CATEGORIES:Holiday,Holidays
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20261002
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20261003
DTSTAMP:20260424T205305
CREATED:20250630T202603Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250630T202603Z
UID:1794-1790899200-1790985599@umaine.edu
SUMMARY:🌿🍋 Sukkot VII (Hoshana Raba)
DESCRIPTION:Feast of Booths. Also called the Feast of Tabernacles\, the seven-day holiday is one of the Three Pilgrimage Festivals (Hebrew: שלוש רגלים\, shalosh regalim)\nTorah: Numbers 29:26-34\nhttps://hebcal.com/h/sukkot-2026?uc=ical-diaspora-2026
URL:https://umaine.edu/religious-studies/event/%f0%9f%8c%bf%f0%9f%8d%8b-sukkot-vii-hoshana-raba-2/
CATEGORIES:Holiday,Holidays
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20261003
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20261004
DTSTAMP:20260424T205305
CREATED:20250604T223937Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250702T153610Z
UID:1494-1790985600-1791071999@umaine.edu
SUMMARY:Shemini Atzeret* (Ju)
DESCRIPTION:Marks the end of Sukkot (work prohibited)
URL:https://umaine.edu/religious-studies/event/shemini-atzeret-ju-2/
CATEGORIES:Holiday,Holidays
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20261003
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20261004
DTSTAMP:20260424T205305
CREATED:20250630T202603Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250630T202603Z
UID:1793-1790985600-1791071999@umaine.edu
SUMMARY:✡️ Shmini Atzeret
DESCRIPTION:Eighth Day of Assembly. Immediately following Sukkot\, it is observed as a separate holiday in the Diaspora and is combined with Simchat Torah in Israel\nTorah: Deuteronomy 14:22-16:17; Numbers 29:35-30:1; Ecclesiastes 1:1-12:14\nHaftarah: I Kings 8:54-66\nhttps://hebcal.com/h/shmini-atzeret-2026?uc=ical-diaspora-2026
URL:https://umaine.edu/religious-studies/event/%e2%9c%a1%ef%b8%8f-shmini-atzeret-2/
CATEGORIES:Holiday,Holidays
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20261004
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20261005
DTSTAMP:20260424T205306
CREATED:20250604T223937Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250702T153610Z
UID:1493-1791072000-1791158399@umaine.edu
SUMMARY:Simchat Torah* (Ju)
DESCRIPTION:Celebrates the conclusion of the annual cycle of public Torah readings and the beginning of a new cycle (work is prohibited)
URL:https://umaine.edu/religious-studies/event/simchat-torah-ju-2/
CATEGORIES:Holiday,Holidays
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20261004
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20261005
DTSTAMP:20260424T205306
CREATED:20250630T202604Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250630T202604Z
UID:1796-1791072000-1791158399@umaine.edu
SUMMARY:✡️ Simchat Torah
DESCRIPTION:Day of Celebrating the Torah. Celebration marking the conclusion of the annual cycle of public Torah readings\, and the beginning of a new cycle\nTorah: Deuteronomy 33:1-34:12; Genesis 1:1-2:3; Numbers 29:35-30:1\nHaftarah: Joshua 1:1-18\nhttps://hebcal.com/h/simchat-torah-2026?uc=ical-diaspora-2026
URL:https://umaine.edu/religious-studies/event/%e2%9c%a1%ef%b8%8f-simchat-torah-2/
CATEGORIES:Holiday,Holidays
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20261011
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20261020
DTSTAMP:20260424T205306
CREATED:20250604T223937Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250702T153610Z
UID:1497-1791676800-1792454399@umaine.edu
SUMMARY:Navaratri* (H)
DESCRIPTION:Navaratri is a festival dedicated to the worship of the Hindu deity Durga. The word Navaratri means ‘nine nights’ in Sanskrit\, nava meaning nine and ratri meaning nights. During these nine nights and ten days\, nine forms of Devi are worshipped
URL:https://umaine.edu/religious-studies/event/navaratri-h-2/
CATEGORIES:Holiday,Holidays
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20261020
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20261021
DTSTAMP:20260424T205306
CREATED:20250604T223937Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250702T153610Z
UID:1496-1792454400-1792540799@umaine.edu
SUMMARY:Dussehra (H)
DESCRIPTION:Celebration of Lord Rama’s triumph over the evil King Ravana. Also celebrates the conquest by the Goddess Chamundeshwari over the demon King Mahishasura\, a battle which took 10 days
URL:https://umaine.edu/religious-studies/event/dussehra-h-2/
CATEGORIES:Holiday,Holidays
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20261031
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20261101
DTSTAMP:20260424T205306
CREATED:20250604T223937Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250702T153610Z
UID:1498-1793404800-1793491199@umaine.edu
SUMMARY:Halloween (Christian)
DESCRIPTION:
URL:https://umaine.edu/religious-studies/event/halloween-christian-4/
CATEGORIES:Holiday,Holidays
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20261031
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20261101
DTSTAMP:20260424T205306
CREATED:20220817T024954Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20220817T024954Z
UID:1360-1793404800-1793491199@umaine.edu
SUMMARY:Reformation Day (Christian)
DESCRIPTION:Celebration in remembrance of the onset of the Protestant Reformation.
URL:https://umaine.edu/religious-studies/event/reformation-day-christian/2026-10-31/
CATEGORIES:Holidays
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20261031
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20261101
DTSTAMP:20260424T205306
CREATED:20220817T025143Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20220817T025143Z
UID:1348-1793404800-1793491199@umaine.edu
SUMMARY:All Hallows Eve/Halloween (Christian)
DESCRIPTION:
URL:https://umaine.edu/religious-studies/event/all-hallows-eve-halloween-christian/2026-10-31/
CATEGORIES:Holidays
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20261101
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20261102
DTSTAMP:20260424T205306
CREATED:20250604T223937Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250702T153610Z
UID:1499-1793491200-1793577599@umaine.edu
SUMMARY:Samhain (Pagan\, Wiccan)
DESCRIPTION:Festival honoring endings\, beginnings and the dead
URL:https://umaine.edu/religious-studies/event/samhain-pagan-wiccan-4/
CATEGORIES:Holiday,Holidays
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20261101
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20261102
DTSTAMP:20260424T205306
CREATED:20250604T223937Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250702T153610Z
UID:1501-1793491200-1793577599@umaine.edu
SUMMARY:All Saints' Day (Christian)
DESCRIPTION:Honors all of the saints known and unknown
URL:https://umaine.edu/religious-studies/event/all-saints-day-christian-4/
CATEGORIES:Holiday,Holidays
END:VEVENT
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