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  • 🇮🇱 Yom HaAtzma’ut

    Israeli Independence Day. Commemorates the declaration of independence of Israel in 1948. Although Yom HaAtzma'ut is normally observed on the 5th of Iyyar, it may be moved earlier or postponed […]

  • Vesak (Bu)

    The festival commemorates the birth, enlightenment, and death of Gautama Buddha in Theravada, Tibetan Buddhism and Navayana.

  • ✡️ Pesach Sheni

    Second Passover, one month after Passover https://hebcal.com/h/pesach-sheni-2026?uc=ical-diaspora-2026

  • 🔥 Lag BaOmer

    33rd day of counting the Omer. The holiday is a temporary break from the semi-mourning period the counting of the Omer. Practices include lighting bonfires, getting haircuts, and Jewish weddings […]

  • Ascension Day (C)

    Celebrates the departure of Christ from Earth into the presence of God.

  • 🇮🇱 Yom Yerushalayim

    Jerusalem Day. Commemorates the re-unification of Jerusalem in 1967 https://hebcal.com/h/yom-yerushalayim-2026?uc=ical-diaspora-2026

  • ⛰️🌸 Erev Shavuot

    Festival of Weeks. Commemorates the giving of the Torah at Mount Sinai https://hebcal.com/h/shavuot-2026?uc=ical-diaspora-2026

  • ⛰️🌸 Shavuot I

    Festival of Weeks. Commemorates the giving of the Torah at Mount Sinai Torah: Exodus 19:1-20:23; Numbers 28:26-31 Haftarah: Ezekiel 1:1-28, 3:12 https://hebcal.com/h/shavuot-2026?uc=ical-diaspora-2026

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