Ayyám-i-Há (Baháʼí)
Days of preparation for the Fast, marked by hospitality and charity to poor and sick.
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Orthodox Clean Monday (Christian)
Clean Monday, also known as Pure Monday, Ash Monday, Monday of Lent or Green Monday, is the first day of Great Lent throughout Eastern Christianity and is a moveable feast, falling on the 6th Monday before Palm Sunday.
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Goodbye, Lord: How We Changed God’s Pronouns in the Hebrew Bible and Why It Matters (UMaine Judaic Studies)
Goodbye, Lord: How We Changed God’s Pronouns in the Hebrew Bible and Why It Matters (UMaine Judaic Studies)
Rabbi Beth Lieberman will take us on a journey through the history of Jewish translations of the Hebrew Bible, offer a glimpse into the translation process for the forthcoming JPS TANAKH: Gender-Sensitive Edition, and explore its game-changing potential for the next generation. Rabbi Beth Lieberman served as literary editor and a revising translator of the […]
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Nineteen Day Fast (Baháʼí)
Sunrise to sunset fast also marked with prayer to reinvigorate soul and bring closer to God (fasting). * Not work restricted but involves fasting, so work accommodations may be called for.
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Erev Purim/Fast of Esther (Judaism)
Purim eve. Purim begins at sundown on this Gregorian calendar day.
Sangha Day (Buddhism)
Celebration in honor of the Buddhist community, especially regarding monastics.
Holi (Hindu, Jain, Sikh)
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.
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Naw Rúz* (Baháʼí, Zoroastrian)
Baháʼí New Year on the day (from sunset to sunset) that contains the spring equinox). First day of spring in Persia/Iran.
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Ramadan (Islam)
Month of fasting to commemorate first revelation of the Qur’an to Muhammad. * Not work restricted but involves daylight fasting, so work accommodations may be called for.
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Rama Navami (Hindu)
A celebration of the birth of Rama (incarnation of Lord Vishnu) to King Dasharatha and Queen Kausalya in Ayodhya.