What are some important holidays coming up for the Muslims and the Jews in the next few months

Question

How do you plan to celebrate it?

Answer 1

Festivals

Jewish Feasts

Feast               Jewish  Start  Days  Gregorian  Scripture

                    Month   Date         Month                

*Passover           Nisan    14     2    Mar-Apr    Ex 12:43; Ex 13:10

Unleavened Bread    Nisan    14     7               Mat 26:17-20

*Pentecost          Sivan     6     1    May-June   Deut 16:9-12

Firstfruits         Sivan     6     1    May-June   Acts 2:1

Feast of Weeks      Sivan     6     1    May-June

Rosh HaShannah      Tishri    1     1    Sept-Oct   Num 29:1-6

Feast of Trumpets   Tishri    1     1    Sept-Oct

Yom Kippur          Tishri   10     1    Sept-Oct   Lev 23:26-32

Day of Atonement    Tishri   10     1    Sept-Oct   Heb 9:7

*Tabernacles        Tishri   15     7    Sept-Oct   Neh 8:13-18

Feast of Booths     Tishri   15     7    Sept-Oct   Jn 7:2

Ingathering         Tishri   15     7    Sept-Oct

Hanukkah            Chislev  25     8    Nov-Dec    Jn 10:22

Dedication          Chislev  25     8    Nov-Dec

Festival of Lights  Chislev  25     8    Nov-Dec

Purim               Adar     14     1    Feb-Mar    Esth 9:18-32

Lots                Adar     14     1    Feb-Mar

* Indicates major feasts where all males of Israel were required to travel to the Temple in Jerusalem (Ex 23:14-19)



There were daily (Lev 23), weekly, monthly, and yearly festivals, and great stress was laid on the regular observance of them in every particular (Num 28:1-8; Ex 29:38-42; Lev 6:8-23; Ex 30:7-9; Ex 27:20).



(1.) The septenary festivals were,



(a) The weekly Sabbath (Lev 23:1-3; Ex 19:3-30; Ex 20:8-11; Ex 31:12).



(b) The seventh new moon, or the feast of Trumpets (Num 28:11-15; Num 29:1-6).



(c) The Sabbatical year (Ex 23:10, 11; Lev 25:2-7).



(d) The year of jubilee (Lev 23-35; Lev 25:8-16; Lev 27:16-25).



(2.) The great feasts were,



(a) The Passover. (b) The feast of Pentecost, or of weeks. (c) The feast of Tabernacles, or of ingathering.



On each of these occasions every male Israelite was commanded "to appear before the Lord" (Deut 27:7; Neh 8:9-12). The attendance of women was voluntary. (Compare Luke 2:41; 1Sa 1:7; 1Sa 2:19) The promise that God would protect their homes (Ex 34:23, 24) while all the males were absent in Jerusalem at these feasts was always fulfilled. "During the whole period between Moses and Christ we never read of an enemy invading the land at the time of the three festivals. The first instance on record is thirty-three years after they had withdrawn from themselves the divine protection by imbruing their hands in the Saviour's blood, when Cestius, the Roman general, slew fifty of the people of Lydda while all the rest had gone up to the feast of Tabernacles, A.D. 66."



These festivals, besides their religious purpose, had an important bearing on the maintenance among the people of the feeling of a national unity. The times fixed for their observance were arranged so as to interfere as little as possible with the industry of the people. The Passover was kept just before the harvest commenced, Pentecost at the conclusion of the corn harvest and before the vintage, the feast of Tabernacles after all the fruits of the ground had been gathered in.



(3.) The Day of Atonement, the tenth day of the seventh month (Lev 16:1, 34; Lev 23:26-32; Num 29:7-11). (See ATONEMENT, DAY OF.)



Of the post-Exilian festivals reference is made to the feast of Dedication (John 10:22). This feast was appointed by Judas Maccabaeus in commemoration of the purification of the temple after it had been polluted by Antiochus Epiphanes. The "feast of Purim" (q.v.), Esth 9:24-32, was also instituted after the Exile. Cf. (John 5:1)

—Easton's Illustrated Dictionary

Answer 2

In a few days Jews will COMMEMORATE on Ninth of Av the destruction of the First and Second Temples. On 15 Av there is Israeli version of Valentine's Day. The month of Elul precedes the High Holy Days, Rosh Ha-shannah, [Tzom G'dalya], and Yom Kippur. On 15 Tishrei we celebrate Sukkot (tabernacles), which includes Hoshannah Rabbah (when we pray for rain) and Sh'mini Atzeret, and then we have Simchat Torah when the Torah is rolled back to the beginning and reading is begun from Genesis. Sukkot besides being a harvest holiday also commemorates the completion of Solomon's Temple.

Answer 3

Ramadan is coming in the beginningg of Septemberr,after the whole month, it will be El Eid,one of the two religious holidays for muslim.

Answer 4

High Holy Days - Going to shul and having family and friends over.

Hanukkah - At home

Answer 5

Right now we are in Ben Hametsarim , the 3 weeks  "between the strictures" of Tammuz 17 and Av 9.

On Tamuz 17 the walls of Jerusalem were breached by the armies of Rome; three weeks later, on the 9th of Av, the Holy Temple was set aflame.

During this time we do not listen to joyful music and try not to engage in celebrations or buy new clothes.

On the 9th of Av - August 10 - we fast over the destruction of the first and second Temples, both of which were destroyed on the 9th of Av (the first by the Babylonians in 586 B.C.E.; the second by the Romans in 70 C.E.).

Then we have the Jewish New Year - Rosh Hashana in the end of September.

We celebrate by having a traditional meal with our families, we dip apples in honey as a symbol of a sweet year to come.

A day after that we have the fast of Gedalia which is an annual fast day instituted by the Jewish Sages to commemorate the assassination of Gedaliah Ben Achikam, the Governor of Israel during the days of Nebuchadnetzar King of Babylonia. As a result of Gedaliah's death the final vestiges of Judean autonomy after the Babylonian conquest were destroyed, many thousands of Jews were slain, and the remaining Jews were driven into final exile.

On October 8th we have Yom Kippur - the day of Atonement, this is the most important Jewish holiday.

We fast for 25 hours and ask for forgiveness from God and people that we have hurt in the past year.

On October 13 we Have Sukot - We build a Sukah which is a temporary structure in which we eat our meals, entertain guests, relax, and even sleep for 7 days, this is a reminiscent of the type of huts in which the ancient Israelites dwelt during their 40 years of wandering in the desert after the Exodus from Egypt, and is intended to reflect God's benevolence in providing our needs in the desert.

Then on October 21st we Have Simhat Torah - literally "Joy of Torah" - this holiday marks the conclusion of the annual cycle of public Torah readings, and the beginning of a new cycle.

I don't know much about the Muslim holidays but I know they have the Ramadan coming up in which they fast during the mornings and eat during the night, I think this goes on for 40 days and it has something to do with the Quran being revealed in that specific month.

Answer 6

Muslims have the holy month of Ramadan starting some day in September. The will fast for an entire month, starting dawn until sunset. They are not supposed to eat or drink anything between that time.

Jews have some holiday too, but I am not sure which one.

d**k Cheney (and George Bush) won't know, but Constitution Day is September 17.