Ancient Roots, Modern Holidays for Kids - Jewish Holidays and Festivals

For Kids: There are many more, but here are a few Jewish holidays and festival days:

Rosh Hashanah: Rosh Hashanah is always in September or October. The Jewish New Year - a holiday observed with festive meals and a day spent in prayer or quite meditation. Most Jewish people celebrate for two days. They think about their lives and think of ways they can improve themselves. Sometime in the second day, after they pray in the synagogue, a house of worship, families gather together and have a festive holiday dinner. On Rosh Hashanah people eat a slice of sweet food to start off a sweet year. A popular method is to eat pieces of apple dipped in honey.
Yon Kippur: The Jewish Day of Atonement - the most solemn day of the Jewish year. A day devoted to self-examination and the chance to being the New Year with a clean slate. It is the most sacred day of the Jewish year. Jewswho are 13 years old or older do not drink or eat anything for a whole day. The day begins just before the sun goes down on Yom Kippur and ends just after sundown the next day.
Sukkot: A celebration of the fall harvest.
Hanukkah: A festival celebrating liberation from oppression, freedom of worship, and finding light in the darkest of times
Tu B'Shevat: The Jewish "New Year of the Trees," celebrated with observances that connect us to our environment and the natural world
Purim: A day celebrating the saving of the Jews from an evil plot of destruction, as told in the Bible, the Book of Esther.
Passover: A festival of freedom that marks the Hebrew exodus from ancient Egypt long ago

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