{"id":2504,"date":"2016-11-06T20:08:15","date_gmt":"2016-11-06T20:08:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/its.studioerez.com\/museums-in-israel-copy\/"},"modified":"2018-06-14T12:30:09","modified_gmt":"2018-06-14T12:30:09","slug":"jewish-holidays","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/israel-travel-secrets.com\/jewish-holidays\/","title":{"rendered":"A Complete Guide to the Jewish Holidays for your Israel Holiday Vacation"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Vacationing in Israel during the Jewish holidays can be a wonderful added extra to your holiday experience. A great way to spend the holiday of Shavuot is to stay at a Kibbutz, where the harvest festival resonates deeply. In addition to the traditional first harvest of crops such as wheat, you might also sneak a peek at the newborn lambs and cows.<\/p>\n When you plan your vacation to Israel, be sure to check out which of the holidays fall on your chosen vacation dates.<\/p>\n [\/et_pb_text][et_pb_text admin_label=”Jewish Jewelry banner ad – Judaica Web store” global_module=”3360″ saved_tabs=”all” background_layout=”light” disabled=”off” use_border_color=”off” custom_padding=”||20px|” background_position=”top_left” background_repeat=”repeat” background_size=”initial” _builder_version=”3.0.106″] <\/a> [\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][et_pb_row make_fullwidth=”off” use_custom_width=”off” width_unit=”on” custom_width_px=”1080px” custom_width_percent=”80%” use_custom_gutter=”off” gutter_width=”3″ custom_padding=”0px||0px|” padding_mobile=”off” allow_player_pause=”off” parallax=”off” parallax_method=”off” make_equal=”off” column_padding_mobile=”on” parallax_1=”off” parallax_method_1=”off” parallax_2=”off” parallax_method_2=”off” parallax_3=”off” parallax_method_3=”on” parallax_4=”off” parallax_method_4=”on” disabled=”off” background_position=”top_left” background_repeat=”repeat” background_size=”initial”][et_pb_column type=”1_2″][et_pb_text background_layout=”light” use_border_color=”off” disabled=”off” background_position=”top_left” background_repeat=”repeat” background_size=”initial” _builder_version=”3.0.106″]<\/p>\n Every Jewish festival is celebrated differently, along with festivals and events unique to each holiday’s time of year. My top recommendations for spending the Jewish holidays in Israel cover:<\/p>\n [\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][et_pb_column type=”1_2″][et_pb_image src=”https:\/\/israel-travel-secrets.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/pesach-2011.jpg” alt=”Passover 2011 – My father about to start the Passover meal” title_text=”Passover 2011 – My father about to start the Passover meal” show_in_lightbox=”off” url_new_window=”off” use_overlay=”off” sticky=”off” align=”left” force_fullwidth=”off” always_center_on_mobile=”on” use_border_color=”off” border_color=”#ffffff” border_width=”1px” border_style=”solid” disabled=”off” animation_style=”none” animation_duration=”1000ms” animation_intensity_slide=”50%” show_bottom_space=”on” \/][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][et_pb_row make_fullwidth=”off” use_custom_width=”off” width_unit=”off” custom_width_px=”1080px” custom_width_percent=”80%” use_custom_gutter=”off” gutter_width=”3″ padding_mobile=”off” allow_player_pause=”off” parallax=”off” parallax_method=”on” make_equal=”off” column_padding_mobile=”on” parallax_1=”off” parallax_method_1=”on” parallax_2=”off” parallax_method_2=”on” parallax_3=”off” parallax_method_3=”on” parallax_4=”off” parallax_method_4=”on” disabled=”off” background_position=”top_left” background_repeat=”repeat” background_size=”initial”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″][et_pb_text admin_label=”Jewish Holidays” background_layout=”light” use_border_color=”off” disabled=”off” background_position=”top_left” background_repeat=”repeat” background_size=”initial” _builder_version=”3.0.106″]<\/p>\n Most of these are also national holidays in Israel, which means that businesses and public institutions such as schools are closed, including public transportation, which is limited.<\/p>\n We will let you know which holidays have restrictions and how this could affect your holiday plans.<\/p>\n The major holidays are:<\/strong><\/p>\n There is an old Jewish joke that defines quite accurately most of the Jewish holidays. It goes like this\u2026 Someone tried to conquer us, we won!!! Let’s eat.<\/em><\/p>\n For me personally, like many people in Israel the holidays are all about family and food<\/a>; lots of family gatherings and lots of food. If the weather<\/a> permits, then picnicking in nature or on the beach is\u00a0also a perfect way to spend the day. The national parks and beaches<\/a> are usually full of holiday travelers.<\/p>\n There are many Jewish festivals and special days in the Jewish Calendar either commemorating a major event in Jewish history or celebrating a certain time of year.<\/p>\n Which ever time of the year you choose to be in Israel, experiencing any of the Jewish holidays will only add to your overall enjoyment.<\/p>\n We hope to see you here soon<\/p>\n [\/et_pb_text][et_pb_text admin_label=”Jewish Jewelry banner ad – Judaica Web store” background_layout=”light” use_border_color=”off” disabled=”off” global_module=”3360″ saved_tabs=”all” background_position=”top_left” background_repeat=”repeat” background_size=”initial” custom_padding=”||20px|” _builder_version=”3.0.106″] <\/a> [\/et_pb_text][et_pb_text admin_label=”Jewish Holidays” background_layout=”light” text_orientation=”left” use_border_color=”off” border_style=”solid” disabled=”off” background_position=”top_left” background_repeat=”repeat” background_size=”initial”]<\/p>\n More about Israel<\/a> from Israel Travel Secrets<\/a>.<\/p>\n Chag sa-meach (Happy Holidays in Hebrew) [\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][\/et_pb_section]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" How to get the most out the Jewish holidays during your Israel holiday vacation – from the spiritual feeling on eve of Yom Kippur to the beautiful harvest festival celebrations on a kibbutz.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":31687,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"on","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[232,239],"tags":[453,461],"aioseo_notices":[],"cc_featured_image_caption":{"caption_text":"","source_text":"","source_url":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/israel-travel-secrets.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2504"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/israel-travel-secrets.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/israel-travel-secrets.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/israel-travel-secrets.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/israel-travel-secrets.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2504"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/israel-travel-secrets.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2504\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3170,"href":"https:\/\/israel-travel-secrets.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2504\/revisions\/3170"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/israel-travel-secrets.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/31687"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/israel-travel-secrets.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2504"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/israel-travel-secrets.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2504"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/israel-travel-secrets.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2504"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\nYou could be at the\u00a0Western Wall<\/a>\u00a0(the kotel in Hebrew) at the start of the\u00a0Yom Kippur<\/a>\u00a0fast witnessing an incredible sight of hordes of worshippers dressed in white starting their 25 hour fast.<\/p>\nJewish Holidays – Quick Facts<\/h2>\n
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\nLisa<\/p>\n