Festivals

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Days of rejoicing in the *Calendar. All work is forbidden on the Biblical festivals (which include the first and last days of festal seasons).

In the *diaspora, the *Orthodox celebrate most festivals on two consecutive days while they are kept for one day in *Israel and by *Progressive Jews. The later post-Biblical festivals do not involve abstention from work. (See *HANUKKAH. *HIGH HOLY DAYS, *LAG B’OMER, *PESAH, *PILGRIM FESTIVALS, *PURIM, *ROSH HASHANAH, *SABBATH, *SHAVUOT, *SUKKOT, *TU B’AV, *TU BI-SHEVAT, *YOM ATZMAUT, *YOM TOV).

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