Shabbat/Moedim
Moedim-- "Sacred or Appointed Season/Time, the Festivals of the L-rd"
The L-rd sets the pattern for all healthy relationships-- taking regular time to be with each other.
He invites us to share in His feasts. We come looking for the King, and we see Him in the Feasts He has ordained.
Jewish holidays and festivals, depending on their nature, may be called yom tov (Yiddish: yontif) (lit., "good day") or chag ("festival") or ta'anit ("fast").
ב דַּבֵּר אֶל-בְּנֵי יִשְׂרָאֵל, וְאָמַרְתָּ אֲלֵהֶם, מוֹעֲדֵי יְהוָה, אֲשֶׁר-תִּקְרְאוּ אֹתָם מִקְרָאֵי קֹדֶשׁ--אֵלֶּה הֵם, מוֹעֲדָי. 2 Speak unto the children of Israel, and say unto them: The appointed seasons of the LORD, which ye shall proclaim to be holy convocations, even these are My appointed seasons.
ג שֵׁשֶׁת יָמִים, תֵּעָשֶׂה מְלָאכָה, וּבַיּוֹם הַשְּׁבִיעִי שַׁבַּת שַׁבָּתוֹן מִקְרָא-קֹדֶשׁ, כָּל-מְלָאכָה לֹא תַעֲשׂוּ: שַׁבָּת הִוא לַיהוָה, בְּכֹל מוֹשְׁבֹתֵיכֶם. {פ} 3 Six days shall work be done; but on the seventh day is a sabbath of solemn rest, a holy convocation; ye shall do no manner of work; it is a sabbath unto the LORD in all your dwellings. {P}
ד אֵלֶּה מוֹעֲדֵי יְהוָה, מִקְרָאֵי קֹדֶשׁ, אֲשֶׁר-תִּקְרְאוּ אֹתָם, בְּמוֹעֲדָם. 4 These are the appointed seasons of the LORD, even holy convocations, which ye shall proclaim in their appointed season. (Leviticus 23)
Shabbat — The Sabbath — שבת
Moedim
Rosh Hashanah — The Jewish New Year
Aseret Yemei Teshuva — Ten Days of Awe/Repentance
Yom Kippur — Day of Atonement
Sukkot — Feast of Booths (or Tabernacles)
Shemini Atzeret and Simchat Torah
Hanukkah — Festival of Lights
Tenth of Tevet
Tu BShevat — New Year of the Trees
Purim — Festival of Lots
Pesach — Passover
Yom HaBikurim
Sefirah — Counting of the Omer
Lag Ba'omer
Shavuot — Feast of Weeks —
Tisha B'av — Ninth of Av
Israeli/Jewish national holidays:
Yom HaShoah — Holocaust Remembrance day
Yom Hazikaron — Memorial Day
Yom Ha'atzmaut — Israel Independence Day
Yom Yerushalayim - Jerusalem Day
American national holidays:
Secular New Year
Mothers Day
Fathers Day
Independence Day
Veterans Day
Thanksgiving
