Festivals | Comunidad Israelita de Alicante

Shemini Atzeret & Simchat Torah 5785 Immediately following the seven-day festival of Sukkot comes the two-day [Read more]

Rosh Hashana & Yom Kippur 5785 Oct 2 to Oct 12 Services will be held in the Synagogue throughout the High Holy Days and [Read more]

The Month of Elul Elul is the 12th and final month in the Jewish calendar (the sixth month counting from Nisan). Leading up [Read more]

17th of Tammuz: History, Laws and Customs The day the walls of Jerusalem fell The fast of the 17th of Tammuz, known as Shiva [Read more]

Tisha B’Av and the 3 Weeks The Three Weeks is an annual mourning period that falls out in the summer. This is when we [Read more]

Shavuot 5784/ 2024 A two-day holiday, celebrated from sunset on June 11, 2024 until nightfall on June 13, 2024) coincides [Read more]

Pesach (Passover) 2024 is from April 22 to April 30 2024 Passover is celebrated by Jews every year, commemorating the [Read more]

The Fast of Esther (Taanit Esther) The Fast of Esther (Taanit Esther or “Esther Fast”) is a [Read more]

The Purim Story King Achashverosh now had every reason to be proud of his Queen Esther, for he had learned that she was a [Read more]

Rosh Chodesh Observances, Friday, February 9, 2024/ 30 Shevat 5784 Today is the first of the two Rosh Chodesh (“Head [Read more]