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| Passover | Also known as pesach |
| Passover | commemorates the Exodus |
| Passover | includes a special meal called the "seder" |
| Passover | includes a meal with Lamb, wine, unleavened bread, and bitter herbs |
| Shavuot | also known as "Pentecost" or the "Feast of Weeks" |
| Shavuot | celebrates the revelation of the Torah to the Israelites on Mount Sinai |
| Shavuot | includes eatingt foods with dairy products like cheesecake |
| Sukkot | Also known as the Feast of Booths" or "Tabernacles" |
| Sukkot | commemorates the wandering in the desert |
| The High Holidays | Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur |
| Rosh Hashanah | The beginning of the Jewish New Year |
| Rosh Hashanah | The Day of Remembrance |
| Rosh Hashanah | the beginning of a 10 day period of reflection and repentance for sin |
| Rosh Hashanah | includes the traditon of eating apples and honey |
| Rosh Hashanah | Jews are urged to search their souls and make amends for sins in the past year |
| Yom Kippur | The Day of Atonement |
| Ypm Kippur | A day of communal fasting and prayer for forgiveness |
| Yom Kippur | Observant Jews might spend the whole day at synagogue on this day |
| Rosh Hashanah | the blowing of the shofar is associated with this day |
| Sukkot | coincides with the fruit harvest |
