All the major Jewish Holidays explained in 5 minutes, by a History professor.

This is a 5 minute overview on some of the important Jewish Holidays. I am going to also include links where you can learn a lot more about each one!

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This is a great link to learn a lot more about each of the Holidays I mentioned and others as well!

Also, if you want to learn a lot more about the History of Israel and the Jewish people you can go through this playlist.

[HistoryfortheAges]

How many Jewish Holidays did you know about before you watched this video? Don't forget to look at the link in the description that provides more detail on all the Holidays.

[EileenLitchfield]

I grew up in a neighborhood in Brooklyn NY that had a large Jewish population. I was exposed to their holidays but always in the context of relating it to our Roman Catholic holidays. So Hanukah was the "Jewish Christmas", Rosh Hashanah was the "Jewish New Year's Day" and Purim was the "Jewish Halloween". Of course I realized the significance separately as I got older and now find other faiths' holiday celebrations very interesting.

[non-gmo]

Thank you for the information! Just beginning to learn more about Jewish holidays and customs.

[janelcarynsaldivar]

Awesome video prof! I learned a lot about Sukkot, Shavout, and Tisha b’av. I will definitely look into that link to learn about more of the holidays, I’m so interested 🤗

[eddeewhat]

I’m a Christian that believes we should also celebrate the Hebrew Holy Days. Yahuah Hamashiach did plus he was Jewish. I’m just glad to be adopted into the family. I’ve saving this video. Excellent work. Shalom

[CabinQuilter]

I had a very good friend in college whose parents didn’t mind him bringing home this Shiksa . Well, not too much! I learned a lot about their holidays from them.

[mariocisneros]

Thank you very much . I'll look them all up again and learn more about each

[edf]

My jewish teacher said most holidays can be described as "we thought we were going to die, God delivered us, lets eat!"

[juliakent]

York, Homeschool mom here... coming from the FB page. Thank you 😀

[ramonjr-ca]

Thank you for this. I never knew what these holidays were

[lnwnjgt]

Thank you for making this so understandable for kids!

[tmtmtg]

Been watching religion explained videos all day to catch up on some work and youre the only guy ive seen who makes it entertaining and fun so far. Good stuff

[Magdellena]

My father was a theologian and Judeo- Christian scholar. We grew up surrounded by and learning from people of all faiths and got to experience many holy days from many faiths. I feel more people should learn these things. Thank you.

[erineldridge]

Another great video. Thank you for the explanations.

[JordanEllington-mfpd]

Thank you for the information! Just beginning to learn more about Jewish holidays and customs.

[bhanugopal]

Nice and brief and well explained thank you

[T_L_]

Wow, very interesting, enjoyed the video 😃

[jalilychka]

Thank you for this video. If I may make a minor correction, Yom Kippur is a 25 hour fast.

[lesadailey]

Thank you from a Roman Catholic friend.

[IAdoreIdolFlorida]

Thanks for the overview! As a non Jewish person, we’re basically raised with the idea that Hanukkah is just the Jewish Christmas and that it’s Super Important. Around middle school I figured out that it is obviously completely standalone from Christmas and unrelated. Around highschool I learned that holidays like Yom Kippur and Passover are significantly more important.
Anyways I appreciate videos like this so us non Jewish can put in the work of learning basic facts about other religions that we probably should’ve been taught in the first place.