HanukkahHanukkah is known as a Festival of Lights and is eight day Jewish holiday. According to Hebrew calendar, the festival starts on the 25th day of the Kislev and runs for eight days. However, it may take place from late November to late December according to Gregorian calendar. The name Hanukkah is derived form the Hebrew verb, which means as the dedication. It is assumed that on this day the Jews regained their control of Jerusalem and rededicated the temple.
Yom Kippur is Jews holiest day and is also known as Day of Atonement. Mostly this day is been observed as 25-hour period of fasting and with the severe prayer. At this time people spend most of their time in synagogue services. The day Yom Kippur is one of the holiest days amongst the holidays for the Jewish people. The day is considered the ninth day according to Tishrei Hebrew month. Sukkot is also a holiday for the Jewish people and is celebrated on every 15th day of the month of Tishrei, which comes in between late September to late October. Originally it is a agricultural and is known with the biblical name 'The Feast of Ingathering'. It is one of the Shalosh regalim on which day the Jews use to make a pilgrimages to the Temple in Jerusalem. In all there are seven days of the sukkot including Chol Hamoed. In this period all the food are eaten in the living area known as the sukkah.
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