Tu Bishvat – New Year of the Trees (15th day of Shvat)
One of the four New Year celebrations in Judaism, Tu Bishvat, or New Year of the Trees, is marked as […]
Purim – Feast of Lots (14th day of Adar)
Purim is a rabbinical holiday. The Jewish holiday of Purim is celebrated in memory of events recounted in the ‘Book […]
Friday prayers (salat al-jum’a)
In Islam, the word ’id (or Eid) means an Assembly Day that is repeated. That weekly Assembly Day is Friday, […]
Shabbat – the Sabbath (weekly day of rest)
Of all the Jewish holidays the Sabbath, or weekly day of rest, is the most important. It is the only […]
Day of divine service, day of rest
Christians mark Sunday as their holy day of the week in honour of the Resurrection of Jesus. According to the […]
Friday prayers (salat al-jum’a)
In Islam, the word ’id (or Eid) means an Assembly Day that is repeated. That weekly Assembly Day is Friday, […]
Shabbat – the Sabbath (weekly day of rest)
Of all the Jewish holidays the Sabbath, or weekly day of rest, is the most important. It is the only […]
Day of divine service, day of rest
Christians mark Sunday as their holy day of the week in honour of the Resurrection of Jesus. According to the […]
Friday prayers (salat al-jum’a)
In Islam, the word ’id (or Eid) means an Assembly Day that is repeated. That weekly Assembly Day is Friday, […]
Ramadan – the month of fasting
The practice of Islam is based on the so-called Five Pillars. Fasting is the fourth pillar of Islam. The other […]