Jewish holidays: names and greetings

The words

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• • holiday · khagחַג
• • happy holiday · khag same'akhחַג שָׂמֵחַ
• • the Jewish New Year · rosh hashanaרֹאשׁ הַשָּׁנָה
• • happy new year · shana tovaשָׁנָה טוֹבָה
• • Yom Kippur, the Day of Atonement · yom kipurיוֹם כִּפּוּר
• • the Yom Kippur greeting · gmar khatima tovaגְּמַר חֲתִימָה טוֹבָה
• • Sukkot, the Feast of Booths · sukotסֻכּוֹת
• • Hanukkah, the festival of lights · khanukaחֲנֻכָּה
• • Hanukkah doughnut · sufganiyaסֻפְגָּנִיָּה
• • Purim · purimפּוּרִים
• • Passover · pesakhפֶּסַח
• • matzah · matsaמַצָּה
• • Shavuot · shavu'otשָׁבוּעוֹת
• • Independence Day · yom ha'atsma'utיוֹם הָעַצְמָאוּת
• • have a good Shabbat · shabat shalomשַׁבָּת שָׁלוֹם

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