Jewish Holiday Calendar

Trope Trainer™ software includes a "perpetual" calendar including every Shabbat and Jewish Holiday during which Torah is read. The calendar features adjustments for the difference between weekly Torah portions that are read in the Diaspora versus those read in Israel. Outside of Israel, Sukkos, Pesach and Shavuos are celebrated one day longer than they are inside Israel. When this extra day occurs on Shabbat, in Israel the regular weekly Torah portion is read, while the Holiday portion is chanted everywhere else. Several weeks after that Holiday, those outside of Israel read a double Torah portion, while those in Israel read a single portion. In this way, those in the Diaspora catch up to the portion read in Israel.


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