Sacred days

Six thresholds in the Hebrew year.

Each holiday concentrates the quality of its month into a few charged days: a chance to feel the year, not only schedule it.

Tishreiראש השנה

Rosh Hashanah

The birthday of the world

Tishreiיום כיפור

The day the gates stand open

Tishreiסוכות

Joy under a fragile roof

Kislevחנוכה

Light that outlasts the oil

Adarפורים

The miracle wearing a disguise

Nissanפסח

The leap out of narrow places

The object