Is May 5 2023 Part Of A Jewish Celebration?

The following is a collection of holidays, commemorations, observations and celebrations for the Jewish community during Friday, 2023-05-05. For more information on the equivalence of dates in the Hebrew calendar and other calendars, please see Hebrew Calendar 5783.

• Pesach Sheni:

  ^[minor] Pesach Sheni, translated as Second Passover, occurs every year on 14 Iyar in the Hebrew calendar. This is exactly one month after 14 Nisan, the day before Passover, which was the day prescribed for bringing the Korban Pesach ("Paschal lamb") in anticipation of that holiday. As described in Numbers 9:1-14, the Israelites were about to celebrate Passover one year after leaving Egypt.

• Day 29 in the Counting of the Omer

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Notes:

^[minor] This is a minor Jewish holiday.