Yom Tov (Jewish festival days)

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Yom Tov refers to the biblically mandated Jewish festival days, such as Passover, Shavuot, and Sukkot, marked by special prayers, festive meals, and partial work restrictions.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Jewish holiday category
halachic concept
associatedWith Hallel recitation on many festivals
Musaf prayer
Yaaleh VeYavo insertion in Amidah
Yaaleh VeYavo insertion in Birkat Hamazon
calendarSystem Hebrew calendar
characterizedBy Kiddush over wine
festive meals
holiday-specific liturgy
lighting of festival candles
partial work restrictions
special prayers
codifiedIn Mishnah
Shulchan Aruch
Talmud
comparedTo Shabbat
definedAs biblically mandated Jewish festival day
determinedBy lunar-solar calendar
differenceFromShabbat certain labors for food preparation permitted
excludes intermediate days of festivals (Chol HaMoed)
halachicCategory Yom Tov Rishon (first festival day)
Yom Tov (Jewish festival days) self-linksurface differs
surface form: Yom Tov Sheni shel Galuyot (second festival day in diaspora)
includes Passover
Rosh Hashanah
Shavuot
Shemini Atzeret
Shemini Atzeret
surface form: Simchat Torah

Sukkot
Chol HaMoed
surface form: first day of Passover

first day of Sukkot
last day of Passover
last day of Sukkot
language Hebrew
literalMeaning good day
notClassifiedAs Chol HaMoed
fast day
observedBy Conservative Judaism
surface form: Conservative Jews

Orthodox Judaism
surface form: Orthodox Jews

many Reform Jews
religious Jews
pluralForm Yamim Tovim
purpose commemoration of historical and agricultural events in Jewish tradition
religiousTradition Judaism
requires Eruv Tavshilin for some cooking from Yom Tov to Shabbat
sourceText Tanakh
surface form: Hebrew Bible

Torah
workProhibition carrying in public domain generally permitted
cooking from an existing flame generally permitted
melacha generally forbidden

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Shabbat distinguishedFrom Yom Tov (Jewish festival days)
Ketuvim liturgicalUse Yom Tov (Jewish festival days)
this entity surface form: Megillot read on Jewish festivals
Jewish feast of Shavuot halachicStatus Yom Tov (Jewish festival days)
subject surface form: Shavuot
this entity surface form: Yom Tov
Shavuot halachicStatus Yom Tov (Jewish festival days)
this entity surface form: Yom Tov
Yom Tov (Jewish festival days) halachicCategory Yom Tov (Jewish festival days) self-linksurface differs
subject surface form: Yom Tov
this entity surface form: Yom Tov Sheni shel Galuyot (second festival day in diaspora)
Mincha liturgicalSignificance Yom Tov (Jewish festival days)
this entity surface form: Jewish festivals
Yom Tov associatedConcept Yom Tov (Jewish festival days)
this entity surface form: Yom Tov Sheni shel Galuyot (second festival day in the Diaspora)
Kedushat HaYom section recitedOn Yom Tov (Jewish festival days)
this entity surface form: Jewish festivals