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Please note, due to COVID-19, events listed on our Events Calendar may have been temporarily suspended. Please contact the hosting organizations to check their status.

 

Event viewing instructions:

1.  You will see the events of the whole month, in small segments, in the colour of the organization, with the title of the event and the time,
2.  Put your cursor on the event and you will see a small pop-up box with the name of the event, the time and price,
3.  Now left double-click on the event itself: a full -page window will open, with all the information about the event. This window has a white background and black distinctive easy- to- see writing.
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Feb
29
Sat
LIMMUD VAN ’20 @ Congregation Beth Israel
Feb 29 @ 7:00 pm – Mar 1 @ 4:30 pm

A festival of Jewish thinking, culture and the arts, bringing people of all backgrounds together to experience the rich diversity of Jewish heritage and contemporary thinking. Learn more at Limmud Vancouver.

The Schedule for the events:  https://limmudvan20.sched.com/ 

Erev Limmud – Saturday evening Havdallah, four sessions to choose from, shmooze and nosh.

Sunday – full day of Jewish learning. Kosher lunch – dairy or pareve. Note that there is no advance registration for individual sessions. First come, first seated.

Current ticket pricing applies until January 1, 2020. After that, general admission price rises to $65.00.

Limmud strives to be affordable to all community members. Tickets by donation enable pay-what-you-can pricing.

The actual cost of Limmud is $100 per person. We rely on the generosity of community members to make our dynamic, interactive, world-class day of learning affordable.

Tax receipts are available to donors, along with gratitude.

Mar
10
Tue
PURIM: HOLIDAY OF JOY AND FUN
Mar 10 – Mar 20 all-day

Purim: is one of the most joyous and fun holidays on the Jewish calendar. Dress up and celebrate God’s hidden miracles, while remembering how the Jew of Persia narrowly escaped annihilation thanks to the  bravery of Queen Esther. 

Apr
8
Wed
PESACH: PASSOVER
Apr 8 – Apr 16 all-day

Pesach: Passover, the Feast of Unleavened Bread.

 

 

Apr
10
Fri
GOOD FRIDAY
Apr 10 all-day

Good Friday: Friday before Easter Sunday. 

Apr
13
Mon
EASTER MONDAY
Apr 13 all-day

Easter Monday

Apr
28
Tue
YOM HA’SHOAH: HOLOCAUST REMEMBRANCE DAY
Apr 28 all-day

Yom HaShoah: Holocaust Remembrance Day

Holocaust Remembrance Day, Israel honors the memory of the Six Million by learning about their heroism in the face of inhumanity and exploring the roots of anti-Semitism.

YOM HA’ZIKARON: ISRAEL MEMORIAL DAY
Apr 28 all-day

Yom HaZikaron: Israeli Memorial Day: Giving one’s life in defense of the Jewish people is a mitzvah of the highest order. 

Apr
29
Wed
ISRAEL INDEPENDENCE DAY
Apr 29 all-day

Israel Independence Day: The historic return of the Jewish people to the Land of Israel is a modern miracle. 

May
8
Fri
PESACH SHENI: SECOND PASSOVER
May 8 all-day

Pesach Sheni: Second Passover, one month after Passover

May
10
Sun
LAG B’OMER: COUNTING THE OMER
May 10 – May 28 all-day

Count 50 days until the Torah was given at Mount Sinai, preparing for the big event with a program of introspection and self-imporovement.