Welcome to my year...

"And ye shall be my people, and I will be your God." -Jeremiah 30:22

Shalom! When I was working on my undergraduate degree at Brigham Young University-Provo, I took an Intro to Judaism class as part of my religion credit requirements and it was one of the most interesting classes I ever took. My teacher was fantastic and I developed a great interest in the Old Testament, the faithful and resilient Jews, and their fascinating religion. Last fall, I decided that it would be fun to spend the year of 2014 doing something to celebrate each of the Jewish holidays in order to learn more about each one and relate it to my own membership in The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints (Mormonism)and the Book of Mormon, a book we believe to be a companion to the Bible and another testament of Jesus Christ. I hope you will enjoy reading and celebrating along with me.

Since I am not Jewish, I used the following website as a reference for my list of holidays to celebrate. I was surprised by how many there were, so I chose to do all of the major and most of the minor holidays: http://www.hebcal.com/holidays/2013-2014. Also, the Jewish New Year was in September 2013, but I did not find that out in time, so I’m going to start celebrating holidays in January. Last, in my descriptions, I used information I believe to be accurate, but please feel free to comment, correct, or ask questions. L’shanah tovah! (To a good year).