The Yo-Yo Diet Guide to the Jewish Holidays
Rosh Hashanah ---- Feast Tzom Gedalia ----- Fast Yom Kippur ------- More fasting Sukkot ----------- Feast Hoshanah Rabbah -- More feasting Simchat Torah ---- Keep feasting Month of Heshvan - No feasts or fasts for a whole month. Get a grip on yourself. Hanukkah --------- Eat potato pancakes Tenth of Tevet --- Do not eat potato pancakes Tu B'Shevat ------ Feast Fast of Esther --- Fast Purim ------------ Eat pastry Passover --------- Do not eat pastry Shavuot ---------- Dairy feast (cheesecake, blintzes etc.) 17th of Tammuz --- Fast (definitely no cheesecake or blintzes) Nine days -------- Don't eat meat. Might be OK to eat cheescake or blintzes. Tish B'Av -------- Very strict fast (don't even think about cheesecake or blintzes) Month of Elul ---- End of cycle.
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