Jewish Holidays
A festival of freedom that marks the Hebrew exodus from Egypt long ago.
Passover
President during the watergate scandal and the first President to resign.
Richard Nixon
Common name for the second plague pandemic which spread in the mid-14th century
The Black Death
"a land of milk and honey"
Leviticus 20:24
The day of rest and weekly observance of God's completion of creation.
Shabbat
The Jewish Day of Atonement
Yom Kippur
President involved in the Monica Lewinsky Scandal
Bill Clinton
Common name for the first plague pandemic
The Plague of Justinian
"fire and brimstone"
Genesis 19:24
A festival celebrating liberation from oppression, freedom of worship, and finding light in the darkest of times.
Hanukkah
The day marking the end and the beginning of the annual Torah reading cycle.
Simchat Torah
First U.S. president to be impeached
Andrew Johnson
Spread across the Roman Empire from AD 165 to 180
The Antonine Plague
"Ye of little faith"
Matthew 6:30
The Jewish "New Year of the Trees"
Tu B'Shevat
A day celebrating the saving of the Jews from a diabolical plot of destruction, as recounted in the Book of Esther.
Purim
President during the Iran-Contra Scandal
Ronald Reagan
Plague that struck Greece in 430 BC, during the Peloponnesian War
The Great Plague of Athens
"The writing on the wall"
Daniel 5:5
The Jewish New Year
Rosh Hashanah
Holocaust Memorial Day
Yom HaShoah
President during the Teapot Dome Scandal
Warren G. Harding
An intestinal infection that originated in India
Cholera
"(casting) pearls before swine"
Matthew 7:6
Marks the end of sukkot with an annual prayer for rain
Shemini Atzeret