The Jewish holidays in September are known as the holidays of the month of Tishrei. They apply not only to September but can also fall out in October and sometimes even begin in October. These holidays are Rosh Hashana, Yom Kippur, Sukkot, and Simchat Torah or Shemini Atzeret.

Rosh Hashanah

Rosh Hashanah marks the beginning of the Jewish year on Tishrei, on the eve of the holiday, members of the immediate or distant family gather together and celebrate the beginning of the year with a glorious meal. Following that evening there are two days of the holiday when people do not perform any labor, most Jews do not work and there is no public transportation in Israel. An important mitzvah on this holiday is blowing the shofar.

Yom Kippur

Yom Kippur, which takes place on the 10th of Tishrei, is the day that brings an end to the ten days between Rosh Hashana to Yom Kippur and is also one of the September or Tishrei holidays. In fact, it is more of a holy day than a festival, because it is a day when the Jews are commanded to torture their souls. The main mitzvah in it is fasting, from the eve of Yom Kippur until three stars come out the next night. In addition to fasting all pleasures should be avoided. Leather shoes must also not be worn. Like Rosh Hashanah, it is also a day when people do not perform acts of labor, but unlike any other holiday in Israel and even on Shabbat, you will find that secular people also participate, and almost no cars are seen traveling on this day in Israel, except for emergency vehicles such as ambulances and firefighters. Instead of cars, Israeli children fill the roads with bicycles, scooters, and other non-motorized vehicles.

The more devout traditionalists and religious people are in the synagogue all day praying to be forgiven for their sins. One of the well-known prayers is “We have sinned before you.” The opening prayer is “All my vows” and the closing one is “the locking prayer”.

Sukkot

Sukkot is also one of the Tishrei holidays – Jewish holidays in September which takes place on the 4th of Tishrei, but many times it also comes out in October. On this holiday, the Jews build a sukkah – a temporary structure with a thatched roof, they decorate it, eat in it and sleep in it and even host guests in it for seven days. On this holiday, it is also customary to take the four species, which are etrog, lulav, myrtle, and willow. It is customary to take them and wave them during prayer. There are two reasons for this Jewish Tishrei holiday – the Jewish holiday in September. One of the reasons is agriculture, this is why Sukkot is also called the harvest festival, where it is customary to collect agricultural produce. It is also one of the three high holy days of the Jewish holidays – in which it was customary to go up to the Temple, alongside Passover and Shavuot. The main reason for the name of the holiday and its custom of sitting in the sukkah is that when they fled from Egypt and wandered in the desert, the children of Israel sat in the sukkot and had no permanent place. On the seventh day of Sukkot also called Hoshana Rabba the worshipers circle around the synagogue stage seven times whilst holding the four species.

Simchat Torah or Shemini Atzeret 

Simchat Torah or Shemini Atzeret brings an end to the Tishrei holidays – September Jewish holidays. Both actually take place on the same day. Simchat Torah symbolizes the end of the reading of the Torah scroll and the beginning of the re-reading, from the Book of Genesis. Shemini Atzeret probably symbolizes the departure of the sukkah and the return to the house. The word assembly means gathering, we return from the assembly to the house. Shemini Atzeret is mentioned in the Bible, while Simchat Torah is mentioned in Chazal. Both holidays occur on the 22nd of Tishrei. As with the other holidays of Tishrei, with the exception of the week of Sukkot, these are sabbatical days, when people go on strike from any craft, do not work and there is no public transportation in Israel.

In addition to the Jewish Tishrei holidays – September Jewish holidays – this month there is also the fast of Gedaliah, in memory of the leader Gedaliah who was assassinated after the destruction of the First Temple, and the time of mourning is set for the 3rd of Tishrei, immediately after Rosh Hashanah. As mentioned Tishrei is also the month of the terrible days, between Rosh Hashana to Yom Kippur, when God determines the judgment of every person in the Book of Life.