Editing Jewish holidays (section)

===Groupings===
Certain terms are used very commonly for groups of holidays.
* The Hebrew-language term ''Yom Tov'' ({{langx|he|יום טוב}}), sometimes referred to as "festival day", usually refers to the six biblically mandated festival dates on which all [[#work|activities prohibited on Shabbat]] are prohibited, except for some related to food preparation.<ref>''[[Mishneh Torah]]'', Moshe ben Maimon, vol. 1, Jerusalem, 1974, s.v. ''Shevitat Yom-Tov'' 1:1 (Hebrew).</ref> These include the first and seventh days of [[#Pesach—Passover|Passover]] (the [[Feast of Unleavened Bread]] / the Feast of [[Matzot]] – Exodus 23:15, Deuteronomy 16:16), [first day of] [[#Shavuot—Feast of Weeks—Yom HaBikurim|Shavuot]], both days of [[#Rosh Hashanah|Rosh Hashanah]], first day of [[#Sukkot—Feast of Booths (or Tabernacles)|Sukkot]], and [first day of] [[#Shemini Atzeret and Simchat Torah|Shemini Atzeret]]. By extension, outside the [[Land of Israel]], the second-day holidays known under the rubric ''[[#2days|Yom tov sheni shel galuyot]]'' (literally, "Second ''Yom Tov'' of the Diaspora")—including [[Simchat Torah]]—are also included in this grouping. Colloquially, [[#Yom Kippur—Day of Atonement|Yom Kippur]], a biblically mandated date on which even food preparation is prohibited, is often included in this grouping. The tradition of keeping two days of Yom Tov in the diaspora has existed since roughly 300 BCE.
* The English-language term [[High Holy Days]] or High Holidays refers to [[#Rosh Hashanah|Rosh Hashanah]] and [[#Yom Kippur—Day of Atonement|Yom Kippur]] collectively. Its Hebrew analogue, "Days of Awe" ({{langx|he|ימים נוראים}}), is more flexible: it can refer just to those holidays, or to the [[#Aseret Yemei Teshuva—Ten Days of Repentance|Ten Days of Repentance]], or the entire penitential period, starting as early as the beginning of [[Elul]], and (more rarely) ending as late as [[Shemini Atzeret]].
* The term [[Three Pilgrimage Festivals]] ({{langx|he|שלוש רגלים|shalosh rəġalim}} or {{langx|he|חגים}} ''ḥaġim'') refers to [[#Pesach—Passover|Passover]] (the Feast of Unleavened Bread / Feast of [[Matzot]]), [[#Shavuot—Feast of Weeks—Yom HaBikurim|Shavuot]] and [[#Sukkot—Feast of Booths (or Tabernacles)|Sukkot]]. Within this grouping, Sukkot normally includes [[#Shemini Atzeret and Simchat Torah|Shemini Atzeret and Simchat Torah]].
* ''Ma'agal Hashana'' ({{langx|he|מעגל השנה|maʿgal haš-šānā|link=no}}; "year cycle"), a more general term, is often used – especially in educational settings<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.arachim.org/ArticleDetail.asp?ArticleID=197 |lang=he|title=מעגל השנה|website= arachim.org}}</ref><ref>[http://www.yeshivacollege.co.za/girls-high-school/ Kodesh Studies], [[Yeshiva College of South Africa]]</ref><ref>[http://www.chinuch.org/item_detail/Maagal-Hashanah Ma'agal Hashanah], chinuch.org</ref> – to refer to the overall study of the Jewish calendar, outlining the month by month events, with [[mitzvah|mitzvot]] and [[minhag]]im, and philosophical material, that occur over the year.