Yom Tov (Jewish festival days)

E11355

Jewish holiday category halachic concept

Yom Tov refers to the biblically mandated Jewish festival days, such as Passover, Shavuot, and Sukkot, marked by special prayers, festive meals, and partial work restrictions.

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All labels observed (6)

Label	Occurrences
Jewish festivals	2
Yom Tov	2
Megillot read on Jewish festivals	1
Yom Tov (Jewish festival days) canonical	1
Yom Tov Sheni shel Galuyot (second festival day in diaspora)	1
Yom Tov Sheni shel Galuyot (second festival day in the Diaspora)	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T113205 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.

NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Yom Tov (Jewish festival days)
Context triple: [Shabbat, distinguishedFrom, Yom Tov (Jewish festival days)]

A. Shabbat
Shabbat is the Jewish weekly day of rest and spiritual renewal, observed from Friday evening to Saturday evening with prayer, festive meals, and abstention from work.
B. Sukkot
Sukkot is a week-long Jewish harvest festival and pilgrimage holiday commemorating the Israelites’ dwelling in temporary shelters after the Exodus from Egypt.
C. Purim
Purim is a joyous Jewish holiday commemorating the salvation of the Jews in ancient Persia as recounted in the biblical Book of Esther, celebrated with feasting, costumes, charity, and the reading of the Megillah.
D. Hanukkah
Hanukkah is an eight-day Jewish festival, also known as the Festival of Lights, commemorating the rededication of the Second Temple in Jerusalem and celebrated by lighting a menorah, reciting special prayers, and enjoying traditional foods.
E. Passover
Passover is a major Jewish festival commemorating the Israelites’ exodus from slavery in Egypt, marked by ritual meals, storytelling, and the avoidance of leavened bread.
F. None of above. chosen
G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Yom Tov (Jewish festival days)
Target entity description: Yom Tov refers to the biblically mandated Jewish festival days, such as Passover, Shavuot, and Sukkot, marked by special prayers, festive meals, and partial work restrictions.

A. Shabbat
Shabbat is the Jewish weekly day of rest and spiritual renewal, observed from Friday evening to Saturday evening with prayer, festive meals, and abstention from work.
B. Sukkot
Sukkot is a week-long Jewish harvest festival and pilgrimage holiday commemorating the Israelites’ dwelling in temporary shelters after the Exodus from Egypt.
C. Purim
Purim is a joyous Jewish holiday commemorating the salvation of the Jews in ancient Persia as recounted in the biblical Book of Esther, celebrated with feasting, costumes, charity, and the reading of the Megillah.
D. Hanukkah
Hanukkah is an eight-day Jewish festival, also known as the Festival of Lights, commemorating the rededication of the Second Temple in Jerusalem and celebrated by lighting a menorah, reciting special prayers, and enjoying traditional foods.
E. Passover
Passover is a major Jewish festival commemorating the Israelites’ exodus from slavery in Egypt, marked by ritual meals, storytelling, and the avoidance of leavened bread.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (50)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Jewish holiday category ⓘ halachic concept ⓘ
associatedWith	Hallel recitation on many festivals ⓘ Musaf prayer ⓘ Yaaleh VeYavo insertion in Amidah ⓘ Yaaleh VeYavo insertion in Birkat Hamazon ⓘ
calendarSystem	Hebrew calendar ⓘ
characterizedBy	Kiddush over wine ⓘ festive meals ⓘ holiday-specific liturgy ⓘ lighting of festival candles ⓘ partial work restrictions ⓘ special prayers ⓘ
codifiedIn	Mishnah ⓘ Shulchan Aruch ⓘ Talmud ⓘ
comparedTo	Shabbat ⓘ
definedAs	biblically mandated Jewish festival day ⓘ
determinedBy	lunar-solar calendar ⓘ
differenceFromShabbat	certain labors for food preparation permitted ⓘ
excludes	intermediate days of festivals (Chol HaMoed) ⓘ
halachicCategory	Yom Tov Rishon (first festival day) ⓘ Yom Tov Sheni shel Galuyot (second festival day in diaspora) ⓘ linked to: Yom Tov (Jewish festival days)
includes	Passover ⓘ Rosh Hashanah ⓘ Shavuot ⓘ Shemini Atzeret ⓘ Simchat Torah ⓘ linked to: Shemini Atzeret Sukkot ⓘ first day of Passover ⓘ linked to: Chol HaMoed first day of Sukkot ⓘ last day of Passover ⓘ last day of Sukkot ⓘ
language	Hebrew ⓘ
literalMeaning	good day ⓘ
notClassifiedAs	Chol HaMoed ⓘ fast day ⓘ
observedBy	Conservative Jews ⓘ linked to: Conservative Judaism Orthodox Jews ⓘ linked to: Orthodox Judaism many Reform Jews ⓘ religious Jews ⓘ
pluralForm	Yamim Tovim ⓘ
purpose	commemoration of historical and agricultural events in Jewish tradition ⓘ
religiousTradition	Judaism ⓘ
requires	Eruv Tavshilin for some cooking from Yom Tov to Shabbat ⓘ
sourceText	Hebrew Bible ⓘ linked to: Tanakh Torah ⓘ
workProhibition	carrying in public domain generally permitted ⓘ cooking from an existing flame generally permitted ⓘ melacha generally forbidden ⓘ

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