The Five Megillot (The Five Scrolls)

A megillah is a scroll. Five short scrolls of the Hebrew Bible are known as The Five Megillot. In a printed Hebrew Bible, they are found grouped together after the book of Job. Each of the five Megillot is associated with a specific Jewish holiday or occasion when that Megillah is traditionally read in synagogue. Here's a list of The Five Megillot and their associated holidays:

• Song of Songs (Shir HaShirim): This poetic book is traditionally read on the Sabbath during the Passover holiday (Pesach).

• Ruth (Ruth): The Book of Ruth is read on the holiday of Shavuot, which commemorates the giving of the Torah at Mount Sinai.

• Lamentations (Eichah): Lamentations is read on Tisha B'Av, a day of mourning that commemorates the destruction of the First and Second Temples in Jerusalem, as well as other tragedies in Jewish history.

• Ecclesiastes (Kohelet): Ecclesiastes is read during the holiday of Sukkot, also known as the Feast of Tabernacles or Booths.

• Esther (Megillat Esther): The Book of Esther is read on the holiday of Purim, which celebrates the salvation of the Jewish people from the plot of Haman in ancient Persia. It is a festive holiday marked by joy, costumes, and the reading of the Megillah (scroll) of Esther. According to Jewish law, every adult Jewish man and woman should read Esther two times on Purim, once at night and once the following morning. Most people listen carefully while a member of the congregation reads “the whole Megillah.”