User blog comment:Doctor Ibrahim/Ask the Doc and his Family!/@comment-27550231-20160814025002/@comment-28358106-20160814180623

"Holy Eve is generally celebrated a little over a month in advance, and continues up to the holiday.   And the main reason the holidays are so long is to give folks a chance to get to their destination first.  So many people are intermarried throughout the towns, it takes a while for everyone to get together."