Jewish Calendar
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Rosh Hashana Tue-Wed
Sep 30 - Oct 1
Fri-Sat
Sep 19-20
Tue-Wed
Sep 30 - Oct 1
Tzom Gedalya Thu
Oct 2
Mon
Sep 28
Thu
Oct 2
Yom Kippur Thu
Oct 9
Mon
Sep 28
Thu
Oct 9
Sukkot First Two Days Tue-Wed
Oct 14-15
Thu-Fri
Oct 3-4
Tue-Wed
Oct 14-15
Sukkot Intermediate Days Thu-Mon
Oct 16-20
Sat-Wed
Sep 29 - Oct 3
Thu-Mon
Oct 16-20
Sukkot Last Two Days Tue-Wed
Oct 21-22
Thu-Fri
Oct 4-5
Tue-Wed
Oct 21-22
Hanukkah Sun-Mon
Dec 22-29
Tue-Wed
Dec 5-12
Sun-Mon
Dec 22-29
Asarah B'Tevet Tue
Jan 6
Wed
Dec 19
Tue
Jan 6
Tu B'Shvat Mon
Feb 9
Tue
Jan 22
Mon
Feb 9
Ta'anit Esther Mon
Mar 9
Thu
Mar 20
Mon
Mar 9
Purim Tue
Mar 10
Fri
Mar 21
Tue
Mar 10
Pesach First Two Days Thu-Fri
Apr 9-10
Sun-Mon
Apr 20-21
Thu-Fri
Apr 9-10
Pesach Intermediate Days Sat-Tue
Apr 11-14
Tue-Fri
Apr 22-25
Sat-Tue
Apr 11-14
Pesach Last Two Days Wed-Thu
Apr 15-16
Sat-Sun
Apr 26-27
Wed-Thu
Apr 15-16
Yom Ha'Shoah Tue
Apr 21
Fri
May 2
Tue
Apr 21
Yom Ha'Atzmaut Wed
Apr 29
Thu
May 8
Wed
Apr 29
Lag B'Omer Tue
May 12
Fri
May 23
Tue
May 12
Shavuot Fri-Sat
May-29-30
Mon-Tue
Jun 9-10
Fri-Sat
May-29-30
Shiva Asar B'Tammuz Thu
Jul 9
Sun
Jul 20
Thu
Jul 9
Tisha B'Av Thu
Jul 30
Sun
Aug 10
Thu
Jul 30

 


Shabbat - The Sabbath
Shabbat, the seventh day of the week, begins every Friday evening at sundown and concludes Saturday evening at sundown.
Rosh Hashanah
Rosh Hashanah is the Jewish New Year. In the rabbinic tradition, it is also the 'birthday of the world.'
Tzom Gedaliah
The Fast of Gedaliah mourns the assassination of Gedaliah Ben- Ahikam, the Jewish governor of Judea during the time of the Babylonian conquest.
Yom Kippur - Day of Atonement
Yom Kippur falls on the tenth day of the Hebrew month of Tishrei.
Sukkot - The Miracle of Shelter
The festival of Sukkot celebrates the conclusion of the harvest season.
Shemini Atzeret / Simchat Torah - Let's Party
Simchat Torah ('Rejoicing of the Law') is one of the most enjoyable and simply fun holidays in the Jewish calendar.
Hanukkah - A Rededication
Hanukkah is celebrated for eight days from the 25th of the month of Kislev.
Asarah B'Tevet / Tenth of Tevet
The Tenth of Tevet is a minor fast that marks the beginning of the siege of Jerusalem by Nebuchadnezzar.
Tu B'Shevat - New Year for the Trees
The name Tu B'ishevat means the fifteenth of the Hebrew month of Shevat.
Purim
The name Purim comes from the Akkadian word pur meaning 'dice' or 'lots.'
Passover - A Holiday of Liberation
Passover marks the exodus of the Children of Israel from slavery in ancient Egypt.
Lag B'Omer - Freedom and Perseverance
Lag B'Omer means simply the "thirty-third day of the Omer".
Shavuot - The Gift of Torah
Shavuot celebrates the anniversary of the giving of the Torah.
Shivah Asar B'Tammuz - The Sad Days of Summer
Every year at summer time the Jewish people relive a series of formative tragic events in Jewish history.
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