| Civil Year |
2009 |
2010 |
2011 |
| Jewish Year |
5769-70 |
5770-71 |
5771-72 |
Shabbat is one of the holiest days in the Jewish calendar which begins every Friday night at sundown ending Saturday night after nightfall. |
Friday Evening to Saturday Evening |
Selichos Begin
The Period of time leading up to the High Holy Days in which we begin asking for forgivness. Ashkenazim begin on the on the listed days which always fall out on a Sunday. |
Sun
9/13/2009 |
Sun
9/5/2010 |
Sun
9/25/2011 |
Erev Rosh Hashanah
Evening of the first day of Rosh Hashanah.
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Fri
9/18/2009
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Wed
9/8/2010 |
Wed 9/28/2011
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Rosh Hashanah
The Jewish New year; start of the Ten Days of Repentance. |
Sat-Sun
9/19-20
2009 |
Thu-Fri
9/9-10 2010 |
Thu-Fri
9/29-30
2011 |
Fast of Gedalyah
The day following Rosh Hashanah is known as the Fast of Gedalyah, It commemorating the assassination of Gedalyah and the end of Jewish autonomy after the destruction of the second temple. |
Mon
9/21/2009 |
Sun
9/12/2010 |
Sun
10/2/2011 |
Erev Yom Kippur
Evening of Yom Kippur and begining of the holiday. |
Sun
9/27/2009 |
Fri
9/17/2010 |
Fri
10/7/2011 |
Yom Kippur
The day of Atonement, considered to be one of the holiest, most solemn, and happiest days of the year. Its central theme is atonement and repentance. Fasting begins at sundown on Erev Yom Kippur, and ends after nightfall the following day. |
Mon
9/28/2009 |
Sat
9/18/2010 |
Sat
10/8/2011 |
Sukkot (Succos)
Sukkot is an eight day Biblical pilgrimage festival, also known as The Festival of Booths (Tabernacles). The first two days are full holidays, the following five days are known as Hol Hamo'ed, and the seventh day is called Hoshanah Rabbah. |
Sat-Fri
10/3-9
2009 |
Thu-Wed
9/23-29
2010 |
Thu-Wed
10/13-19
2011 |
Hoshanah Rabbah
Hosha'nah Rabbah is the seventh day of Sukkot. |
Fri
10/9/2009 |
Wed
9/29/2010 |
Wed 10/19/2011 |
Shemini Atzeret
Shemini Atzeret is considered both the eighth day of Sukkot, and its own holiday. |
Sat
10/10/2009 |
Thu
9/30/2010 |
Thu
10/19/2011 |
Simchat Torah
Simchat Torah is the second day of Shemini Atzeret. It is also the day we celebrate the cycle of reading the Torah. |
Sun
10/11/2009 |
Fri
10/1/2010 |
Fri
10/20/2011 |
Chanukah (Hanukkah)
Festival of Lights celebrates the victory of the Maccabees and the rededication of the Temple. |
Sat-Sat
12/12-19
2009 |
Thu-Thu
12/2-12/9
2010 |
Wed-Wed
12/21-28
2011 |
Asara B'Tevet
This is a minor fast day commemorating the start of the seige around Jerusalem. |
Tue 1/6/2009 |
Thu 12/16/2010
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Tu B'Shvat
Tu B'Shevat, the 15th of Shevat on the Jewish calendar, is the day that marks the beginning of a New Year for Trees. |
Mon
2/9/2009 |
Sat
1/30/2010 |
Thu
1/20/2011 |
Purim Katan
In a leap year when there are two months of Adar, Purim in this case falls on the 14th day of the second Adar, while the 14th day of the first Adar is called Purim Katan. Purim Katan, is like Purim with the except the megilah is not read, and gifts to the poor are not given. |
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Fri 2/18/2011 |
Fast of Esther
On the 13th of Adar, the Fast of Esther is observed in commemoration of the Fast observed by Esther and all of Israel. |
Mon
3/9/2009 |
Thu
2/25/2010 |
Thu
3/17/2011 |
Purim
Purim commemorates the events found in the Book of Esther. It is celebrated by reading the megilah, having a festive meal, giving gift baskets to friends, and gifts to the poor. |
Tue
3/10/2009 |
Sun
2/28/2010 |
Sun
3/20/2011 |
Shushan Purim
Shushan Purim is the day Jews in Jerusalem celebrate Purim. |
Wed
3/11/2009 |
Mon
3/01/2010 |
Mon
3/21/2011 |
Erev Pesach (Passover), and Fast of the First Born
Most of this day is a fast specifically for first born males. Then in the evening is the first Seder. |
Wed
4/8/2009 |
Mon
3/29/2010 |
Mon
4/18/2011 |
Pesach (Passover)
Celebrating the deliverance of the Jewish people from Egypt. The Seder service on the first two evenings recounts the story of the Exodus. |
Thu-Thu
4/9-4/16
2009 |
Tue-Tue
3/30-4/6 2010
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Tue-Tue
4/19-4/26
2011 |
Yom HaShoah
The Day of Remembrance for the six million Jews who were murdered in the Shoah. |
Tue
4/21
2009 |
Sun
4/11
2010 |
Sun
5/1
2011 |
Yom HaZikaron
Israel's day of remembering its veterans who have lost their lives. |
Tue 4/28/2009 |
Mon 4/19/2010 |
Mon 5/9/201 |
Yom HaAtzma'ut
Israel's Independence Day celebrates the creation of the state of Israel. |
Wed
4/29/2009 |
Tue
4/20/2010 |
Tue
5/10/2011 |
Pesach Sheini
The fourteenth day of the month of Iyar is Pesach Sheini, the Second Passover for those who were unable to bring the Passover offering on the eve of the first Passover. |
Fri
5/8/2009 |
Thu
4/29/2010 |
Thu
5/19/2011 |
Lag BaOmer
Lag BaOmer is the thirty third day of counting the Omer. This day is a holiday as it celebrates the end of a devine sent plague that killed 24,000 students of Rabbi Akiva. |
Tue
5/12/2009 |
Sun
5/2/2010 |
Sun 5/22/2011 |
Yom Yerushalayim (Jerusalem Day)
An Israeli National holiday celebrating the reunification of Jerusalem after the war of 1967. |
Fri
5/22/2009 |
Wed
5/12/2010 |
Wed
6/1/2011 |
Shavuot
The Festival of Weeks, marks the giving of the Torah. Shavuot also marks the end of the counting of the Omer. |
Fri-Sat
5/29-5/30
2009 |
Wed-Thu
5/19-5/20
2010 |
Wed-Thu
6/8-6/9
2011 |
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Seventeenth of Tammuz
The Seventeenth of Tammuz is a minor fast day commemorating the end of the seige around Jerusalem which began on Asara B'Tevet.
The days between the 17th of Tammuz and the 9th of Av are days of mourning, for during this time the collapse of Jerusalem during the Roman occupation occurred.
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Thu
7/9/2009 |
Tue
6/29/2010 |
Tue
7/19/2011 |
Tisha B'Av
This is the saddest day of the year. On this day both the First and Second Temples were destroyed (587 BCE and CE 70), King Edward I signed the edict compelling the Jews to leave England in 1290, and the Jewish expulsion from Spain occured in 1492. |
Thu
7/30/2009 |
Tue
7/20/2010 |
Tue
8/9/2011 |
Tu B'Av
Tu B'Av, the fifteenth day of Av, is a day of love and Happiness. |
Wed
8/5/2009 |
Mon
7/26/2010 |
Mon
8/15/2011 |
