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Begins sunset of Wednesday, September 20, 2017
Ends nightfall of Friday, September 22, 2017
Ends nightfall of Friday, September 22, 2017
No work is permitted.
Rosh Hashanah is the Jewish New Year. It is the anniversary of the creation of Adam and Eve, and a day of judgment and coronation of G‑d as king.
Begins sunset of Friday, September 29, 2017
Ends nightfall of Saturday, September 30, 2017
Ends nightfall of Saturday, September 30, 2017
No work is permitted.
Virtually everything you need to know about Yom Kippur, the holiest day on the Jewish calendar: How-To Guides, Essays and Insights, Prayer Service Overviews, Stories, Multimedia, and much more!
Begins sunset of Wednesday, October 4, 2017
Ends nightfall of Wednesday, October 11, 2017
Ends nightfall of Wednesday, October 11, 2017
No work permitted on October 5 - 6. Work is permitted on October 8 - 11 with certain restrictions..
Virtually everything you need to know about the holiday of Sukkot: How-To Guides, Essays and Insights, Recipes, Stories, Multimedia, and much more!
Begins sunset of Wednesday, October 11, 2017
Ends nightfall of Friday, October 13, 2017
Ends nightfall of Friday, October 13, 2017
No work is permitted
Virtually everything you need to know about the holidays of Shemini Atzeret and Simchat Torah: How-To Guides, Essays and Insights, Recipes, Stories, Multimedia, and much more!
Begins sunset of Tuesday, December 12, 2017
Ends nightfall of Wednesday, December 20, 2017
Ends nightfall of Wednesday, December 20, 2017
Work permitted, except Shabbat
Chanukah commemorates the rededication of the Temple in Jerusalem after a group of Jewish warriors defeated the occupying mighty Greek armies.
Begins sunrise of Thursday, December 28, 2017
Ends nightfall of Thursday, December 28, 2017
Ends nightfall of Thursday, December 28, 2017
Work permitted
What happened on 10 Tevet? . . . How is it observed? . . . The positive aspects of a “siege mentality” . . . And much more . . .
Wednesday, January 31, 2018
Work permitted
The 15th of Shevat on the Jewish calendar is the day that marks the beginning of a “new year” for trees.
Begins sunset of Wednesday, February 28, 2018
Ends nightfall of Thursday, March 1, 2018
Ends nightfall of Thursday, March 1, 2018
Work should be avoided.
Consult a Rabbi if this is not possible.
Consult a Rabbi if this is not possible.
Purim celebrates the deliverance of the Jewish people from the wicked Haman in the days of Queen Esther of Persia.
Begins sunset of Friday, March 30, 2018
Ends nightfall of Saturday, April 7, 2018
Ends nightfall of Saturday, April 7, 2018
No work permitted on March 31 - April 1 and April 6 - 7. Work is permitted only on April 2 - 5 with certain restrictions.
Passover (Pesach) celebrates the deliverance of the Jewish people from slavery in Egypt. Our Passover megasite has tools, guides, insights, stories, inspiration—and just about everything you need to celebrate Passover. (But bring your own wine.)
Sunday, April 29, 2018
Work permitted
Thirty days ago we cleaned our homes and souls of leaven, and matzahed our way through the week-long festival of Passover. And now, Pesach Sheni—a Second Passover!
Thursday, May 3, 2018
Work permitted
The birthday of Jewish mysticism . . . The spiritual significance of the bow and arrow . . . Can love be true, and can truth be loving? . . . What is Kabbalah?
Begins sunset of Saturday, May 19, 2018
Ends nightfall of Monday, May 21, 2018
Ends nightfall of Monday, May 21, 2018
No work is permitted
Shavuot marks the giving of the Torah on Mt. Sinai. The Ten Commandments are read in synagogues, just as they were in the desert on Mt. Sinai over 3,300 years ago.
Saturday, June 30, 2018 through Sunday, July 22, 2018
Work permitted, except Shabbat
The “Three Weeks” and Tisha B’Av are designated as a time of mourning over the destruction of the Holy Temple and the galut (exile).
Friday, July 27, 2018
Work permitted
Our sages proclaimed the 15th of Av as one of the two greatest festivals of the year, yet they ordained no special observances or celebrations for it . . .
Information on the septennial Hakhel and Shemitah (Sabbatical) years, and the once-in-28-years Sun Blessing.
The Jewish Calendar
Since Biblical times the months and years of the Jewish calendar have been established by the cycles of the moon and the sun.
NOTE: The Jewish calendar date begins at sundown of the night beforehand. Thus all holiday observances begin the night before, as listed. The exception to this rule is most fast days, which begin at dawn of the date listed (aside for Tisha b’Av and Yom Kippur which also begin the night before). Jewish calendar dates conclude at nightfall.
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