Festival Guide
The Jewish calendar is jam-packed with important dates and festivals. Behind every one is a story — sometimes biblical, sometimes more modern. Each one is significant in its own individual way, accompanied by a variety of customs and traditions.
| Festival | 2006 5766-5767 |
2007 5767-5768 |
|---|---|---|
| Fast of Tevet | Sun Dec 31 | Wed Dec 19 |
| Tu Bishvat | Mon Feb 13 | Sat Feb 3 |
| Fast of Esther | Mon March 13 | Thu Mar 1 |
| Purim | Tue Mar 14 | Sat Mar 3 |
| Shushan Purim | Wed March 15 | Sun March 4 |
| Yom Ha'atzmaut | Wed May 3 | Mon Apr 23 |
| Fast of the Firstborn | Tue Apr 11 | Mon Apr 2 |
| Pesach | Wed Apr 12 – Thu Apr 20 | Mon Apr 2 - Tue Apr 10 |
| Yom Hashoah | Tue Apr 25 | Sun Apr 15 |
| Yom Hazikaron | Tue May 6 | Wed Apr 25 |
| Lag B'Omer | Tue May 16 | Sun May 6 |
| Yom Yerushalayim | Fri May 26 | Wed May 16 |
| Shavuot | Thu Jun 1 – Sat Jun 3 | Tue May 22 - Thur May 24 |
| Fast of Tammuz | Thu July 13 | Tue July 3 |
| Tisha B'Av | Thu Aug 3 | Fri Aug 24 |
| Rosh Hashanah | Fri Sep 22 – Sun Sep 24 | Wed Sep 12 - Fri Sep 14 |
| Fast of Gedalliah | Mon Sep 25 | Sun Sep 16 |
| Yom Kippur | Sun Oct 1 – Mon Oct 2 | Fri Sep 21 - Sat Sep 22 |
| Succot | Fri Oct 6 – Sun Oct 8 | Thurs Sep 27 - Fri Oct 5 |
| Hoshannah Rabbah | Fri Oct 13 | Thurs 3 Oct |
| Shemini Atzeret | Sat Oct 14 | Thurs Oct 4 |
| Simchat Torah | Sun Oct 15 | Friday Oct 5 |
| Chanukah | Sat Dec 16 – Sat Dec 23 | Wed Dec 5 - Wed Dec 12 |
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