United StatesJewish Holidays, 2010-2015
| Year | Purim1 | 1st day of Passover2 | 1st day of Shavuot3 | 1st day of Rosh Hashanah4 | Yom Kippur5 | 1st day of Sukkot6 | Shemini Atzeret7 | 1st day of Hanukkah8 |
| 2010 | Feb. 28 | March 30 | May 19 | Sept. 9 | Sept. 18 | Sept. 23 | Sept. 30 | Dec. 2 |
| 2011 | March 20 | April 19 | June 8 | Sept. 29 | Oct. 8 | Oct. 13 | Oct. 20 | Dec. 21 |
| 2012 | March 8 | April 7 | May 27 | Sept. 17 | Sept. 26 | Oct. 1 | Oct. 8 | Dec. 9 |
| 2013 | Feb. 24 | March 26 | May 15 | Sept. 5 | Sept. 14 | Sept. 19 | Sept. 26 | Nov. 28 |
| 2014 | March 16 | April 15 | June 4 | Sept. 25 | Oct. 4 | Oct. 9 | Oct. 16 | Dec. 17 |
| 2015 | March 5 | April 4 | May 24 | Sept. 14 | Sept. 23 | Sept. 28 | Oct. 5 | Dec. 7 |
NOTE: All holidays begin at sundown on the evening before the date given.
- Feast of Lots.
- Feast of Unleavened Bread.
- Hebrew Pentecost; or Feast of Weeks, or of Harvest, or of First Fruits.
- Jewish New Year.
- Day of Atonement.
- Feast of Tabernacles, or of the Ingathering.
- Rejoicing of the Law. In Israel, Simchat Torah is celebrated on the day before the date given.
- Festival of Lights.
Length of Jewish holidays:
Orthodox and Conservative:
In Israel: Purim: 1 day. Passover: 7 days; first and last are holy. Shavuot: 1 day. Rosh Hashanah: 2 days. Yom Kippur: 1 day. Sukkot: 7 days; first is holy. Shemini Atzeret: 1 day. Hanukkah: 8 days.
Outside Israel: Purim: 1 day. Passover: 8 days; first 2 and last 2 are holy. Shavuot: 2 days. Rosh Hashanah: 2 days. Yom Kippur: 1 day. Sukkot: 7 days; first 2 are holy. Shemini Atzeret: 2 days (2nd called Simchat Torah). Hanukkah: 8 days.
Reform:
Purim: 1 day. Passover: 7 days; first and last are holy. Shavuot: 1 day. Rosh Hashanah: 1 day. Yom Kippur: 1 day. Sukkot: 7 days; first is holy. Shemini Atzeret: 1 day. Hanukkah: 8 days.
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