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Jewish 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.

  1. Feast of Lots.
  2. Feast of Unleavened Bread.
  3. Hebrew Pentecost; or Feast of Weeks, or of Harvest, or of First Fruits.
  4. Jewish New Year.
  5. Day of Atonement.
  6. Feast of Tabernacles, or of the Ingathering.
  7. Rejoicing of the Law. In Israel, Simchat Torah is celebrated on the day before the date given.
  8. 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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