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Note: Jewish holidays begin at sundown on the day 5776 5777 5778 5779 5780 before the date listed. 2015-2016 2016-2017 2017-2018 2018-2019 2019-2020

ROSH HASHANAH Mon & Tues Mon & Tues Thurs & Fri Mon & Tues Mon & Tues Jewish New Year; good wishes and blessings are 9/14-15/15 10/3-4/16 9/21-22/17 9/10-11/18 9/30-10/1/19 extended to family and friends; an apple dipped in honey is eaten to symbolize the sweet year we all desire.

FAST OF GEDALYA Wed Wed Sun Wed Wed Commemorates the assassination of Gedalya Ben 9/16/15 10/5/16 9/24/17 9/12/18 10/2/19 Achikam and the start of the Babylonian exile of the Jewish people (6th century BCE).

KOL NIDRE SERVICES Tues Tues Fri Tues Tues 9/22/15 10/11/16 9/29/17 9/18/18 10/8/19

YOM KIPPUR Wed Wed Sat Wed Wed Our solemn day of and introspection in 9/23/15 10/12/16 9/30/17 9/19/18 10/9/19 which we seek forgiveness from our fellow human beings and atonement from God. Also known as the Day of Atonement.

SUKKOT/TABERNACLES Mon & Tues Mon & Tues Thurs & Fri Mon & Tues Mon & Tues Remembering the Israelites’ wandering in the 9/28-29/15 10/17-18/16 10/5-6/17 9/24-25/18 10/14-15/19 desert, we build temporary booths () in which we eat our meals and celebrate with friends and family for seven days.

SHEMINI ATZERET/ SIMCHAT Mon & Tues Mon & Tues Thurs & Fri Mon & Tues Mon & Tues On Atzeret, we pray for a year blessed 10/5-6/15 10/24-25/16 10/12-13/17 10/1-2/18 10/21-22/19 with rain and sustenance. On , we rejoice in completing the annual cycle of the weekly Torah portions and prepare to begin again.

HANUKAH Mon 12/7 - Sun 12/25 - Wed 12/13 - Mon 12/3 - Mon 12/23 - First candle is lit the night before the first date Mon 12/14/15 Sun 1/1/17 Wed 12/20/17 Mon 12/10/18 Mon 12/30/19 given. This festival of lights celebrates the Maccabees’ rededication of the in Jerusalem in the 2nd century BCE.

FAST OF THE 10 TH OF Tues Sun Thurs Tues Tues Commemorates the beginning of the Babylonian 12/22/15 1/8/17 12/28/17 12/18/18 1/7/20 siege of Jerusalem (6th century BCE).

TA’ANIS / Wed Thurs Wed Wed Mon Commemorates Queen Esther’s fast to save the 3/23/16 3/9/17 2/28/18 3/20/19 3/9/20 Jewish people of ancient Persia.

PURIM Thurs Sun Thurs Thurs Tues A joyous one-day festival commemorating the 3/24/16 3/12/17 3/1/18 3/21/19 3/10/20 rescue of the Jewish people in ancient Persia. (The is first read the night before the date given.)

PESACH/ Sat & Sun Tues & Wed Sat & Sun Sat & Sun Thurs & Fri First two days and last two days. Eight-day holiday 4/23-24/16 4/11-12/17 3/31-4/1/18 4/20-21/19 4/9-10/20 commemorating the Israelites’ Exodus from Egypt. An important observance is eating matzah, Fri & Sat Mon & Tues Fri & Sat Fri & Sat Wed & Thurs unleavened bread, to remember the bread of 4/29-30/16 4/17-18/17 4//6-7/18 4/26-27/19 4/15-16/20 slavery.

YOM HASHOAH/ Thurs Mon Thurs Thurs Tues HOLOCAUST REMEMBRANCE DAY 5/05/16 4/24/17 4/12/18 5/2/19 4/21/20 A solemn day of recalling those who perished in the Holocaust.

YOM HA’ATZMA’UT/ INDEPENDENCE DAY Thurs Tues Thurs Thurs Wed Celebrates the establishment of the State of Israel 5/12/16 5/2/17 4/19/18 5/9/19 4/29/20 in 1948.

SHAVUOT/PENTECOST Sun & Mon Wed & Thurs Sun & Mon Sun & Mon Fri & Sat Celebrates God’s giving the Torah to the at 6/12-13/16 5/31-6/1/17 5/20-21/18 6/9-10/19 5/29-30/20 Mount Sinai.

FAST OF THE 17TH OF Sun Tues Sun Sun Thurs Commemorates the breach of the walls of 7/24/16 7/11/17 7/1/18 7/21/19 7/9/20 Jerusalem by the Romans (1st century CE).

FAST OF TISHA B’/9TH OF AV Sun Tues Sun Sun Thurs Anniversary of the destruction of the First and 8/14/16 8/1/17 7/22/18 8/11/19 7/30/20 Second Temples in Jerusalem; from the depths of sorrow will come the days of redemption.

“And be a Blessing” GENESIS 12:2