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September Tishri 5777-78 elul 2017 September tishri SUNDAY MONDAY TUESDAY WEDNESDAY THURSDAY FRIDAY SATURDAY 10 elul 11 elul AUGUST OCTOBER S M T W T F S S M T W T F S 1 2 1 2 3 4 5 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 27 28 29 30 31 29 30 31 Ki Tetze 3 12 elul 4 13 elul 5 14 elul 6 15 elul 7 16 elul 8 17 elul 9 18 elul LABOR DAY Ki Tavo 19 elul 20 elul 21 elul 22 elul 23 elul 24 elul 25 elul 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 Nitzavim-Vayelech SELICHOT 17 26 elul 18 27 elul 19 28 elul 20 29 elul 21 1 tishri 22 2 tishri 23 3 tishri EREV FALL BEGINS Ha’azinu ROSH HASHANAH ROSH HASHANAH ROSH HASHANAH SHABBAT SHUVAH 24 4 tishri 25 5 tishri 26 6 tishri 27 7 tishri 28 8 tishri 29 9 tishri 30 10 tishri FAST OF GEDALIAH YOM KIPPUR OBSERVED KOL NIDRE YIZKOR 5778 tishri 2017 October cheshvan SUNDAY MONDAY TUESDAY WEDNESDAY THURSDAY FRIDAY SATURDAY 1 11 tishri 2 12 tishri 3 13 tishri 4 14 tishri 5 15 tishri 6 16 tishri 7 17 tishri EREV SUKKOT SUKKOT SUKKOT INTERMEDIATE DAY 8 18 tishri 9 19 tishri 10 20 tishri 11 21 tishri 12 22 tishri 13 23 tishri 14 24 tishri COLUMBUS DAY CANADIAN THANKSGIVING SHEMINI ATZERET INTERMEDIATE DAY INTERMEDIATE DAY INTERMEDIATE DAY HOSHANAH RABBAH YIZKOR SIMCHAT TORAH Bereshit 15 25 tishri 16 26 tishri 17 27 tishri 18 28 tishri 19 29 tishri 20 30 tishri 21 1 cheshvan ROSH CHODESH Noach 22 2 cheshvan 23 3 cheshvan 24 4 cheshvan 25 5 cheshvan 26 6 cheshvan 27 7 cheshvan 28 8 cheshvan Lech Lecha 9 cheshvan 10 cheshvan 11 cheshvan SEPTEMBER NOVEMBER 29 30 31 S M T W T F S S M T W T F S 1 2 1 2 3 4 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 26 27 28 29 30 5778 cheshvan 2017 November kislev SUNDAY MONDAY TUESDAY WEDNESDAY THURSDAY FRIDAY SATURDAY 12 cheshvan 13 cheshvan 14 cheshvan 15 cheshvan OCTOBER S M T W T F S 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 Vayera 5 16 cheshvan 6 17 cheshvan 7 18 cheshvan 8 19 cheshvan 9 20 cheshvan 10 21 cheshvan 11 22 cheshvan VETERANS DAY CANADIAN REMEMBRANCE DAY Chayeh Sarah 12 23 cheshvan 13 24 cheshvan 14 25 cheshvan 15 26 cheshvan 16 27 cheshvan 17 28 cheshvan 18 29 cheshvan Toldot 19 1 kislev 20 2 kislev 21 3 kislev 22 4 kislev 23 5 kislev 24 6 kislev 25 7 kislev ROSH CHODESH THANKSGIVING DAY Vayetze 8 kislev 9 kislev 10 kislev 11 kislev 12 kislev DECEMBER 26 27 28 29 30 S M T W T F S 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 31 25 26 27 28 29 30 5778 kislev 2017 December tevet SUNDAY MONDAY TUESDAY WEDNESDAY THURSDAY FRIDAY SATURDAY 13 kislev 14 kislev NOVEMBER JANUARY S M T W T F S S M T W T F S 1 2 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4 5 6 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 26 27 28 29 30 28 29 30 31 Vayishlach 3 15 kislev 4 16 kislev 5 17 kislev 6 18 kislev 7 19 kislev 8 20 kislev 9 21 kislev Vayeshev 10 22 kislev 11 23 kislev 12 24 kislev 13 25 kislev 14 26 kislev 15 27 kislev 16 28 kislev Miketz EREV HANUKKAH HANUKKAH HANUKKAH HANUKKAH HANUKKAH 17 29 kislev 18 30 kislev 19 1 tevet 20 2 tevet 21 3 tevet 22 4 tevet 23 5 tevet ROSH CHODESH HANUKKAH HANUKKAH HANUKKAH HANUKKAH Vayigash 24 6 tevet 25 7 tevet 26 8 tevet 27 9 tevet 28 10 tevet 29 11 tevet 30 12 tevet 31 13 tevet CHRISTMAS DAY Vayechi 5778 tevet 2018 January shevat SUNDAY MONDAY TUESDAY WEDNESDAY THURSDAY FRIDAY SATURDAY 14 tevet 15 tevet 16 tevet 17 tevet 18 tevet 19 tevet DECEMBER S M T W T F S 1 2 3 4 5 6 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 31 25 26 27 28 29 30 NEW YEAR’S DAY Shemot 7 20 tevet 8 21 tevet 9 22 tevet 10 23 tevet 11 24 tevet 12 25 tevet 13 26 tevet Va’era 14 27 tevet 15 28 tevet 16 29 tevet 17 1 shevat 18 2 shevat 19 3 shevat 20 4 shevat MARTIN LUTHER KING DAY ROSH CHODESH Bo 21 5 shevat 22 6 shevat 23 7 shevat 24 8 shevat 25 9 shevat 26 10 shevat 27 11 shevat Beshalach 12 shevat 13 shevat 14 shevat 15 shevat FEBRUARY 28 29 30 31 S M T W T F S 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 TU B’SHEVAT 5778 shevat 2018 February adar SUNDAY MONDAY TUESDAY WEDNESDAY THURSDAY FRIDAY SATURDAY 16 shevat 17 shevat 18 shevat JANUARY S M T W T F S 1 2 3 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 Yitro 4 19 shevat 5 20 shevat 6 21 shevat 7 22 shevat 8 23 shevat 9 24 shevat 10 25 shevat Mishpatim SHABBAT SHEKALIM 11 26 shevat 12 27 shevat 13 28 shevat 14 29 shevat 15 30 shevat 16 1 adar 17 2 adar ROSH CHODESH ROSH CHODESH Terumah 18 3 adar 19 4 adar 20 5 adar 21 6 adar 22 7 adar 23 8 adar 24 9 adar Tetzaveh PRESIDENTS DAY SHABBAT ZACHOR 10 adar 11 adar 12 adar 13 adar MARCH 25 26 27 28 S M T W T F S 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 FAST OF ESTHER MEGILLAH READING 5778 adar 2018 March nisan SUNDAY MONDAY TUESDAY WEDNESDAY THURSDAY FRIDAY SATURDAY 14 adar 15 adar 16 adar FEBRUARY APRIL S M T W T F S S M T W T F S 1 2 3 1 2 3 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 25 26 27 28 29 30 PURIM SHUSHAN PURIM Ki Tisa 4 17 adar 5 18 adar 6 19 adar 7 20 adar 8 21 adar 9 22 adar 10 23 adar Vayakhel-Pekude SHABBAT PARAH 11 24 adar 12 25 adar 13 26 adar 14 27 adar 15 28 adar 16 29 adar 17 1 nisan Vayikra SHABBAT HACHODESH ROSH CHODESH 18 2 nisan 19 3 nisan 20 4 nisan 21 5 nisan 22 6 nisan 23 7 nisan 24 8 nisan Tzav SPRING BEGINS SHABBAT HAGADOL 25 9 nisan 26 10 nisan 27 11 nisan 28 12 nisan 29 13 nisan 30 14 nisan 31 15 nisan SEARCH FOR CHAMETZ FIRST SEDER PASSOVER 5778 nisan 2018 April iyar SUNDAY MONDAY TUESDAY WEDNESDAY THURSDAY FRIDAY SATURDAY 1 16 nisan 2 17 nisan 3 18 nisan 4 19 nisan 5 20 nisan 6 21 nisan 7 22 nisan EASTER YIZKOR PASSOVER INTERMEDIATE DAY INTERMEDIATE DAY INTERMEDIATE DAY INTERMEDIATE DAY PASSOVER PASSOVER 8 23 nisan 9 24 nisan 10 25 nisan 11 26 nisan 12 27 nisan 13 28 nisan 14 29 nisan YOM HASHOAH Shemini 15 30 nisan 16 1 iyar 17 2 iyar 18 3 iyar 19 4 iyar 20 5 iyar 21 6 iyar ROSH CHODESH ROSH CHODESH YOM HAZIKARON YOM HA’ATZMA’UT Tazria-Metzora 22 7 iyar 23 8 iyar 24 9 iyar 25 10 iyar 26 11 iyar 27 12 iyar 28 13 iyar Acharei Mot-Kedoshim 14 iyar 15 iyar MARCH MAY 29 30 S M T W T F S S M T W T F S 1 2 3 1 2 3 4 5 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 27 28 29 30 31 5778 iyar 2018 May sivan SUNDAY MONDAY TUESDAY WEDNESDAY THURSDAY FRIDAY SATURDAY 16 iyar 17 iyar 18 iyar 19 iyar 20 iyar APRIL JUNE S M T W T F S S M T W T F S 1 2 3 4 5 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 1 2 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 29 30 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 LAG BA’OMER Emor 6 21 iyar 7 22 iyar 8 23 iyar 9 24 iyar 10 25 iyar 11 26 iyar 12 27 iyar Behar-Bechukotai 13 28 iyar 14 29 iyar 15 1 sivan 16 2 sivan 17 3 sivan 18 4 sivan 19 5 sivan MOTHER’S DAY Bemidbar YOM YERUSHALAYIM ROSH CHODESH EREV SHAVUOT 20 6 sivan 21 7 sivan 22 8 sivan 23 9 sivan 24 10 sivan 25 11 sivan 26 12 sivan VICTORIA DAY CANADA YIZKOR SHAVUOT SHAVUOT Naso 27 13 sivan 28 14 sivan 29 15 sivan 30 16 sivan 31 17 sivan MEMORIAL DAY 5778 sivan 2018 June tammuz SUNDAY MONDAY TUESDAY WEDNESDAY THURSDAY FRIDAY SATURDAY 18 sivan 19 sivan MAY JULY S M T W T F S S M T W T F S 1 2 1 2 3 4 5 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 27 28 29 30 31 29 30 31 Beha’alotecha 3 20 sivan 4 21 sivan 5 22 sivan 6 23 sivan 7 24 sivan 8 25 sivan 9 26 sivan Shelach 10 27 sivan 11 28 sivan 12 29 sivan 13 30 sivan 14 1 tammuz 15 2 tammuz 16 3 tammuz FLAG DAY ROSH CHODESH ROSH CHODESH Korach 17 4 tammuz 18 5 tammuz 19 6 tammuz 20 7 tammuz 21 8 tammuz 22 9 tammuz 23 10 tammuz FATHER’S DAY SUMMER BEGINS Chukat 11 tammuz 12 tammuz 13 tammuz 14 tammuz 15 tammuz 16 tammuz 17 tammuz 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 Balak 5778 tammuz 2018 July av SUNDAY MONDAY TUESDAY WEDNESDAY THURSDAY FRIDAY SATURDAY 1 18 tammuz 2 19 tammuz 3 20 tammuz 4 21 tammuz 5 22 tammuz 6 23 tammuz 7 24 tammuz FAST OF TAMMUZ CANADA DAY INDEPENDENCE DAY Pinchas 8 25 tammuz 9 26 tammuz 10 27 tammuz 11 28 tammuz 12 29 tammuz 13 1 av 14 2 av ROSH CHODESH Matot-Masei 15 3 av 16 4 av 17 5 av 18 6 av 19 7 av 20 8 av 21 9 av Devarim SHABBAT CHAZON EREV TISHA B’AV 22 10 av 23 11 av 24 12 av 25 13 av 26 14 av 27 15 av 28 16 av Va’etchanan TISHA B’AV SHABBAT NACHAMU 17 av 18 av 19 av JUNE AUGUST 29 30 31 S M T W T F S S M T W T F S 1 2 1 2 3 4 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 26 27 28 29 30 31 5778 av 2018 August elul SUNDAY MONDAY TUESDAY WEDNESDAY THURSDAY FRIDAY SATURDAY 20 av 21 av 22 av 23 av JULY S M T W T F S 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 Ekev 5 24 av 6 25 av 7 26 av 8 27 av 9 28 av 10 29 av 11 30 av Re’eh ROSH CHODESH 12 1 elul 13 2 elul 14 3 elul 15 4 elul 16 5 elul 17 6 elul 18 7 elul ROSH CHODESH Shoftim 19 8 elul 20 9 elul 21 10 elul 22 11 elul 23 12 elul 24 13 elul 25 14 elul Ki Tetze 15 elul 16 elul 17 elul 18 elul 19 elul 20 elul 26 27 28 29 30 31 SEPTEMBER S M T W T F S 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 30 24 25 26 27 28 29 5778–79 elul 2018 September tishri SUNDAY MONDAY TUESDAY WEDNESDAY THURSDAY FRIDAY SATURDAY 21 elul AUGUST OCTOBER S M T W T F S S M
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