Calendar of Jewish Holidays

The Jewish day begins and ends at sundown. Thus, all holidays begin at sundown of the day preceding the date shown and end at sundown of the last day shown in the calendar.

Descriptions of these holidays can be found by clicking on About the Jewish Holidays.

Academic Year	2008-09	2009-10	2010-11	2011-12
Jewish Year	5769	5770	5771	5772
Shabbat	Weekly Sabbath from Friday evening to Saturday evening
Rosh Hashanah	Tue-Wed Sept 30-Oct 1 2008	Sat-Sun Sept 19-20 2009	Thu-Fri Sept 9-10 2010	Thu-Fri Sept 29-30 2011
Yom Kippur	Thu Oct 9 2008	Mon Sept 28 2009	Sat Sept 18 2010	Sat Oct 8 2011
Sukkot	Tue-Mon Oct 14-20 2008	Sat-Fri Oct 3-9 2009	Thu-Wed Sept 23-29 2010	Thu-Wed Oct 13-19 2011
Shemini Atzeret Simchat Torah	Tue-Wed Oct 21-22 2008	Sat-Sun Oct 10-11 2009	Thu-Fri Sept 30-Oct 1 2010	Thu-Fri Oct 20-21 2011
Hanukkah	Mon-Mon Dec 22-29 2008	Sat-Sat Dec 12-19 2009	Thu-Thu Dec 2-9 2010	Wed-Wed Dec 21-28 2011
Purim	Tue March 10 2009	Sun Feb 28 2010	Sun March 20 2011	Thu March 8 2012
Passover*	Thu-Thu April 9-16 2009	Tue-Tue Mar 30-Apr 6 2010	Tue-Tue April 19-26 2011	Sat-Sat April 7-14 2012
Shavuot	Fri-Sat May 29-30 2009	Wed-Thu May 19-20 2010	Wed-Thu June 8-9 2011	Sun-Mon May 27-28 2012

* Only the first two and last two days of Passover are observed as full holy days, with restrictions on work and travel. However, many extended Jewish families gather for the holiday, and consequently some Jewish students may miss the entire week of classes.

                          Dates beyond those shown above may be found at:
                          Calendar of Jewish Holidays 1998-2017

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Calendar of Jewish Holidays