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	2009-10	2010-11	2011-12	2012-13
Jewish Year	5770	5771	5772	5773
Shabbat	Weekly Sabbath from Friday evening to Saturday evening
Rosh Hashanah	Sat-Sun Sept 19-20 2009	Thu-Fri Sept 9-10 2010	Thu-Fri Sept 29-30 2011	Mon-Tue Sept 17-18 2012
Yom Kippur	Mon Sept 28 2009	Sat Sept 18 2010	Sat Oct 8 2011	Wed Sept 26 2012
Sukkot	Sat-Fri Oct 3-9 2009	Thu-Wed Sept 23-29 2010	Thu-Wed Oct 13-19 2011	Mon-Sun Oct 1-7 2012
Shemini Atzeret Simchat Torah	Sat-Sun Oct 10-11 2009	Thu-Fri Sept 30-Oct 1 2010	Thu-Fri Oct 20-21 2011	Mon-Tue Oct 8-9 2012
Hanukkah	Sat-Sat Dec 12-19 2009	Thu-Thu Dec 2-9 2010	Wed-Wed Dec 21-28 2011	Sun-Sun Dec 9-16 2012
Purim	Sun Feb 28 2010	Sun March 20 2011	Thu March 8 2012	Sun Feb 24 2013
Passover*	Tue-Tue Mar 30-Apr 6 2010	Tue-Tue April 19-26 2011	Sat-Sat April 7-14 2012	Tue-Tue Mar 26-Apr 2 2013
Shavuot	Wed-Thu May 19-20 2010	Wed-Thu June 8-9 2011	Sun-Mon May 27-28 2012	Wed-Thu May 15-16 2013

* 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 other days as well, and possibly the entire week of classes.

                          Dates beyond those shown above may be found at:
                          Hebcal Interactive Jewish Calendar

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Calendar of Jewish Holidays