Hebrew Festivals 5771-72 / 2011


Jewish Name

Biblical Name/(Event)

English Name

Hebrew Date

Gregorian Date

Purim Purim Lots/Feast of Esther 14 Adar March 20, 2011
Passover Eve Pesach Passover 14 Nisan April 19, 2011
Pesach Chag Matzah Feast of Unleavened Bread 15-22 Nisan April 20-26, 2011
Yom HaBikkurim Wave Offering (Lev. 23:10-14) First Fruits (of Barley) Sunday after Passover Apr. 24, 2011
Shavuot Shavuot Feast of Weeks/Pentecost 6 Sivan June 8, 2011
Tisha b'Av (Temple Destroyed) Ninth of Av Fast 9 Av Aug. 9, 2011
Rosh Hashanah Yom Teruah Feast of Trumpets 1 Tishrei Sep. 29, 2011/5772
Yom Kippur Yom Kippur Day of Atonement 10 Tishrei Oct. 8, 2011
Succot Succot Feast of Tabernacles 15-21 Tishrei Oct. 13, 2011
Simchat Torah (Ezra/Nehemiah Revival) Celebration of the Law 23 Tishrei Oct. 21, 2011
Chanukah Chanukah (John 10:22) Feast of Dedication 25 Kislev - 2 Tevet Dec. 21-28, 2011

Other Jewish and National Holidays Include the following:

Tu B'Shvat - New Year of Trees - January 20, 2011

Yom HaShoah, Memorial Day for Martyrs and Heroes of the Holocaust - May 1, 2011

Yom HaAtzma'ut, Israel Independence Day - May 9, 2011

Yom Yerushalayim, Jerusalem Day - June 1, 2011

Festivals begin at sundown the prior Gregorian day.


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