Hebrew Festivals 5770-71 / 2010


Jewish Name

Biblical Name/(Event)

English Name

Hebrew Date

Gregorian Date

Purim Purim Lots/Feast of Esther 14 Adar Feb. 27, 2010
Passover Eve Pesach Passover 14 Nisan March 29, 2010
Pesach Chag Matzah Feast of Unleavened Bread 15-22 Nisan March 30-Apr.6, 2010
Yom HaBikkurim Wave Offering (Lev. 23:10-14) First Fruits (of Barley) Sunday after Passover Apr. 04, 2010
Shavuot Shavuot Feast of Weeks/Pentecost 6 Sivan May 19-20, 2010
Tisha b'Av (Temple Destroyed) Ninth of Av Fast 9 Av July 19, 2010
Rosh Hashanah Yom Teruah Feast of Trumpets 1 Tishrei Sep. 8, 2010/5771
Yom Kippur Yom Kippur Day of Atonement 10 Tishrei Sep. 17, 2010
Succot Succot Feast of Tabernacles 15-21 Tishrei Sep. 22, 2010
Simchat Torah (Ezra/Nehemiah Revival) Celebration of the Law 23 Tishrei Sep. 30, 2010
Chanukah Chanukah (John 10:22) Feast of Dedication 25 Kislev - 2 Tevet Dec. 1-9, 2010

Other Jewish and National Holidays Include the following:

Tu B'Shvat - New Year of Trees - January 30, 2010

Yom HaShoah, Memorial Day for Martyrs and Heroes of the Holocaust - April 11, 2010

Yom HaAtzma'ut, Israel Independence Day - April 18, 2010

Yom Yerushalayim, Jerusalem Day - May 12, 2010

Festivals begin at sundown the prior Gregorian day.


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