Jewish Calendar
- Holidays for 2008 2009
- Holidays begin at sunset the night before the date given below.
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- Rosh Hashanah ~ Sept 30, 2008
- The Jewish New Year
- Yom Kippur ~ Oct 9, 2008
- Day of Atonement
- Sukkot ~ Oct 14, 2008
- First 2 days of Tabernacles. Build a hut
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- Simchat Torah ~ Oct 22, 2008
- Rejoicing of the Law
- Chanukah ~ Dec 22 2008
- Festival of Lights
- Tu B'Shevat ~ Jan 22, 2008 Feb 2 , 2009
- A harbinger of spring, Arbor Day
- Purim ~ Mar 21, 2008, Mar 10 , 2009
- Celebrates defeat of plot to destroy the Jews of Persia
- Pesach ~ April 20, 2008 April 9 , 2009
- Passover; deliverance of the Jewish people from Egypt
- Yom HaSho'ah ~ May 2, 2008 April 21 , 2009
- Holocaust Rememberance
- Yom HaAtzma'ut ~ May 8, 2008 May 8 , 2009
- Israeli Independence Day
- Lag B'Omer ~ May 23, 2008 May 12 , 2009
- Third day of Omer
- Shavuot ~ June 9, 2008 May 29 , 2009
- Giving of the Torah at Mt Sinai
- Tisha B'Av ~ August 10, 2008 July 30 , 2009
- Both temples were destroyed
- © 2008 All contents by Terry Spodick
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