Jewish Holidays
Brought to you from the book SEASONS FOR CELEBRATION
By Rabbi Karen L. Fox and Phyllis Zimbler Miller
Jewish holiday dates during the calendar year 2012:
Tu B’Shvat starts at sundown on Tuesday, February 7th.
Purim starts at sundown on Wednesday, March 7th.
Pesach starts at sundown on Friday, April 6th.
Shavuot starts at sundown on Saturday, May 26th.
Rosh Hashanah starts at sundown on Sunday, September 16th.
Yom Kippur starts at sundown on Tuesday, September 25th.
Sukkot starts at sundown on Sunday, September 30th.
Simchat Torah starts at sundown on Monday, October 8th. (Starts one day earlier in Israel.)
Hanukkah starts at sundown on Saturday, December 8th.
Read these chapters from SEASONS FOR CELEBRATION:
Read the Rosh Hashanah chapter.
Read the Simchat Torah chapter.
Buy the entire Jewish holiday book SEASONS FOR CELEBRATION (includes a chapter on Shabbat):
The appendix section entitled “The Jewish Calendar — A Different Cycle” from Seasons for Celebration: A Contemporary Guide to the Joys, Practices, And Traditions of the Jewish Holidays by Rabbi Karen L. Fox and Phyllis Zimbler Miller (with illustrations by Vicki Reikes Fox) begins:
The Jewish calendar is based on aspects of the solar and lunar calendars, which are different from the secular calendar based primarily on the solar calendar.
The beginnings and endings of each Jewish month are determined by the appearance and disappearance of the moon. Yet the beginning of each Jewish year is dependent on the earth’s position in relationship to the sun. The confluence of those two cycles form the Jewish calendar …
Read the entire appendix explanation of the Jewish calendar
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