PRAYER UNION FOR ISRAEL

Holiday

Hebrew Year 5781

Description

Purim

25th - 26th February 2021

Purim is one of the most joyous and fun holidays on the Jewish calendar

Pesach

27th March - 4th April 2021

Passover, the Feast of Unleavened Bread

Shavuot

16th - 18th May 2021

Festival of Weeks, commemorates the giving of the Torah at Mount Sinai

Tish'a B'Av

24th July 2021

The Fifteenth of Av, fast commemorating the destruction of the two Temples

Rosh Hashana

7th - 8th september 2021

The Jewish New Year

Yom Kippur

15th - 16th September 2021

Day of Atonement

Sukkot

20th - 27th September 2021

Feast of Tabernacles

Shmini Atzeret

27th - 28th September 2021

Eighth Day of Assembly

Simchat Torah

29th September 2021

Day of Celebrating the Torah

Chanukah

28th November - 6th December 2021

The Jewish festival of rededication, also known as the Festival of Lights
Jewish Holidays All holidays begin at sundown on the evening before the date specified in the tables below. For example, if the dates for Rosh Hashana were listed as Sep 7 - 8, then the holiday begins at sundown on Sep 6 and ends at sundown on Sep 8.