Jewish Holidays 2007 |
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| The Jewish day begins and ends at sundown. Thus, all holidays begin at sundown of the day preceding the date shown and end at sundown of the (last) day shown. | |
| Holiday Name | Date |
| Tu B'Shvat | Saturday, 3 February 2007 |
| Purim | Sunday, 4 March 2007 |
| Shushan Purim | Monday, 5 March 2007 |
| Erev Pesach | Tuesday, 3 April 2007 |
| Passover | Tuesday, 3 April - Tuesday, 10 April 2007 |
| Counting the Omer | Wednesday, 4 April - Tuesday, 22 May 2007 |
| Yom HaShoah | Sunday, 15 April 2007 |
| Israel Memorial Day | Sunday, 22 April 2007 |
| Yom HaAtzma'ut | Monday, 23 April 2007 |
| Pesach Sheini | Wednesday, 2 May 2007 |
| Lag BaOmer | Sunday, 6 May |
| Yom Yerushalayim | Wednesday, 16 May 2007 |
| Shavuot | Wednesday, 23 May - 24 May 2007 |
| Seventeenth of Tammuz | Tuesday, 3 July 2007 |
| Tisha B'Av | Tuesday, 24 July 2007 |
| Tu B'Av | Monday, 30 July 2007 |
| Selichos Begin | Sunday, 9 September 2007 |
| Erev Rosh Hashanah | Wednesday, 12 September 2007 |
| The High Holidays | Thursday, 13 September - Saturday, 22 September , 2007 |
| Rosh Hashanah | Thuersday, 13 September 2007 |
| Rosh Hashanah | Friday, 14 September 2007 |
| Fast of Gedalyah | Saturday, 15 September 2007 |
| Erev Yom Kippur | Friday, 21 September 2007 |
| Yom Kippur | Saturday, 22 September 2007 |
| Sukkot | Thursday, 27 September - Friday, 5 October, 2007 |
| Hoshanah Rabbah | Wednesday, 3 October 2007 |
| Shemini Atzeres | Thursday, 4 October 2007 |
| Simchas Torah | Friday, 5 October 2007 |
| Chanukah | Wednesday, 5 December - Wednesday, 12 December, 2007 |
| 10th of Tevet | Wednesday, 19 December, 2007 |
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Rosh Hashanah is the Jewish New Year beginning nine days of penitence. Rosh Hashanah occurs on the first and second days of Tishri. In Hebrew it means "First of the year". It is a time to begin introspection, looking back at the mistakes of the past year and planning the changes to make in the new year. This is a festive holiday, and prayer at the Synagogue often ends with sharing of things sweet to eat and joyous holiday wishes. The holiday is instituted in Leviticus 23:24-25. Yom Kippur means "Day of Atonement", a solemn day devoted to prayer, fasting and repentance. Yom Kippur is probably the most important holiday of the Jewish year, occurring on the 10th day of Tishri. It is a complete Sabbath, a day to set aside to atone for the sins of the past year. No work can be performed on this day, and observers engage in a 25-hour fast beginning before sunset on the evening before Yom Kippur and ending after nightfall on the day of Yom Kippur (unless health restrictions prevent fasting). Most of the holiday is spend in the synagogue, in prayer. Services end with nightfall, and often the fast is broken with a shared feast. The holiday is instituted in Leviticus 23:26 et seq. Passover (Pesach) is a celebration marking the deliverance of the Jews from slavery in Egypt. This is the most commonly observed Jewish holiday, even by otherwise non-observant Jews. Pesach begins on the 15th day of the Jewish month of Nissan. The primary observances of Pesach are related to the Exodus from Egypt after generations of slavery (Ex. 1-15). The "worship" portion of the holiday takes place on the first day or two days of the holiday, when Jews have a special family meal called a seder (meaning "order") including a specific set of information recalling the Exodus from Egypt. Dietary restrictions are maintained for eight days beginning with the seder meal. |
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