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Jewish Holidays, 2001–2009

Year	Purim¹	1st day Passover²	1st day Shavuot³	1st day Rosh Hashanah⁴	Yom Kippur⁵	1st day Sukkot⁶	Shemini Atzeret⁷	1st day Hanukkah⁸
2001	March 9	April 8	May 28	Sept. 18	Sept. 27	Oct. 2	Oct. 9	Dec. 10
2002	Feb. 26	March 28	May 17	Sept. 7	Sept. 16	Sept. 21	Sept. 28	Nov. 30
2003	March 18	April 17	June 6	Sept. 27	Oct. 6	Oct. 11	Oct. 18	Dec. 20
2004	March 7	April 6	May 26	Sept. 16	Sept. 25	Sept. 30	Oct. 7	Dec. 8
2005	March 25	April 24	June 13	Oct. 4	Oct. 13	Oct. 18	Oct. 25	Dec. 26
2006	March 14	April 13	June 2	Sept. 23	Oct. 2	Oct. 7	Oct. 14	Dec. 16
2007	March 4	April 3	May 23	Sept. 13	Sept. 22	Sept. 27	Oct. 4	Dec. 5
2008	March 21	April 20	June 9	Sept. 30	Oct. 9	Oct. 14	Oct. 21	Dec. 22
2009	March 10	April 9	May 29	Sept. 19	Sept. 28	Oct. 3	Oct. 10	Dec. 12

1. Feast of Lots.

2. Feast of Unleavened Bread.

3. Hebrew Pentecost; or Feast of Weeks, or of Harvest, or of First Fruits.

4. Jewish New Year.

5. Day of Atonement.

6. Feast of Tabernacles, or of the Ingathering.

7. Assembly of the Eighth Day.

8. Festival of Lights.

NOTE: All holidays begin at sundown on the evening before the date given.

Length of Jewish holidays:

Orthodox and Conservative:

In Israel: Purim: 1 day. Passover: 7 days; first and last are holy. Shavuot: 1 day. Rosh Hashanah: 2 days. Yom Kippur: 1 day. Sukkot: 7 days; first is holy. Shemini Atzeret: 1 day. Hanukkah: 8 days.

Outside Israel: Purim: 1 day. Passover: 8 days; first 2 and last 2 are holy. Shavuot: 2 days. Rosh Hashanah: 2 days. Yom Kippur: 1 day. Sukkot: 7 days; first 2 are holy. Shemini Atzeret: 2 days (2nd called Simchat Torah). Hanukkah: 8 days.

Reform:

Purim: 1 day. Passover: 7 days; first and last are holy. Shavuot: 1 day. Rosh Hashanah: 1 day. Yom Kippur: 1 day. Sukkot: 7 days; first is holy. Shemini Atzeret: 1 day. Hanukkah: 8 days.

Orthodox Holidays, 2001–2009

Major Holidays

Islamic Holidays, A.H. 1423–1430 (2002–2009)

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