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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.
See also Judaism Primer; Jewish Calendar; Hanukkah, Lag b'Omer, Passover, Purim, Rosh Hashanah, Shavuot, Shemini Atzeret, Simchat Torah, Sukkoth, Tishah b'Av, Tu Bishevat, Yom Hashoah, Yom Kippur.

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