Hebrew Festivals 5776 / 2015-16


Jewish Name

Biblical Name/(Event)

English Name

Hebrew Date

Gregorian Date

Purim Purim Lots/Feast of Esther 14 Adar March 23-24, 2016
Passover Pesach Passover 14 Nisan April 22, 2016
Pesach Chag Matzah Feast of Unleavened Bread 15-22 Nisan April 23-30, 2016
Yom HaBikkurim Wave Offering (Lev. 23:10-14) First Fruits (of Barley) Sunday after Passover Apr. 24, 2016
Shavuot Shavuot Feast of Weeks/Pentecost 6 Sivan June 11-13, 2016
Tisha b'Av (Temple Destroyed) Ninth of Av Fast 9 Av July 25, 2015
Rosh Hashanah Yom Teruah Feast of Trumpets 1 Tishrei Sep. 14-15,  2015/5776
Yom Kippur Yom Kippur Day of Atonement 10 Tishrei Sep. 23, 2015
Succot Succot Feast of Tabernacles 15-21 Tishrei Sep. 27-Oct. 4, 2015
Simchat Torah (Ezra/Nehemiah Revival) Celebration of the Law 23 Tishrei Oct. 6, 2015
Chanukah Chanukah (John 10:22) Feast of Dedication 25 Kislev - 2 Tevet Dec. 7-14, 2015

Other Jewish and National Holidays Include the following:

Tu B'Shvat - New Year of Trees - January 25, 2016

Yom HaShoah, Memorial Day for Martyrs and Heroes of the Holocaust - May 5, 2016

Yom HaAtzma'ut, Israel Independence Day - May 12, 2016

Yom Yerushalayim, Jerusalem Day - June 5, 2016

Festivals begin at sundown the prior Gregorian day.


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