Jewish Holidays Year 2011

List of Jewish Holidays and Fasts for Year 2011


Here is a list of all major Jewish holidays and fasts for 2011. Please note that the holidays or fasts actually start at sundown on the previous date and not at midnight. It also ends at the following sundown.

Please also note that if the 2011 Jewish holiday is for more that one day, we list the first day. The Jewish New Year (Rosh Hashanah) 2011 is a two day event, Feast of Tabernacles (Sukkot) 2011 lasts for seven days, Hanukkah (Chanukka) 2011 lasts for eight days, Passover (Pesach) 2011 lasts for eight days, and Festivals of Weeks (Shavuot) 2011 lasts for two days. The exception to the rule is that Israel only celebrates Passover for seven days, and Festivals of Weeks for one day.


Asara b'Tevet
Fast commemorating the siege of Jerusalem
Fast
Friday
December 17, 2010

Ta'anit Ester
Fast of Easter
Fast
Thursday
March 17, 2011

Purim
Purim
Holiday
Sunday
March 20, 2011

Pesach
Passover
Holiday
Tuesday
April 19, 2011

Shavuot
Festivals of Weeks
Holiday
Wednesday
June 08, 2011

Shiva Asar b'Tammuz
Fast of the Seventh Month
Fast
Tuesday
July 19, 2011

Tish'a b'Av
The Ninth of Av Fast
Holiday
Tuesday
August 09, 2011



Rosh Hashanah
The Jewish New Year
Holiday
Thursday
September 29, 2011

Tzom Gedaliah
Fast of the Seventh Month
Fast
Sunday
October 02, 2011

Yom Kippur
Day of Atonement
Holiday
Saturday
October 08, 2011

Sukkot
Feast of Tabernacles
Holiday
Thursday
October 13, 2011

Chanukka
Hanukkah
Holiday
Wednesday
December 21, 2011




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