Jewish Holidays Year 2016
List of Jewish Holidays and Fasts for Year 2016
Here is a list of all major Jewish holidays and fasts for 2016.
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 2016 Jewish holiday is for more that one day,
we list the first day. The Jewish New Year (Rosh Hashanah) 2016 is a two day
event, Feast of Tabernacles (Sukkot) 2016 lasts for seven days, Hanukkah (Chanukka)
2016 lasts for eight days, Passover (Pesach) 2016 lasts for eight days, and
Festivals of Weeks (Shavuot) 2016 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.
Ta'anit Ester
Fast of Easter
Fast
Wednesday
March 23, 2016
Purim
Purim
Holiday
Thursday
March 24, 2016
Pesach
Passover
Holiday
Saturday
April 23, 2016
Shavuot
Festivals of Weeks
Holiday
Sunday
June 12, 2016
Shiva Asar b'Tammuz
Fast of the Seventh Month
Fast
Sunday
July 24, 2016
Tish'a b'Av
The Ninth of Av Fast
Holiday
Sunday
August 14, 2016
Rosh Hashanah
The Jewish New Year
Holiday
Monday
October 03, 2016
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Tzom Gedaliah
Fast of the Seventh Month
Fast
Wednesday
October 05, 2016
Yom Kippur
Day of Atonement
Holiday
Wednesday
October 12, 2016
Sukkot
Feast of Tabernacles
Holiday
Monday
October 17, 2016
Chanukka
Hanukkah
Holiday
Sunday
December 25, 2016
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