Jewish Holidays Year 2001
List of Jewish Holidays and Fasts for Year 2001
Here is a list of all major Jewish holidays and fasts for 2001.
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 2001 Jewish holiday is for more that one day,
we list the first day. The Jewish New Year (Rosh Hashanah) 2001 is a two day
event, Feast of Tabernacles (Sukkot) 2001 lasts for seven days, Hanukkah (Chanukka)
2001 lasts for eight days, Passover (Pesach) 2001 lasts for eight days, and
Festivals of Weeks (Shavuot) 2001 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
January 05, 2001
Ta'anit Ester
Fast of Easter
Fast
Thursday
March 08, 2001
Purim
Purim
Holiday
Friday
March 09, 2001
Pesach
Passover
Holiday
Sunday
April 08, 2001
Shavuot
Festivals of Weeks
Holiday
Monday
May 28, 2001
Shiva Asar b'Tammuz
Fast of the Seventh Month
Fast
Sunday
July 08, 2001
Tish'a b'Av
The Ninth of Av Fast
Holiday
Sunday
July 29, 2001
Rosh Hashanah
The Jewish New Year
Holiday
Tuesday
September 18, 2001
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Tzom Gedaliah
Fast of the Seventh Month
Fast
Thursday
September 20, 2001
Yom Kippur
Day of Atonement
Holiday
Thursday
September 27, 2001
Sukkot
Feast of Tabernacles
Holiday
Tuesday
October 02, 2001
Chanukka
Hanukkah
Holiday
Monday
December 10, 2001
Asara b'Tevet
Fast commemorating the siege of Jerusalem
Fast
Tuesday
December 25, 2001
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