Jewish Holidays Year 2002
List of Jewish Holidays and Fasts for Year 2002
Here is a list of all major Jewish holidays and fasts for 2002.
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 2002 Jewish holiday is for more that one day,
we list the first day. The Jewish New Year (Rosh Hashanah) 2002 is a two day
event, Feast of Tabernacles (Sukkot) 2002 lasts for seven days, Hanukkah (Chanukka)
2002 lasts for eight days, Passover (Pesach) 2002 lasts for eight days, and
Festivals of Weeks (Shavuot) 2002 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
Monday
February 25, 2002
Purim
Purim
Holiday
Tuesday
February 26, 2002
Pesach
Passover
Holiday
Thursday
March 28, 2002
Shavuot
Festivals of Weeks
Holiday
Friday
May 17, 2002
Shiva Asar b'Tammuz
Fast of the Seventh Month
Fast
Thursday
June 27, 2002
Tish'a b'Av
The Ninth of Av Fast
Holiday
Thursday
July 18, 2002
Rosh Hashanah
The Jewish New Year
Holiday
Saturday
September 07, 2002
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Tzom Gedaliah
Fast of the Seventh Month
Fast
Monday
September 09, 2002
Yom Kippur
Day of Atonement
Holiday
Monday
September 16, 2002
Sukkot
Feast of Tabernacles
Holiday
Saturday
September 21, 2002
Chanukka
Hanukkah
Holiday
Saturday
November 30, 2002
Asara b'Tevet
Fast commemorating the siege of Jerusalem
Fast
Sunday
December 15, 2002
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