Jewish Holidays Year 2008
List of Jewish Holidays and Fasts for Year 2008
Here is a list of all major Jewish holidays and fasts for 2008.
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 2008 Jewish holiday is for more that one day,
we list the first day. The Jewish New Year (Rosh Hashanah) 2008 is a two day
event, Feast of Tabernacles (Sukkot) 2008 lasts for seven days, Hanukkah (Chanukka)
2008 lasts for eight days, Passover (Pesach) 2008 lasts for eight days, and
Festivals of Weeks (Shavuot) 2008 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
Thursday
March 20, 2008
Purim
Purim
Holiday
Friday
March 21, 2008
Pesach
Passover
Holiday
Sunday
April 20, 2008
Shavuot
Festivals of Weeks
Holiday
Monday
June 09, 2008
Shiva Asar b'Tammuz
Fast of the Seventh Month
Fast
Sunday
July 20, 2008
Tish'a b'Av
The Ninth of Av Fast
Holiday
Sunday
August 10, 2008
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Rosh Hashanah
The Jewish New Year
Holiday
Tuesday
September 30, 2008
Tzom Gedaliah
Fast of the Seventh Month
Fast
Thursday
October 02, 2008
Yom Kippur
Day of Atonement
Holiday
Thursday
October 09, 2008
Sukkot
Feast of Tabernacles
Holiday
Tuesday
October 14, 2008
Chanukka
Hanukkah
Holiday
Monday
December 22, 2008
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