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
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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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