Jewish Calendar

February 2006

• February 12: Tu B'Shevat -- New Year for Trees

March 2006

• March 14: Purim -- Marks the survival of Jews in Persia

April 2006

• April 13: Passover -- Commemorates the liberation of the Jews from Egypt; eight days
• April 25: Yom HaShoah -- Holocaust Remembrance Day

June 2006

• June 1: Shavuot -- Celebrates the revelation of the Ten Commandments to Moses; two days

August 2006

• August 3: Tisha B'av -- Fasting to mourn the destruction of the First and Second Temple

September 2006

• September 23: Rosh Hashanah -- Jewish New Year

October 2006

• October 2: Yom Kippur -- Day of Atonement
• October 7: Sukkot -- Seven-day harvest festival
• October 14: Shemini Atzeret -- Celebrates the end of the annual Torah reading cycle
• October 15: Simchat Torah -- A new Torah reading cycle begins

December 2006

• December 16: Hannukah -- Eight-day festival of lights

February 2007

• February 3: Tu B'Shevat -- New Year for Trees

March 2007

• March 4: Purim -- Marks the survival of Jews in Persia