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Information on 5767 Jewish Calendar

Rosh ha Shannah (rosh = head, shannah = year) will be here in about 7 weeks and because the Hebrew calendar has a different cyclical pattern than does the Christian-based secular calendar, there arises much confusion as to when Rosh ha Shannah and other Jewish Holy Days & Festival Days may occur. Hence, the following 5767 Calendar of Jewish Holy & Festival Days.

Let me be the first to wish you, “L’Shannah Tovah* & Happy 5767″,

Walter Greenspan
Great Falls, MT & Jericho, NY

* L’Shannah Tovah (li-SHAH-nuh TOH-vuh; li-shah-NAH toh-VAH)
Hebrew. Lit. for a good year. The common greeting during Rosh ha Shannah and the Days of Awe. This is a shortening of “L’Shannah tovah tikatev v’taihatem” (or, to women, “L’Shannah tovah tikatevi v’taihatemi”), which means, “May you be inscribed and sealed for a good year.” This year, Rosh ha Shannah, because it will occur on Shabbat (Sabbath), begins 18 minutes before sunset on Friday, September 22 on the civil calendar.

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5767 Calendar of Jewish Holy & Festival Days

All Jewish Holy Days and Festival Days begin at sunset on the evening before and end at sundown on the evening of the civil calendar date listed:

Hebrew Year……………………………….……………..Civil Year…
….5767………………Holy Day or Festival…………..2006 - 2007

..1-2 Tishrei….Rosh ha Shannah..Sep 23 - 24 (Sat - Sun)

…10 Tishrei……….Yom Kippur…………………..Oct 2 (Mon)

15-16 Tishrei………Succot…………..Oct 7 - Oct 8 (Sat - Sun)

…22 Tishrei………..Shemini Atzeret…………….Oct 14 (Sat)

…23 Tishrei………..Simchat Torah………………Oct 15 (Sun)

25 Kislev- 2 Tevet..Chanukah..Dec 16 - Dec 23 (Sat - Sat)

…15 Shvat………….Tu B’Shvat……………………Feb 3 (Sat)

…14 Adar* …………Purim………………………….Mar 4 (Sun)

15-22 Nissan…….Passover………Apr 3 - Apr 10 (Tue - Tue)

…27 Nissan……….Yom ha Shoah……………..Apr 15 (Sun)

…18 Iyar……………Lag B’Omer…………………May 6 (Sun)

. ** …………………Shavuot…………..May 23 - 24 (Wed - Thu)

…..9 Av…………….Tisha B’Av……………………Jul 24 (Tue)

* In most years, Purim occurs on the 14 day of Adar, but in those years when there is an Adar II, then in those years Purim occurs on the 14 day of Adar II. In either case, those living in a “walled city” celebrate Purim the following day.

** The Festival of Shavuot has no given calendar date; it is to be celebrated 7 weeks after the Second Seder of Passover (this would be 50 days from the First Seder. Fifty in Greek is pentecost and thus the Christian version is called Pentecost.)