Please see holiday descriptions below the calendar.

Jewish Year 5767-68 Calander Year 2007

Purim	Sun	March	4th
Passover 1st Day	Tues.	April	3rd
Passover last Day *	Tues.	April	10th
Shavous 1st Day	Wed.	May	23rd
Shavous 2nd Day *	Thurs.	May	24th
Tisha B'Av	Tues.	July	24th
Rosh Hashanah 1st Day	Thur.	September	13th
Yom Kippur *	Sat.	September	22nd
Succoth 1st Day	Thur.	Sept	27th
Shemini Atzereth *	Thurs.	October	4th
Simchath Torah	Fri.	October	5th
Chanukah 1st Day	Wed.	December	5th

* Yiskor

Purim:

Commemorates the deliverance of the Persian Jews from destruction in the reign of the Persian King. Purim is celebrated by dressing in costumes, feasting, and drinking lots of wine!

Passover:

Passover is the holiday of redemptin. The oldest Jewish Holiday observed today is Passover. It is an important holiday celebrating the exodus of the Israelites from Eqypt.

Shavous:

Shavous is a 2 day holiday meaning the festival of weeks. This day commemorates the presentation of the Torah at Sinai & also the spring harvest. During this holiday, the Jews read the Ten Commandments and the Book of Ruth.

Rosh Hashanah:

Jewish New Year

A celebration set aside to motivate one's thoughts of past, present, & future activities. The unity and flavor of the new year is celebrated with traditional Challah bread, apples & honey. This day also marks the beginning of the Ten Days of Awe, ending on Yom Kippur.

Blintzes, Kugels, Knishes, & Bowties with Kasha are also authentic meals for this holiday.

Yom Kippur:

Yom Kippur is a day of fasting and a day of atonement. It is the holiest day of the year for Jewish people. Jews are encouraged to ponder their relationships with G-d and man, and to make right the things they have done wrong. All this is done in the midst of fasting and prayer. The sound of the ram's horn (shofar) at sunset brings the day to an end.

Sukkoth:

Sukkoth commemorates the entry of Israelites into the Promised Land after 40 years wandering in the desert. A sukkah (a small hut made of branches) is built to represent the huts the Israelites used for homes in the desert. Branches of willow, palm, & myrtle are placed together to make the luvav, which is shaken as part of the celebration.

Chanukah:

Chanukah is the eight day celebration of the Jewish victory over the powerful Syrian-Greek armies and the miracle of a small jar of oil! The menorah is lit each night during the eight days. There are potato pancakes to eat, games of driedel spinning and of course, gifts.