Hebrew Calendar

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The month after Shevat marks a distinct transition in the Jewish calendar, moving from the winter season toward the first stirrings of spring. In ordinary (non-leap) years, this...

Holidays and Traditions

Passover 2019 illustrates how the Jewish calendar works: the festival ran from Saturday evening, April 19, 2019, to Sunday evening, April 27, 2019. These civil dates are not fix...

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Pesach 2019 began at sundown on Friday, 19 April and ended at nightfall on Saturday, 27 April in the evening (nine full days, including both start and end nights). In Israel, th...

holidays-observances

Passover, or Pesach in Hebrew, is a major Jewish holiday that commemorates the biblical Exodus from Egypt. Its timing follows a lunisolar calendar, meaning dates shift across se...

Hanukkah Dates & Calendar

Hanukkah begins on the 25th of Kislev in the Hebrew calendar and typically falls in November or December on the Gregorian calendar. Because the Hebrew calendar is lunisolar, add...

culture

Hanukkah 2017 began on the evening of December 12 and ended on the evening of December 20 . These dates follow the Hebrew calendar, where the Festival of Lights starts on the 25...

Religion and Culture

Passover ends at different times depending on custom, daylight, and the calendar used. In 2018, the main conclusion is that most traditions mark the end on the evening of Tuesda...