Festival / High Holy Day Dates 2010 - 2011

The following are the festival dates for 2010 to 2011. For more on the background to each of these festivals please see our 'Festival and High Holy Days Explained' pages.

New Moons

• Rosh Chodesh Shevat :             begins Friday15th January 2010 at sunset
• Rosh Chodesh Adar -               begins Saturday 13th February 2010 at sunset
• Rosh Chodesh Nisan:               begins Monday 15th March 2010 at sunset
• Rosh Chodesh Iyyar -               begins Wednesday 14th April 2010 at sunset
• Rosh Chodesh Sivan - begins Thursday 13th May 2010 at sunset
• Rosh Chodesh Tammuz -          begins Saturday 12^th June 2010 at sunset
• Rosh Chodesh Av -                  begins Sunday 11th July 2010 at sunset
• Rosh Chodesh Elul -                 begins Tuesday 10th August 2010 at sunset
• Rosh Chodesh Tishri (Rosh Hashanah) begins Wednesday 8^th September
• Rosh Chodesh Cheshvan          begins Friday 18^th October 2010 at sunset
• Rosh Chodesh Kislev               begins Sunday 7^th November 2010 at sunset
• Rosh Chodesh Tevet                begins Tuesday 7^th December 2010 at sunset
• Rosh Chodesh Shevat   begins Wednesday 5^th January 20111

Festivals in 2010

• Tu b'Shevat - New Year for Trees
• Begins Friday 29 January 2010 at sunset till Saturday 30^th January at sunset
• Ta'anit Esther - Fast of Esther begins Thursday 25 February 2010 at dawn
• Purim - begins Saturday 27 February 2010 at sunset  till Sunday 28^th February sunset
• Pesach - begins Monday 29 March 2010 at sunset
• First Night Seder is Monday 29^th March. Second Night Seder is Tuesday 30^th March
•  Yom HaShoah - Holocaust Memorial Day
•  Begins Saturday 10th April 2010 at sunset
• (Because of proximity to Shabbat Israel makes it a day later)
• Yom HaZikaron - (Memorial Day for the Fallen Israeli Soldiers)  
• Begins on Sunday 18th April 2010 at sunset (4th of Iyyar)
• Yom HaAtzma'ut - Israeli Independence Day commemorating the declaration of independence of Israel in 1948 (5^th Iyyar)
• Begins Mon, 19^th April 2010 at sunset
• Lag b'Omer - (33rd day of counting the Omer)
• Begins Saturday 1st May 2010 at sunset
• Yom Yerushalayim - Commemorating the re-unification of Jerusalem in 1967
• Begins Tuesday 11th May 2010 at sunset
• Shavuot  
• Begins Tuesday 18th May 2010 at sunset
• Tish'a b'Av - Fast commemorating the destruction of the two Temples
• Begins Monday 19 July 2010 at sunset
• Erev Rosh Hashanah 5771: Wednesday 8^th September 2010
• Rosh Hashanah 5771 First Day Thursday 9^th September 2010
• Rosh Hashanah 5771 Second Day: Friday 10^th September 2010-01-13 
• Erev Yom Kippur Friday 17^th September 2010
• Yom Kippur Saturday 18^th September 2010
• Erev Sukkot     Wednesday 22^nd September 2010
• First Day Sukkot Thursday 23^rd September 2010
• Erev Shemini Atzeret / Simchat Torah Wednesday 29^th September 2010
• Shemini Atzeret / Simchat Torah Thursday 30^th September 2010
• First Night of Chanukah            Wednesday 1^st December 2010
• Second Night of Chanukah       Thursday 2^nd December 2010
• Third Night of Chanukah           Friday 3^rd December 2010
• Fourth Night of Chanukah         Saturday 4^th December 2010
• Fifth Night of Chanukah            Sunday 5^th December 2010  
• Sixth Night of Chanukah           Monday 6^th December 2010
• Seventh Night of Chanukah       Tuesday 7^th December 2010
• Eighth Night of Chanukah         Wednesday 8^th December 2010
• Last Day of Chanukah Thursday 9^th December 2010 ending at Sunset

Festivals in 2011

• Tu b'Shevat - New Year for Trees
• Begins Wednesday 19^th January 2011 till sunset Thursday 20^th January 2011
• Purim  
• Begins Saturday 19^th March 2011 at sunset till Sun 20 March 2011 at sunset
• Pesach
• First night Seder 2011 Monday 18^th April 2011
• Second night Seder Tuesday 19^th April 2011
• Shavuot
• Erev Shavuot Tuesday 7^th June 2011
• Shavuot Wednesday 8^th June 2011
• Rosh Hashanah
• Erev Rosh Hashanah Wednesday 28^th September 2011
• Rosh Hashanah first day Thursday 29^th September 2011
• Rosh Hashanah second Day Friday 30^th September 2011
• Yom Kippur
• Kol Nidrei is Friday 7^th October 2011
• Yom Kippur is Saturday 8^th October 2011
• Erev Sukkot Wednesday 12^th October 2011
• Sukkot Thursday 13^th October 2011
• Erev Shemini Atzeret / Simchat Torah Wednesday 19^th October 2011
• Shemini Atzeret / Simchat Torah Thursday 20^th October 2011
• 1^st Candle Chanukah is lit the evening of Tuesday 20^th December 2011
• 8^th Candle Chanukah is lit the evening of Tuesday 27^th December 2011

Special Shabbatot in 2010

• Shabbat Shekalim   Shabbat before Rosh Chodesh Adar
• begins Friday 12 February 2010 at sunset
• Shabbat Zachor - Shabbat before Purim 
• Begins  Friday 26 February 2010 at sunset
• Shabbat Parah - Shabbat after Purim
• Begins Friday 05 March 2010 at sunset
• Shabbat HaChodesh - Shabbat before Rosh Chodesh Nissan
• Begins Friday, 12 March 2010 at sunset
• Shabbat HaGadol - Shabbat before Pesach
• Begins Friday 26 March 2010 at sunset
• Shabbat Chazon -  Shabbat before Tish'a B'Av (/Shabbat of Vision)
• Begins Friday 16 July 2010 at sunset
• Shabbat Nachamu - Shabbat after Tish'a B'Av (Shabbat of Consolation)
• Begins Friday 23 July 2010 at sunset
• Shabbat Shuvah -  the Sabbath of Return
• Begins Friday 10^th September 2010 at sunset