Festival / High Holy Day Dates 2012

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 Tuesday 24th January 2012 at sunset
• Rosh Chodesh Adar -               begins Thursday 23rd February 2012 at sunset
• Rosh Chodesh Nisan:               begins Friday 23^rd March 2012 at sunset
• Rosh Chodesh Iyyar -               begins Sunday 22^nd April 2012 at sunset
• Rosh Chodesh Sivan -            begins Monday 21^st  May 2012 at sunset
• Rosh Chodesh Tammuz -          begins Wednesday 20th June 2012 at sunset
• Rosh Chodesh Av -                  begins Thursday 19th July 2012 at sunset
• Rosh Chodesh Elul -                 begins Saturday 18th August 2012 at sunset
• Rosh Chodesh Tishri (Rosh Hashanah) begins Sunday 16^th September
• Rosh Chodesh Cheshvan          begins Tuesday 16^th October 2012 at sunset
• Rosh Chodesh Kislev               begins Wednesday 14^th November 2012 at sunset
• Rosh Chodesh Tevet                begins Thursday 13^th  December 2012 at sunset
• Rosh Chodesh Shevat             begins Friday 11^th  January 2012

Festivals 2012

• 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

Tu b'Shevat - New Year for Trees

• Erev Tu b’Shevat Tuesday 7^th February 2012  till sunset  Wednesday 8^th Februar
  
  
• 2012Purim  begins sunset Wednesday 7^th March till Thursday 8th March 2012

Pesach

• First night Seder Friday 6^th April 2012
• Second night Seder Saturday 7^th April 2012

Shavuot

• Erev Shavuot Saturday 26^th May 2012
• Shavuot Sunday 27^th May 2012

Rosh Hashanah

• Erev Rosh Hashanah Sunday 16^th September 2012
• Rosh Hashanah first day Monday 17^th September 2012
• Rosh Hashanah second Day Tuesday 18^th September 2012

Yom Kippur

• Kol Nidrei is Tuesday 25^th September 2012
• Yom Kippur is Wednesday 26^th September 2012
  
  
• Erev Sukkot Sunday 30^th September  201
• Sukkot Monday 1^st October 2012
• Erev Shemini Atzeret / Simchat Torah Sunday 7^th  October 2012
• Shemini Atzeret / Simchat Torah Monday 8^th October 2012
• 1^st Candle Chanukah is lit the evening of Saturday 8^th December 2012
• 8^th Candle Chanukah is lit the evening of Saturday 15^th December 2012