Jewish Holidays 2012
The traditional Jewish/Hebrew calendar is based on a lunar calendar with 12 lunar months of 30 days. Every two to three years, an intercalatory year is added to adjust to the solar cycle.
Jewish festivals begin on Sunday the evening before. The Hebrew calendar begins with Rosh Hashana, which is the Jewish New Year.
Below is a listing of Jewish holidays and feasts as they fall in the 2012 Gregorian calendar.
| March 8, 2012 | Purim | |
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April 9-12, 2012 April 7-8, 2012
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Passover | the Feast of Unleavened Bread |
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April 7, 2012 to May 25, 2012 |
Sefirah | Counting of the Omer |
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May 27-28, 2012 |
Shavuot | Festival of weeks |
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July 29, 2012 |
Tish'a B'Av | The Ninth of Av. A fast in remembrance of the destruction of the Temple. |
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September 17-18, 2012 |
Rosh Hashana | The Jewish New Year |
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September 26, 2012 |
Yom Kippur | |
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October 1-2, 2012 |
Sukkot | Feast of Tabernacles |
| October 7-9, 2011 | Simchat Torah | |
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December 9-16, 2012 |
Chanukkah | Festival of Lights |
