All Jewish holidays and observances, with the exception of some fasts, begin on the evening previous to the first day. Except as noted, all require special additional prayers and services are held in the Synagogue.

Restrictions end approximately one hour after sundown of the last day.

Except for Yom Kippur, Jewish fast days are not observed on the Sabbath and their dates of observance are altered accordingly as indicated on the calendar.
 

		Rosh HaShanah 1-2 Tishrei September 9 - 10				Yom HaShoah 27 Nisan 2011 May 1
		Tzom Gedaliah 3 Tishrei September 12				Rosh Chodesh Iyar
		Yom Kippur 10 Tishrei September 18				Chodesh Iyar
		Sukkot / Shmini Atzeret 15-20 Tishrei September 23 - October 1				Yom HaZikaron 4 Iyar 2011 May 9
		Hosha'anah Rabah 21 Tishrei October 2				Yom HaAtzmaut 5 Iyar 2011 May 10
		Shmini Atzeret 22 Tishrei October 3				Lag BaOmer 18 Iyar 2011 May 22
		Simchat Torah 23 Tishrei October 4				Yom Yerushalayim 28 Iyar 2011 June 1
		Chanukkah 25 Kislev - 2 Tevet December 2 - 9				Rosh Chodesh Sivan
		Rosh Chodesh Tevet				The Month of Sivan
		Asarah B'Tevet 10 Tevet December 17				Shavuot 6-7 Sivan 2011 June 8 - 9
		Tu B'Shevat 15 Shevat 2011 January 20				The Month of Tammuz
		Ta'anit Esther 13 Adar 2011 March 17				Fast of Shiva Asar B'Tammuz 17 Tammuz 2011 July 19
		Purim 14 Adar 2011 March 20				The Three Weeks 17 Tammuz - 9 Av 2011 July 19 - August 9
		Shushan Purim 15 Adar 2011 March 21				The Month of Av
		Rosh Chodesh Nisan				Fast of Tisha B'Av 9 Av 2011 August 9
		Chodesh Nisan, The Month of Nisan				Tu B'Av 15 Av 2011 August 15
		Pesach 15-22 Nisan 2011 April 19 - April 26				Rosh Chodesh Elul
		From Ruin to Renewal				Elul
		Sefirat HaOmer 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 2011 April 20 - June 7

The celebration of the Jewish New Year and the beginning of a ten-day period of prayer, self-examination and repentance.

Yom Kippur is the "Day of Atonement". The Yom Kippur fast also enables us to put aside our physical desires and to concentrate on our spiritual needs through prayer, repentance and self-improvement.

Sukkot, meaning "booths" or "huts", refers to the Jewish festival of giving thanks for the fall harvest as well as the commemoration of the forty years of Jewish wandering in the desert after Sinai.

Simchat Torah is a joyous festival, in which we affirm our view of the Torah as a tree of life and demonstrate a living example of never-ending, lifelong study.

Chanukah, meaning "dedication" in Hebrew refers to the joyous eight-day celebration during which Jews commemorate the victory of the Macabees over the armies of Syria in 165 B.C.E. and the subsequent liberation and "rededication" of the Temple in Jerusalem.