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 29 - 30
Yom HaShoah
27 Nisan
2012 April 19
Tzom Gedaliah
3 Tishrei
October 2
Rosh Chodesh Iyar
Yom Kippur
10 Tishrei
October 8
Chodesh Iyar
Sukkot / Shmini Atzeret
15-20 Tishrei
October 13 - October 21
Yom HaZikaron
4 Iyar
2012 April 25
Hosha'anah Rabah
21 Tishrei
October 22
Yom HaAtzmaut
5 Iyar
2012 April 26
Shmini Atzeret
22 Tishrei
October 23
Lag BaOmer
18 Iyar
2012 May 10
Simchat Torah
23 Tishrei
October 24
Yom Yerushalayim
28 Iyar
2012 May 20
Chanukkah
25 Kislev - 2 Tevet
December 21 - 28
Rosh Chodesh Sivan
Rosh Chodesh Tevet The Month of Sivan
Asarah B'Tevet
10 Tevet
2012 January 5
Shavuot
6-7 Sivan
2012 May 27 - 28
Tu B'Shevat
15 Shevat
2012 February 8
The Month of Tammuz
Ta'anit Esther
13 Adar
2012 March 7
Fast of Shiva Asar B'Tammuz
17 Tammuz
2012 July 8
Purim
14 Adar
2012 March 8
The Three Weeks
17 Tammuz - 9 Av
2012 July 8 - 29
Shushan Purim
15 Adar
2012 March 9
The Month of Av
Rosh Chodesh Nisan Fast of Tisha B'Av
9 Av
2012 July 29
Chodesh Nisan, The Month of Nisan Tu B'Av
15 Av
2012 August 4
Pesach
15-22 Nisan
2012 April 7 - April 14
Rosh Chodesh Elul
From Ruin to Renewal Elul
Sefirat HaOmer
16 Nisan - 5 Sivan
2012 April 8 - May 26

1-2 Tishrei
September 29 - 30

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

10 Tishrei
October 8

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.

15-20 Tishrei
October 13 - 21

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.

23 Tishrei
October 24

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.

25 Kislev - 3 Tevet
December 21 - 28

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.