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

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.