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 13 - 14				Yom HaShoah 27 Nisan 2008 May 1
		Tzom Gedaliah 3 Tishrei September 16				Rosh Chodesh Iyar
		Yom Kippur 10 Tishrei September 22				Chodesh Iyar
		Sukkot / Shmini Atzeret 15-20 Tishrei September 27 - October 5				Yom HaZikaron 4 Iyar 2008 May 7
		Hosha'anah Rabah 21 Tishrei October 6				Yom HaAtzmaut 5 Iyar 2008 May 8
		Shmini Atzeret 22 Tishrei October 7				Lag BaOmer 18 Iyar 2008 May 23
		Simchat Torah 23 Tishrei October 8				Yom Yerushalayim 28 Iyar 2008 June 2
		Chanukkah 25 Kislev - 3 Tevet December 5 - 12				Rosh Chodesh Sivan
		Fast of Tevet December 19				The Month of Sivan
		Asarah B'Tevet 10 Tevet December 19				Shavuot 6-7 Sivan 2008 June 9 - 10
		Tu B'Shevat 15 Shevat 2008 January 22				The Month of Tammuz
		Ta'anit Esther 13 Adar 2008 March 20				Fast of Shiva Asar B'Tammuz 17 Tammuz 2008 July 20
		Purim 14 Adar 2008 March 21				The Three Weeks 17 Tammuz - 9 Av 2008 July 20 - July 24
		Shushan Purim 15 Adar 2008 March 22				The Month of Av
		Taanit Bechorot 2008 April 17				Fast of Tisha B'Av 9 Av 2008 August 10
		Chodesh Nisan, The Month of Nisan				Tu B'Av 15 Av 2008 August 16
		Pesach 15-22 Nisan 2008 April 20 - 27				Rosh Chodesh Elul
		From Ruin to Renewal				Elul
		Sefirat HaOmer 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 2008 April 21 - May 22

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.