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16-month Jewish/Christian Calendar

September 2016 through December 2017

September 2016 Sunday

Monday

Tuesday

‫ ראשון‬Rishon

‫ שני‬Sheni

‫ שלישי‬Shlishi

‫ אלול תשע"ו‬- ‫אב‬ Av - Elul 5776

Wednesday Thursday ‫ רביעי‬Revii

‫ חמישי‬Chamishi

Friday

Saturday

‫ שישי‬Shishi

‫ שבת‬Shabbat Torah: R’eh (“See”) Dt. 11:26-16:17

1

Av 28

2

Av 29

New Month/New Moon Rosh Chodesh

Elul 1

5

Elul 2

6

Elul 3

7

Elul 4

8

Elul 5

9

Elul 6

Elul 8

10

Elul 7

Torah: Ke Tetse (“When you go out”) Dt. 16:18-21:9

Grandparent’s Day

11

Av 30

Torah: Shoftim (“Judges”) Dt. 16:18-21:9

Labor Day

4

3

12

Elul 9

13

Elul 10

14

Elul 11

15

Elul 12

16

Elul 13

Elul 15

19

Elul 16

20

Elul 17

21

Elul 18

25

Elul 22

26

Elul 23

27

Elul 24

28

Elul 25

22

29

Elul 19

Elul 26

Elul 14

Torah: Ke Tavo (“When you enter in”) Dt. 21:10-25:19

Autumn Begins

18

17

23

30

Elul 20

24

Elul 21

Elul 27

Nimrod’s Castle High Above The Valleys of Northern Israel

October 2016 Sunday

Monday

Tuesday

‫ ראשון‬Rishon

‫ שני‬Sheni

‫ שלישי‬Shlishi

‫ תשרי תשע"ז‬- ‫אלול תשע"ו‬

Elul 5776 - Tishrei 5777

Wednesday Thursday ‫ רביעי‬Revii

‫ חמישי‬Chamishi

Friday

Saturday

‫ שישי‬Shishi

‫ שבת‬Shabbat Torah:

Nitsavim

(“You are standing”) Dt. 29:9-30:20

1 Erev Rosh Hashanah Feast of Trumpets Eve

Feast of Trumpets Rosh Hashanah 1

Rosh Hashanah 2

Torah:

Fast of Gedalia

Elul 29

3

Tishrei 1

Columbus Day

9

Tishrei 7

10

Tishrei 8

4

Tishrei 2

Erev Yom Kippur Day of Atonement Eve (Yizkor)

11

Tishrei 9

Erev Sukkot Feast of Tabernacles Eve

Feast of Tabernacles Sukkot 1

Feast of Tabernacles Sukkot 2

16 23

17 24

18

Tishrei 14

Tishrei 21 Hoshana Rabbah Sukkot 7

30

Tishrei 28

Tishrei 15

Tishrei 16

5

Tishrei 3

6

Tishrei 4

7

Tishrei 5

Tishrei 10

Feast of Tabernacles Sukkot 3

19

Tishrei 17

13

Tishrei 11

14

Tishrei 12

Feast of Tabernacles Feast of Tabernacles Sukkot 4 Sukkot 5

20

Tishrei 18

21

Tishrei 19

Tishrei 29

Tishrei 6

15

Tishrei 13

Feast of Tabernacles Sukkot 6

22

Tishrei 20

Torah: B’Resheet (“In the beginning”) Gn. 1:1-6:8

Tishrei 22

Simchat Torah

31

8

Torah: Ha’azinu (“Give ear!”) Dt. 32:1-32:52

Day of Atonement Yom Kippur (Yizkor)

12

VaYelech

(“And he went”) Dt. 31:1-31:30

New Month/New Moon Rosh Chodesh

2

Elul 28

25

Tishrei 23

26

Tishrei 24

27

Tishrei 25

28

Tishrei 26

29

Tishrei 27

Praying for the Peace of Jerusalem and the World at the Temple’s Western Wall

November 2016 Sunday

Monday

Tuesday

‫ ראשון‬Rishon

‫ שני‬Sheni

‫ שלישי‬Shlishi

‫ חשון תשע"ז‬- ‫תשרי‬

Tishrei - Cheshvan 5777

Wednesday Thursday ‫ רביעי‬Revii

‫ חמישי‬Chamishi

Friday

Saturday

‫ שישי‬Shishi

‫ שבת‬Shabbat Torah: Noach (“Noah”) Gn. 6:9-11:32

New Month/New Moon Rosh Chodesh

1

Cheshvan 5

2

Cheshvan 1

3

Cheshvan 2

Election Day

Daylight Saving Time Ends

6

Tishrei 30

7

Cheshvan 6

8

Cheshvan 7

4

Cheshvan 3

Veterans Day

9

Cheshvan 8

5

Cheshvan 4

Torah: Lech Lecha (“Go forth yourself”) Gn. 12:1-17:27

10 Cheshvan 9 11 Cheshvan 10 12 Cheshvan 11 Torah: VaYera (“And he appeared”) Gn. 18:1-22:24

13 Cheshvan 12 14 Cheshvan 13 15 Cheshvan 14 16 Cheshvan 15 17 Cheshvan 16 18 Cheshvan 17 19 Cheshvan 18 Thanksgiving Day

Torah: Chayei Sarah (“Life of Sarah”) Gn. 23:1-25:18

20 Cheshvan 19 21 Cheshvan 20 22 Cheshvan 21 23 Cheshvan 22 24 Cheshvan 23 25 Cheshvan 24 26 Cheshvan 25

27 Cheshvan 26 28 Cheshvan 27 29 Cheshvan 28 30 Cheshvan 29

Tel Aviv, the Jewel of the Mediterranean Sea, Israel’s Center for Commerce

December 2016 Sunday

Monday

Tuesday

‫ ראשון‬Rishon

‫ שני‬Sheni

‫ שלישי‬Shlishi

‫ טבת תשע"ז‬- ‫כסלו‬

Kislev - Tevet 5777

Wednesday Thursday ‫ רביעי‬Revii

‫ חמישי‬Chamishi

Friday

Saturday

‫ שישי‬Shishi

‫ שבת‬Shabbat Torah: Toldot (“Generations”) Gn. 25:19-28:9

New Month/New Moon Rosh Chodesh

1

Kislev 1

2

Kislev 2

3

Kislev 3

Torah: VaYetze (“And he went out”) Gn. 28:10-32:3

4

Kislev 4

5

Kislev 5

6

Kislev 6

7

Kislev 7

8

Kislev 8

9

Kislev 9

10

Kislev 10

Torah: VaYishlach (“And he sent”) Gn. 32:4-36:43

11

Kislev 11

12

Kislev 12

13

Kislev 13

14

Kislev 14

15

Kislev 15

16

Kislev 16

17

Kislev 17

Torah: VaYeshev (“And he settled”) Gn. 37:1-40:23

Winter Begins

Christmas Eve

18

Kislev 18

Feast of Dedication Hanukkah 1

19

Kislev 19

Feast of Dedication Hanukkah 2

20

Kislev 20

Feast of Dedication Hanukkah 3

21

Kislev 21

Feast of Dedication Hanukkah 4

22

Kislev 22

Feast of Dedication Hanukkah 5

Kislev 25

Kislev 23

Feast of Dedication Hanukkah 6 New Month/New Moon Rosh Chodesh

Christmas Day

25

23

26

Kislev 26

27

Kislev 27

28

Kislev 28

29

Kislev 29

30

Tevet 1

24

Kislev 24

Torah: Miketz (“At the end of”) Gn. 41:1-44:17

New Year’s Eve Feast of Dedication Hanukkah 7

31

Tevet 2

Celebrating the Festival of Hanukkah in the Holy City, Jerusalem of Gold

January 2017 Sunday

Monday

Tuesday

‫ ראשון‬Rishon

‫ שני‬Sheni

‫ שלישי‬Shlishi

‫ שבט תשע"ז‬- ‫טבת‬

Tevet - Shvat 5777

Wednesday Thursday ‫ רביעי‬Revii

‫ חמישי‬Chamishi

Friday

Saturday

‫ שישי‬Shishi

‫ שבת‬Shabbat

New Year’s Day

Torah: VaYigash (“And he drew near”) Gn. 44:18-47:27

Feast of Dedication Hanukkah 8

1

Tevet 3

2

Tevet 4

3

Tevet 5

4

Tevet 6

5

Tevet 7

6

Tevet 8

Tevet 10

9

Tevet 11

10

Tevet 12

11

Tevet 13

12

Tevet 14

13

Tevet 15

Martin Luther King’s Day

15

Tevet 17

Tevet 9

Torah: VaYechi (“And he lived”) Gn. 47:28-50:26

Fast of Tevet

8

7

16

Tevet 18

14

Tevet 16

Torah: Sh’mot (“Names”) Ex. 1:1-6:1

17

Tevet 19

18

Tevet 20

19

Tevet 21

20

Tevet 22

21

Tevet 23

Torah: Va’era (“And I appeared”) Ex. 6:2-9:35

22

29

Tevet 24

Shvat 2

23

30

Tevet 25

Shvat 3

24

31

Tevet 26

25

Tevet 27

26

Tevet 28

27

New Month/New Moon Rosh Chodesh

Tevet 29

28

Shvat 4

The Beautiful Fields and Villages that Surround the Sea of Galilee

Shvat 1

February 2017 Sunday

Monday

Tuesday

‫ ראשון‬Rishon

‫ שני‬Sheni

‫ שלישי‬Shlishi

‫ אדר תשע"ז‬- ‫שבט‬

Shvat - Adar 5777

Wednesday Thursday ‫ רביעי‬Revii

‫ חמישי‬Chamishi

Friday

Saturday

‫ שישי‬Shishi

‫ שבת‬Shabbat

Groundhog Day

1

Shvat 5

2

Shvat 6

Torah: Bo (“Enter!”) Ex. 10:1-13:16

3

Shvat 7

4

Shvat 8

Torah: B’Shalach (“When he let go”) Ex. 13:17-17:16

Tu B’Shvat

5

Shvat 9

6

Shvat 10

Lincoln’s Birthday

12

Shvat 16

7

Shvat 11

Shvat 23

Shvat 12

9

Shvat 13

10

Shvat 14

13

Shvat 17

14

Shvat 18

20

Shvat 24

15

Shvat 19

16

Shvat 20

17

Shvat 21

Shvat 25

22

Shvat 26

18

23

Shvat 27

24

Shvat 28

25

New Month/New Moon Rosh Chodesh

26

Shvat 30

27

Adar 1

28

Shvat 15

Shvat 22

Torah: Mishpatim (“Judgments”) Ex. 21:1-24:18

Washington’s Birthday

21

11

Torah: Yitro (“Jethro”) Ex. 18:1-20:23

Valentine’s Day

President’s Day

19

8

Adar 2

The Fortress at Akko, Ancient Defenses that Protected the Land of Israel

Shvat 29

March 2017 Sunday

Monday

Tuesday

‫ ראשון‬Rishon

‫ שני‬Sheni

‫ שלישי‬Shlishi

‫ ניסן תשע"ז‬- ‫אדר‬

Adar - Nisan 5777 Friday

Saturday

‫ שישי‬Shishi

‫ שבת‬Shabbat

Wednesday Thursday ‫ רביעי‬Revii

‫ חמישי‬Chamishi

Ash Wednesday

1

Adar 3

Torah: T’ruma (“Offering”) Ex. 25:1-27:19

2

Adar 4

3

Adar 5

Adar 7

6

Adar 8

Daylight Savings Time Begins Purim

Shushan Purim

12

13

Adar 14

Adar 15

7

14

Adar 9

Adar 16

8

15

Adar 10

Adar 17

9

16

Adar 11

Adar 18

10

Adar 12

Adar 21

20

Adar 22

11

Torah: Ki Tisa (“When you elevate”) Ex. 30:11-34:35

17

18

Adar 19

Adar 28

27

Adar 29

Adar 20

Torah: VaYakhel (“And he assembled”) Ex. 35:1-38:20 Torah: P’kudei (“Accountings of”) Ex. 38:21-40:38

21

Adar 23

22

Adar 24

23

Adar 25

24

Adar 26

25

New Month/New Moon Rosh Chodesh

26

Adar 13

St. Patrick’s Day

Spring Begins

19

Adar 6

Torah: Tetsaveh (“You shall command”) Ex. 27:20-30:10

Fast of Esther

5

4

28

Nisan 1

29

Nisan 2

30

Nisan 3

31

Nisan 4

The Almond Tree, Called by Some the “Tree of Life,” Announces the Beginning of Spring

Adar 27

April 2017

‫ אייר תשע"ז‬- ‫ניסן‬

Nisan - Iyyar 5777

Sunday

Monday

Tuesday

‫ ראשון‬Rishon

‫ שני‬Sheni

‫ שלישי‬Shlishi

Friday

Saturday

‫ שישי‬Shishi

‫ שבת‬Shabbat

Wednesday Thursday ‫ רביעי‬Revii

‫ חמישי‬Chamishi

Torah: Va Yikra (“And he called”) Lv. 1:1-5:26

1

Nisan 5

Torah: Tzav (“Command!”) Lv. 6:1-8:36

Great Saturday

2

Nisan 6

Palm Sunday

3

Nisan 7

Passover Eve Erev Pesach (Unleavened Bread)

4

Nisan 8

Passover Mazot 1 (Unleavened Bread)

5

Nisan 9

Passover Mazot 2 (Unleavened Bread)

6

Nisan 10

7

Nisan 11

8

Nisan 12

Passover Mazot 3

Passover Mazot 4

(Unleavened Bread)

Passover Mazot 5

(Unleavened Bread)

(Unleavened Bread)

Good Friday

9

Nisan 13

10

Nisan 14

11

Nisan 15

12

Nisan 16

13

Nisan 17

14

Nisan 18

Passover Mazot 7

Passover Mazot 6 (Unleavened Bread)

15

Nisan 19

Torah: Sh’mini (“Eighth”) Lv. 9:1-11:47

(Unleavened Bread)

Easter Sunday

16 23

Nisan 20

Nisan 27 Yom Hashoah Eve Yom HaZikaron IDF Memorial Eve

30

Iyyar 4

17

Nisan 21

18

Nisan 22

19

Nisan 23

20

Nisan 24

21

Nisan 25

New Month/New Moon Rosh Chodesh

Nisan 28

25

Nisan 29

26

Nisan 30

27

Iyyar 1

Nisan 26

Torah: Tazriah (“She bears seed”) Lv. 12:1-13:59

Yom Hashoah

24

22

28

Torah: Metsora (“Infected one”) Lv. 14:1-15:33

Iyyar 2

29

The Empty Garden Tomb near the City Jerusalem: A Symbol of Resurrection

Iyyar 3

May 2017

‫ סיון תשע"ז‬- ‫אייר‬

Iyyar - Sivan 5777

Sunday

Monday

Tuesday

‫ ראשון‬Rishon

‫ שני‬Sheni

‫ שלישי‬Shlishi

IDF Memorial Day Yom HaZikaron Independence Day

Wednesday Thursday ‫ רביעי‬Revii

‫ חמישי‬Chamishi

Friday

Saturday

‫ שישי‬Shishi

‫ שבת‬Shabbat Torah: Acharai Mot (“After the death”) Lv. 16:1-18:30

Independence Day Yom Ha’Atzmaut

Torah: K’doshim (“Holy ones”) Lv. 19:1-20:27

Yom Ha’Atzmaut Eve

1

Iyyar 5

2

Iyyar 6

3

Iyyar 7

4

Iyyar 8

5

Iyyar 9

6

Iyyar 10

Torah: Emor (“Say!”) Lv. 21:1-24:23

Pesach Sheni

Lag B’Omer Eve

7

Iyyar 11

8

Iyyar 12

9

Iyyar 13

10

Iyyar 14

11

Iyyar 15

12

Iyyar 16

Iyyar 18

15

Iyyar 19

16

Iyyar 20

17

Iyyar 21

18

Iyyar 22

Jerusalem Day

21

Iyyar 25

22

Iyyar 26

Memorial Day

28

Sivan 3

Iyyar 17

Torah: B’har (“On the Mount”) Lv. 25:1-26:2

Mother’s Day Lag B’Omer

14

13

29

Sivan 4

23

Iyyar 27

Shavuot Eve

30

Sivan 5

24

Iyyar 28

19

Torah: B’chukotai (“In my statutes”) Lv. 26:3-27:34

Iyyar 23

New Month/New Moon Rosh Chodesh

25

Iyyar 29

26

Sivan 1

20

Iyyar 24

Torah: B’midbar (“In the wilderness”) Nu. 1:1-4:20

27

Sivan 2

Shavuot

31

Sivan 6

Shimmering Israeli Wheat Fields Announce the Festival of Shavuot (Pentecost)

June 2017

‫ תמוז תשע"ז‬- ‫סיון‬

Sivan - Tamuz 5777

Sunday

Monday

Tuesday

‫ ראשון‬Rishon

‫ שני‬Sheni

‫ שלישי‬Shlishi

Wednesday Thursday ‫ רביעי‬Revii

‫ חמישי‬Chamishi

Friday

Saturday

‫ שישי‬Shishi

‫ שבת‬Shabbat Torah: Nasso (“Elevate!”) Nu. 4:21-7:89

1

Sivan 7

2

Sivan 8

3

Sivan 9

Torah: B’ha’alotcha (“In your setting up”) Nu. 8:1-12:16

4

Sivan 10

5

Sivan 11

6

Sivan 12

7

Sivan 13

8

Sivan 14

9

Sivan 15

Flag Day

11

Sivan 17

12

Sivan 18

13

Sivan 19

Sivan 24

19

Sivan 25

20

26

Tamuz 2

27

Sivan 26

Sivan 20

15

Sivan 21

16

Sivan 22

17

Tamuz 1

Tamuz 3

Sivan 23

Torah: Korach (“Korah”) Nu. 16:1-18:32

21

Sivan 27

22

Sivan 28

28

Tamuz 4

29

Tamuz 5

23

Sivan 29

24

New Month/New Moon Rosh Chodesh

25

Sivan 16

Torah: Sh’lach L’cha (“Send for yourself”) Nu. 13:1-15:41

Summer Begins

Father’s Day

18

14

10

30

Tamuz 6

Reminders of the Grapes of Eschol, the Bounty of Fruit in Israel

Sivan 30

July 2017

‫ אב תשע"ז‬- ‫תמוז‬

Tamuz - Av 5777

Sunday

Monday

Tuesday

‫ ראשון‬Rishon

‫ שני‬Sheni

‫ שלישי‬Shlishi

Wednesday Thursday ‫ רביעי‬Revii

‫ חמישי‬Chamishi

Friday

Saturday

‫ שישי‬Shishi

‫ שבת‬Shabbat Torah: Chukat (“Ordinance of”) Nu. 19:1-22:1

1 Independence Day

2

Tamuz 8

3

Tamuz 9

4

Tamuz 10

Torah: Balak (“Balak”) Nu. 22:2-25:9

5

Tamuz 11

6

Tamuz 12

7

Tamuz 13

Tamuz 15

10

Tamuz 16

11

Tamuz 17

8

Tamuz 14

Torah: Pinchas (“Pinchas”) Nu. 25:10-30:1

Fast of Tamuz

9

Tamuz 7

12

Tamuz 18

13

Tamuz 19

14

Tamuz20

15

Tamuz 21

Torah: Matot (“Tribes”) Nu. 30:2-32:42

20 16 23

Tamuz 22 Tamuz 29

Parents’ Day

30

Av 7

17 24

Tamuz 23

18

Tamuz 24

19

Tamuz 25

Torah: Masei (“Journeys of”) Nu. 33:1-36:13

Tamuz

21

26

Tamuz 27

Av 8

Tamuz 28

Torah: Dvarim (“Words”) Dt. 1:1-3:22

Av 1

New Month/New Moon Rosh Chodesh

31

22

25

Av 1

26

Av 3

27

Av 4

28

Av 5

29

The Soaring Mount Arbel, Overlooking the Sea of Galilee and Northern Galilee

Av 6

August 2017 Sunday

Monday

Tuesday

‫ ראשון‬Rishon

‫ שני‬Sheni

‫ שלישי‬Shlishi

‫ אלול תשע"ז‬- ‫אב‬

Av - Elul 5777

Wednesday Thursday ‫ רביעי‬Revii

‫ חמישי‬Chamishi

Friday

Saturday

‫ שישי‬Shishi

‫ שבת‬Shabbat Torah: V’Et’chanan (“And I pleaded”) Dt. 3:23-7:11

Tisha B’Av

1

Av 9

2

Av 10

3

Av 11

4

Av 12

Av 14

7

Av 13

Torah: Ekev (“As a result”) Dt. 7:12-11:25

Tu B’Av

6

5

Av 15

8

Av 16

9

Av 17

10

Av 18

11

Av 19

12

Av 20

Torah: R’eh (“See”) Dt. 11:26-16:17

13

Av 21

14

Av 22

15

Av 23

16

Av 24

17

Av 25

18

Av 26

Av 28

21

Av 29

27

Elul 5

28

Elul 6

22

29

Av 30

Elul 7

23

30

Elul 1

Elul 8

Av 27

Torah: Shoftim (“Judges”) Dt. 16:18-21:9

New Month/New Moon Rosh Chodesh

20

19

24

31

Elul 2

25

Elul 3

26

Elul 9

Majestic Monuments in the Desert on the Road to Eilat in Southern Israel

Elul 4

September 2017 Sunday

Monday

Tuesday

‫ ראשון‬Rishon

‫ שני‬Sheni

‫ שלישי‬Shlishi

‫ תשרי תשע"ח‬- ‫אלול תשע"ז‬

Elul 5777 - Tishrei 5778

Wednesday Thursday ‫ רביעי‬Revii

‫ חמישי‬Chamishi

Friday

Saturday

‫ שישי‬Shishi

‫ שבת‬Shabbat Torah: Ke Tetse (“When you go out”) Dt. 16:18-21:9

1 Labor Day

3

Elul 12

4

2

Elul 10

Elul 11

Torah: Ke Tavo (“When you enter in”) Dt. 21:10-25:19

Elul 13

5

Elul 14

6

Elul 15

7

Elul 16

8

9

Elul 18

Torah:

Nitsavim

Elul 17

Grandparent’s Day

(“You are standing”) Dt. 29:9-30:20

Torah:

10

Elul 19

11

Elul 20

12

Elul 21

13

Elul 22

Feast of Trumpets Eve Erev Rosh Hashanah

14

Elul 23

Autumn Begins Feast of Trumpets Rosh Hashanah 1

15

VaYelech

(“And he went”) Dt. 31:1-31:30

Elul 24

Rosh Hashanah 2

16

Elul 25

Torah: Ha’azinu (“Give ear!”) Dt. 32:1-32:52

New Month/New Moon Rosh Chodesh

17

Elul 26

18

Elul 27

19

Elul 28

20

Elul 29

21

Tishrei 1

Fast of Gedalia

24

Tishrei 4

25

Tishrei 5

26

Tishrei 6

27

Tishrei 7

28

Tishrei 8

22

23

Tishrei 2

Tishrei 3

Day of Atonement Eve Erev Yom Kippur (Yizkor)

Day of Atonement Yom Kippur (Yizkor)

29

30

Tishrei 9

Mount Tabor Rising over the Jezreel Valley in the Lower Galilee of Israel

Tishrei 10

October 2017 Sunday

Monday

Tuesday

‫ ראשון‬Rishon

‫ שני‬Sheni

‫ שלישי‬Shlishi

1

Tishrei 11

Feast of Tabernacles Sukkot 4

2

Tishrei 12 Columbus Day Feast of Tabernacles Sukkot 5

3

Tishrei 13

Feast of Tabernacles Sukkot 6

‫ חשון תשע"ח‬- ‫תשרי‬

Tishrei - Cheshvan 5778

Wednesday Thursday ‫ רביעי‬Revii

‫ חמישי‬Chamishi

Friday

Saturday

‫ שישי‬Shishi

‫ שבת‬Shabbat

Feast of Tabernacles Eve Erev Sukkot

Feast of Tabernacles Sukkot 1

Feast of Tabernacles Sukkot 2

Feast of Tabernacles Sukkot 3

4

5

6

7

Tishrei 14

Feast of Tabernacles Sukkot 7

Tishrei 15

Tishrei 16

Tishrei 17

Torah: B’Resheet (“In the beginning”) Gn. 1:1-6:8

Simchat Torah

Hoshana Rabbah

8

Tishrei 18

9

Tishrei 19

10

Tishrei 20

11

Tishrei 21

12

Tishrei 22

13

Tishrei 23

14

Tishrei 24

Torah: Noach (“Noah”) Gn. 6:9-11:32

New Month/New Moon Rosh Chodesh

15

Tishrei 25

16

Tishrei 26

17

Tishrei 27

18

Tishrei 28

19

Tishrei 29

20

Tishrei 30

21 Cheshvan 1 Torah: Lech Lecha (“Go forth yourself”) Gn. 12:1-17:27

22 Cheshvan 2 23 Cheshvan 3 24 Cheshvan 4 25 Cheshvan 5 26 Cheshvan 6 27 Cheshvan 7 28 Cheshvan 8

29 Cheshvan 9 30 Cheshvan 10 31 Cheshvan 11

Impressive View of Tel Megiddo, Known as Armageddon, Site of History’s Final Battle

November 2017 Sunday

Monday

Tuesday

‫ ראשון‬Rishon

‫ שני‬Sheni

‫ שלישי‬Shlishi

‫ כסלו תשע"ח‬- ‫חשון‬

Cheshvan - Kislev 5778

Wednesday Thursday ‫ רביעי‬Revii

‫ חמישי‬Chamishi

Friday

Saturday

‫ שישי‬Shishi

‫ שבת‬Shabbat Torah: VaYera (“And he appeared”) Gn. 18:1-22:24

1 Daylight Saving Time Ends

5

Cheshvan 16

Cheshvan 12

2

Cheshvan 13

Election day

6

Cheshvan 17

7

Cheshvan 18

3

Cheshvan 14

Veterans Day

8

Cheshvan 19

9

Cheshvan 20

4

Cheshvan 15

Torah: Chayei Sarah (“Life of Sarah”) Gn. 23:1-25:18

10 Cheshvan 21 11 Cheshvan 22 Torah: Toldot (“Generations”) Gn. 25:19-28:9

12 Cheshvan 23 13 Cheshvan 24 14 Cheshvan 25 15 Cheshvan 26 16 Cheshvan 27 17 Cheshvan 28 18 Cheshvan 29 Torah: VaYetze (“And he went out”) Gn. 28:10-32:3

Thanksgiving Day New Month/New Moon Rosh Chodesh

19

26

Kislev 1

Kislev 8

20

27

Kislev 2

Kislev 9

21

Kislev 3

28

Kislev 10

22

29

Kislev 4

Kislev 11

23

30

Kislev 5

24

Kislev 6

25

Kislev 12

Ancient Synagogue Ruins at Chorazin on the Northeast of the Sea of Galilee

Kislev 7

December 2017 Sunday

Monday

Tuesday

‫ ראשון‬Rishon

‫ שני‬Sheni

‫ שלישי‬Shlishi

‫ טבת תשע"ח‬- ‫כסלו‬

Kislev - Tevet 5778

Wednesday Thursday ‫ רביעי‬Revii

‫ חמישי‬Chamishi

Friday

Saturday

‫ שישי‬Shishi

‫ שבת‬Shabbat Torah: VaYishlach (“And he sent”) Gn. 32:4-36:43

1

Kislev 13

2

Kislev 14

Torah: VaYeshev (“And he settled”) Gn. 37:1-40:23

3

Kislev 15

4

Kislev 16

5

Kislev 17

6

Kislev 18

Feast of Dedication Hanukkah 1

7

Kislev 19

Feast of Dedication Hanukkah 2

8

Kislev 20

Feast of Dedication Hanukkah 3

9

Kislev 21

Torah: Miketz (“At the end of”) Gn. 41:1-44:17

Feast of Dedication Hanukkah 4

10

Kislev 22

Feast of Dedication Hanukkah 5

17

Kislev 29

Christmas Eve

11 Kislev 23 Feast of Dedication Hanukkah 6

18

12 Kislev 24 Feast of Dedication Hanukkah 7 New Month/ New Moon Rosh Chodesh

Kislev 30

19

Tevet 1

13

Kislev 25

14

Kislev 26

Feast of Dedication Hanukkah 8

Winter Begins

20

21

Tevet 2

Christmas Day

Tevet 3

15

Kislev 27

Kislev 28

Torah: VaYigash (“And he drew near”) Gn. 44:18-47:27

22 Tevet 4

23 Tevet 5 Torah: VaYechi (“And he lived”) Gn. 47:28-50:26

Fast of Tevet

24 Tevet 6

16

New Year’s Eve

31 Tevet 13

25 Tevet 7

26 Tevet 8

27 Tevet 9

28 Tevet 10

29 Tevet 11

30 Tevet 12

Time to Celebrate the Ancient Festival of Hanukkah, the Festival of Lights

A Jewish/Christian Holiday Calendar A Circle of Blessing

‫ניסן‬

Nisa

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‫תשרי‬

‫דר‬

Ad

Ja n u a y Febru ry F r a u ary e Ja n M bru ar ar ch y

Av

Dec

Jewish Holiday Calendar

Tish Be`aavh

m

M Ju ay ne

Ju l y A u g u s t S e Au p g

Puri

t

‫תמוז‬

Tu Bi s h e va t

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S h e va t

av

Ju n e Ju l y

Ch

Chesh va

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t e v e T

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April May

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HaatYzom m L aut Ba`oamg er

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‫אייר‬

v

‫לו‬ ‫ס‬ ‫כ‬

‫חשון‬

“These Are My Feasts, Says the LORD. ”

(Leviticus 23:2)

The Biblical Calendar The Jewish Calendar

The calendar that was used in Israel during the time of Jesus and the apostles was much different from the one that most of the world uses today. The biblical calendar was lunar based rather than solar based, with the year composed of twelve months that coincided with the phases of the moon. The timing of the first day of each month (Rosh Chodesh) was established when two witnesses reported to the Sanhedrin that they had observed the first sliver of the new moon. The biblical month was a synodic month of 29.5306 days (29 days, 12 hours, 44+ minutes). Since a new moon appears approximately every 29.5 days, the Jewish calendar alternates between months of 29 and 30 days. Twelve months of the lunar calendar @29.5 days per month totals 354 days. This is 11.25 days short of the full solar year, the time that is required for the earth to revolve around the sun, which is 365.2425 days. This differential would have caused a seasonal drift so that the agricultural seasons and the biblical festivals that are associated with those seasons would not have been properly aligned. (For example, Passover was to be on the fourteenth day of the first month, Aviv (meaning literally the “earing” of the barley), which means that it would have had to be at the beginning of Spring.) In order to compensate for this differential, the Sanhedrin observed the agricultural circumstances associated with the description of the first month (the “earing” of the barley, the equinox, and the fruiting of the trees), and when they found it necessary, they added an additional month to the year before the last month of the year so that the new moon heralding the first month would occur at the proper agricultural season. This month was called v’Adar (“and” Adar), Adar Rishon, or Adar Alef (“first” Adar), meaning that there were two months of Adar in each leap year. Today’s Jewish calendar dates from the fourth century when Hillel II used both astronomical and mathematical calculations to establish a fixed calendar. In order to keep the festivals (e.g. Passover) in their proper seasons, he added the extra month, v’Adar, at regular intervals over a nineteen year cycle, producing leap years on the third, sixth, eighth, eleventh, fourteenth, seventeenth, and nineteenth years of each nineteen year cycle. The adding of a month at regular intervals is very similar to the addition of an extra day to the month of February every fourth year (called leap year) in the Gregorian calendar. Yet another rabbinic calculation was later used to ensure the fact that Yom Kippur would not fall on Wednesday, Friday, or Sunday and so that Hoshanah Rabbah would not fall on a Sabbath. This was done by adding a day to the eighth month or subtracting a day from the ninth month of the previous year. In total, there are fourteen different patterns that a Jewish year can take. Nisan (called Aviv at that time) was the first month in the most ancient Jewish calendar. It was actually decreed by God himself: “This month [the month of the Exodus] shall be the beginning of months for you; it is to be the first month of the year to you” (Exodus 12:2).

The year was calculated from the time of deliverance from Egyptian slavery; therefore, the Jewish year was focused from the time of Israel’s redemption. Over time, this new year in Spring came to be called the New Year of Kings, Festivals, and Months while the seventh month of the religious calendar came to be recognized as the first month of the Jewish civil calendar as it is to this day; therefore, the traditional Jewish new year (Rosh HaShanah) now begins on the first day of the month Tishrei with the biblical Feast of Trumpets (shofars). Despite the de facto recognition of Rosh HaShanah as the new year in virtually all of the Jewish community, the religious year is used to establish all festival observances, Torah readings, Psalm readings, and other religious occasions and activities. As one might imagine, there was considerable controversy in the centuries prior to and following the time of Jesus as to the precise application of the biblical calendar. This led to different interpretations as to the timing of festivals and holy days. It is certain, however, that Jesus and his earliest Jewish disciples followed the biblical calendar (now called the Jewish calendar), which was the lunar calendar. It is very clear that both Jesus and the disciples observed the biblical festivals of Passover (John 2:13; 2:23; 6:4; 11:55), Unleavened Bread (Matthew 26:17; 1 Corinthians 5:8), Pentecost (Acts 2:1; 20:16; 1 Corinthians 16:8), Tabernacles (John 7:2) and also the post-Torah festivals, which included Hanukkah (John 10:22). The timing of each of these events was determined by the Hebrew lunar calendar. For centuries, the Jewish lunar calendar was even respected and consulted by the leaders of the Christian church for the establishment of the day of Passover (the fourteenth day of Nisan) from which the timing of the memorial of Jesus’ death and resurrection were dated. This practice continued until the fourth century in Western Christianity and until the eleventh century in Eastern Christianity. It is clear that Paul observed the Jewish calendar. He instructed the Gentiles to celebrate the Festival of Passover in I Corinthians 5:7-8. He did, however, make it clear that no person’s salvation or relationship with God could be judged by the calendar: “Let no one judge you . . . regarding a festival or a new moon or sabbaths” (Colossians 2:16). The term new moon specifically addressed the subject of the calendar. This statement was no doubt made because of the fact that some had become judgmental of others because of their views on the calendar. The biblical calendar was very important in the times of the prophets and apostles, and it should still have significance in the Christian community as believers identify the Jewish roots of their faith and seek to profit from understanding the ancient Hebraic foundations on which Christianity was established. © 2009 Dr. John D. Garr, President, Hebraic Christian Global Community. This material may not be reproduced in any form without the express written consent of the author. www.HebraicCommunity.org.