Biblical Festival Dates
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Pesach ~Passover
Shavu'ot (Pentecost)
Yom Teruah ~Day of Trumpets.
Sukkot ~Feast of Tabernacles (Lev 23:42)
FESTIVAL DATES 2021: March through to January 2022
Approximate Festival dates: according to sighted moon in Israel.
First Day of Biblical Year# (Day 1 of Month 1): March 15th++
Passover/Pesach Seder (Day 14 of Month 1): March 28th++
First Day of Feast of Unleavened Bread/Chag HaMatzot* (Day 15 of Month 1): March 29th++
Last Day of Feast of Unleavened Bread/Chag HaMatzot* (Day 21 of Month 1): April 4th++
Feast of Pentecost/Shavuot * (50th Day starting with Wave Sheaf Day): May 23rd.
Day of Trumpets/Yom Teruah* (Day 1 of Month 7): Thursday, September 9th
Day of Atonement/Yom Kippur* (Day 9 & 10 of Month 7): Sundown Friday, September 17th to Sundown Saturday, 18th
First Day of Feast of Tabernacles/Sukkot* (Day 15 of Month 7): Thursday, September 23rd
Last Day of Feast of Tabernacles/Sukkot (Day 21 of Month 7): Wednesday, September 29th
Last Great Day/Shemini Atzeret* (Day 22 of Month 7): Wednesday, September 30th
First Day of Hanukkah/Chanukah (Day 25 of Month 9): November 30th++
Last Day of Hanukkah/Chanukah (8th Day): December 7th++
++ Dates based on a global trumpet call (Israel-based observation may be delayed one day)
# Based on aviv (ripened) barley indigenous to the Promised Land (Israel) region
* High Day of Convocation~no regular work.
Pesach ~Passover
Shavu'ot (Pentecost)
Yom Teruah ~Day of Trumpets.
Sukkot ~Feast of Tabernacles (Lev 23:42)
FESTIVAL DATES 2021: March through to January 2022
Approximate Festival dates: according to sighted moon in Israel.
First Day of Biblical Year# (Day 1 of Month 1): March 15th++
Passover/Pesach Seder (Day 14 of Month 1): March 28th++
First Day of Feast of Unleavened Bread/Chag HaMatzot* (Day 15 of Month 1): March 29th++
Last Day of Feast of Unleavened Bread/Chag HaMatzot* (Day 21 of Month 1): April 4th++
Feast of Pentecost/Shavuot * (50th Day starting with Wave Sheaf Day): May 23rd.
Day of Trumpets/Yom Teruah* (Day 1 of Month 7): Thursday, September 9th
Day of Atonement/Yom Kippur* (Day 9 & 10 of Month 7): Sundown Friday, September 17th to Sundown Saturday, 18th
First Day of Feast of Tabernacles/Sukkot* (Day 15 of Month 7): Thursday, September 23rd
Last Day of Feast of Tabernacles/Sukkot (Day 21 of Month 7): Wednesday, September 29th
Last Great Day/Shemini Atzeret* (Day 22 of Month 7): Wednesday, September 30th
First Day of Hanukkah/Chanukah (Day 25 of Month 9): November 30th++
Last Day of Hanukkah/Chanukah (8th Day): December 7th++
++ Dates based on a global trumpet call (Israel-based observation may be delayed one day)
# Based on aviv (ripened) barley indigenous to the Promised Land (Israel) region
* High Day of Convocation~no regular work.