I thought I would provide a handy guide to Jewish Holidays, so you can keep your diary as up-to-date as mine, and schedule your shopping accordingly!

Civil Year	2009/2010	2010/2011
Jewish Year	5770	5771
Shabbat (Sabbath)	Friday Evening to Saturday evening
All Jewish holidays begin at sundown on the evening before the date shown.
Rosh Hashanah	Thurs 9 Sept 2010	Thurs 29 Sept 2010
Yom Kippur	Mon28 Sept 2010	Sat 8 Oct 2011
Succos (Sukkot)	Thurs 23 Sept 2010	Thurs 13 Oct 2011
Simchas Torah	Fri 1 Oct 2010	Fri 21 Oct 2011
Chanukah (Hanukkah)	Thurs 2 Dec 2010	Wed 21 Dec 2011
Tu B'Shvat	Sat 30 January 2010	Thurs 20 Jan 2011
Purim	Sun 28th Feb 2010	Sun 28th March 2011
Pesach (Passover)	Tues 30 March 2010	Tues 19 April 2011
Yom HaShoah	Sun 11 April 2010	Sun 1 May 2011
Yom HaAtzma'ut	Mon 19 April 2010	Mon 9 May 2011
Lag B'Omer	Sun 2 May 2010	Sun 22 May 2011
Shavu'ot	Fri 19 May 2010	Wed 8 June 2011
Tisha B'Av	Tues 20 July 2010	Tues 9 August 2011
It is traditional that no marriages or simcha events are held between Passover and Shavout except on Lag B’ Omer. The same prohibition exists three weeks prior to Tisha B’ Av.

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