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Simchat Torah Beit Midrash
God's Feast Days: 5781-5782 | 2021
JANUARY 2021
January 14 Rosh Chodesh Shevat/ New Moon
January 28 Tu Bishvat/Arbor Day (Israel)
FEBRUARY 2021
February 12 Rosh Chodesh Adar / New Moon
February 13 Shabbat Shekalim/Sabbath of Shekels
February 20 Shabbat Zachor/Sabbath of Remembrance
February 25-28 Fast of Esther/Purim/Feast of Esther
MARCH 2021
March 06 Shabbat Parah /Sabbath of the Red Heifer
March 13 Shabbat HaChodesh /Sabbath of the First of Months
March 14 Rosh Chodesh Nisan / New Moon
March 27 Shabbat HaGadol / The Great Sabbath
March 27- April 4 Pesach / Passover
March 29- May 22 Counting of the Omer
APRIL 2021
April 04 Yom Habikkurim / Day of Firstfruits
April 08 Yom HaShoah / Holocaust Remembrance Day
April 12-13 Rosh Chodesh Iyar / New Moon
April 14 Yom HaZikaron / Israel's Memorial Day
April 15 Yom HaAtzmaut / Israel's Independence Day
April 25-26 Pesach Sheni / Second Passover
MAY 2021
May 10 Yom Yerushalayim / Jerusalem Day
May 12 Rosh Chodesh Sivan / New Moon
May 16-17 Israel's Shavuot / Giving of the Torah
May 22-24 Shavuot / Giving of the Torah
JUNE 2021
June 10-11 Rosh Chodesh Tamuz / New Moon
June 27 Tzom Tamuz/Fast of Tamuz
Bein Hametzarim/Between the Straits
JULY 2021
July 10 Rosh Chodesh Av / New Moon
July 17 Shabbat Chazon / Sabbath of Isaiah's Vision
July 18 Tisha B'Av / 9th of Av
July 24 Shabbat Nachamu/Sabbath of Comfort
15th of Av/Day of Betrothals, Dancing & Marriages (Israel)
AUGUST 2021
August 07 Shabbat Machar Chodesh / Shabbat before the New Moon
August 08-09 Rosh Chodesh Elul / New Moon
August 28 Shabbat Selichot / Sabbath of Forgiveness
SEPTEMBER 2021
September 06-08 Erev Rosh Hoshanah 5782 / Hebrew New Year's Eve and New Year's Days 1 & 2
September 06-16 Yamim Noraim /10 Days of Awe
September 07-08 Yom Teruah / Feast of Trumpets
September 09 Tzom Gedaliah / Fast of Gedaliah (fast observed)
September 11 Shabbat Shuvah/Sabbath of Returning
September 15-16 Yom Kippur/Day of Atonement (fast observed dawn to dusk)
September 21-27 Sukkot/Feast of Tabernacles (first 2 days are Sabbaths of Rest)
September 27 Hosanna Rabah/Day of Great Deliverance
September 28 Shemini Atzeret/Eighth Day of Assembly
September 29 Simchat Torah/Joy of God's Teaching and Instruction
V'Zot HaBerachah/And This is the Blessing
OCTOBER 2021
October 06-07 Rosh Chodesh Cheshvan / New Moon
NOVEMBER 2021
November 05 Rosh Chodesh Kislev / New Moon
November 28- December 06 Chanukah/Feast of Dedication (ends at sunset on the 30th)
DECEMBER 2021
December 04 Rosh Chodesh Tevet / New Moon
December 14 Asarah B'Tevet/Fast of the Tenth of Tevet