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| Title: | BAGELS and other things of Jewish interest |
| Notice: | 1.0 policy, 280.0 directory, 32.0 registration |
| Moderator: | SMURF::FENSTER |
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| Created: | Mon Feb 03 1986 |
| Last Modified: | Thu Jun 05 1997 |
| Last Successful Update: | Fri Jun 06 1997 |
| Number of topics: | 1524 |
| Total number of notes: | 18709 |
1151.0. "Holidays calendar (new version) - ok to distrib." by TNPUBS::STEINHART (Laura) Tue Mar 31 1992 23:33
The Major Jewish Holy Days
Digital's Jewish VoD Group knows that our holy days, which follow an
adjusted lunar calendar, can be confusing. We provide this
information to reference when you schedule Digital events.
Sometimes staff events or business functions have been scheduled at
times when Jewish employees or customers haven't been able to attend.
Perhaps this calendar can prevent such oversights.
As in many cultures, not all Jews observe the major holy days or the
Sabbath. However, their observation is extremely important to those
who do observe them. Please ask people and respect the needs of those
who are bound by religious obligations.
Holy days and the Sabbath (Saturday) begin at sunset of the preceding
common calendar day and end about an hour after sunset of the following
day. An observant Jew may not travel on a holy day or on the Sabbath
and must allow travel time from work to reach home 20 minutes before
sunset. In New England sunset varies from about 3:45 pm in December to
about 8 pm in July.
The description of the holy days below follows their sequence through
the common year (January to December). Specific holy day dates from
1992 to 1997 are also attached for your information. The holy days do
not occur on the same day of the common calendar each year because the
Jewish year is based on a lunar calendar, in which the month begins
with the new moon.
Chanukah is not a major holy day and has no work or travel
restrictions.
Condensed Guide to the Jewish Holy Days
PASSOVER (PESACH) - Commemorates the Exodus of the Jewish people from
ancient Egypt. Special dietary restrictions begin the morning of the
previous day and continue for eight days. The SEDER, a family or
communal meal and ritual, is conducted with family and friends the
first two evenings. The first two and last two days of Passover are
holy days.
PENTECOST (SHAVUOT) - Celebrates the giving of the Torah (law) and Ten
Commandments to the Jews at Mt. Sinai.
JEWISH NEW YEAR (ROSH HASHONAH) - A two-day observance that starts the
High Holy Days season. It includes extended synagogue services.
DAY OF ATONEMENT (YOM KIPPUR) - Fast day and extended synagogue
services, with many special prayers.
FEAST OF BOOTHS (SUKKOT) - Commemorates the Jewish people's wanderings
in the desert. Meals are eaten in the SUKKAH, a special temporary
festival hut. The first two days of Sukkot are holy days.
EIGHTH DAY OF ASSEMBLY (SHEMINI ATZERET) AND REJOICING IN THE TORAH
(SIMHAT TORAH) - Special two-day celebration closing the High Holy
Days season that began on Rosh Hashonah.
1992 Major Jewish Holy Days
Sa Apr 18 Passover, 1st day M Sep 28 New Year (5753), 1st day
S Apr 19 Passover, 2nd day T Sep 29 New Year, 2nd day
F Apr 24 Passover, 7th day W Oct 7 Day of Atonement
Sa Apr 25 Passover, 8th day M Oct 12 Feast of Booths, 1st day
S Jun 7 Pentecost, 1st day T Oct 13 Feast of Booths, 2nd day
M Jun 8 Pentecost, 2nd day M Oct 19 Eighth Day of Assembly
T Oct 20 Rejoicing in the Torah
1993 Major Jewish Holy Days
T Apr 6 Passover, 1st day Th Sep 16 New Year (5754), 1st day
W Apr 7 Passover, 2nd day F Sep 17 New Year, 2nd day
M Apr 12 Passover, 7th day Sa Sep 25 Day of Atonement
T Apr 13 Passover, 8th day Th Sep 30 Feast of Booths, 1st day
W May 26 Pentecost, 1st day F Oct 1 Feast of Booths, 2nd day
Th May 27 Pentecost, 2nd day Th Oct 7 Eighth Day of Assembly
F Oct 8 Rejoicing in the Torah
1994 Major Jewish Holy Days
S Mar 27 Passover, 1st day T Sep 6 New Year (5755), 1st day
M Mar 28 Passover, 2nd day W Sep 7 New Year, 2nd day
Sa Apr 2 Passover, 7th day Th Sep 15 Day of Atonement
S Apr 3 Passover, 8th day T Sep 20 Feast of Booths, 1st day
M May 16 Pentecost, 1st day W Sep 21 Feast of Booths, 2nd day
T May 17 Pentecost, 2nd day T Sep 27 Eighth Day of Assembly
W Sep 28 Rejoicing in the Torah
1995 Major Jewish Holy Days
Sa Apr 15 Passover, 1st day M Sep 25 New Year (5756), 1st day
S Apr 16 Passover, 2nd day T Sep 26 New Year, 2nd day
F Apr 21 Passover, 7th day W Oct 4 Day of Atonement
Sa Apr 22 Passover, 8th day M Oct 9 Feast of Booths, 1st day
S Jun 4 Pentecost, 1st day T Oct 10 Feast of Booths, 2nd day
M Jun 5 Pentecost, 2nd day M Oct 16 Eighth Day of Assembly
T Oct 17 Rejoicing in the Torah
1996 Major Jewish Holy Days
Th Apr 4 Passover, 1st day Sa Sep 14 New Year (5757), 1st day
F Apr 5 Passover, 2nd day S Sep 15 New Year, 2nd day
W Apr 10 Passover, 7th day M Sep 23 Day of Atonement
Th Apr 11 Passover, 8th day Sa Sep 28 Feast of Booths, 1st day
F May 24 Pentecost, 1st day S Sep 29 Feast of Booths, 2nd day
Sa Sep 25 Pentecost, 2nd day Sa Oct 5 Eighth Day of Assembly
S Oct 6 Rejoicing in the Torah
1997 Major Jewish Holy Days
T Apr 22 Passover, 1st day Th Oct 2 New Year (5758), 1st day
W Apr 23 Passover, 2nd day F Oct 3 New Year, 2nd day
M Apr 28 Passover, 7th day S Oct 11 Day of Atonement
T Apr 29 Passover, 8th day Th Oct 16 Feast of Booths, 1st day
W Jun 11 Pentecost, 1st day F Sep 17 Feast of Booths, 2nd day
Th Jun 12 Pentecost, 2nd day Th Oct 23 Eighth Day of Assembly
F Oct 24 Rejoicing in the Torah
1998 Major Jewish Holy Days
Sa Apr 11 Passover, 1st day M Sep 21 New Year (5759), 1st day
S Apr 12 Passover, 2nd day T Sep 22 New Year, 2nd day
F Apr 17 Passover, 7th day W Sep 30 Day of Atonement
Sa Apr 18 Passover, 8th day M Oct 5 Feast of Booths, 1st day
S May 31 Pentecost, 1st day T Oct 6 Feast of Booths, 2nd day
M Jun 1 Pentecost, 2nd day M Oct 12 Eighth Day of Assembly
T Oct 13 Rejoicing in the Torah
1999 Major Jewish Holy Days
Th Apr 1 Passover, 1st day Sa Sep 11 New Year (5760), 1st day
F Apr 2 Passover, 2nd day S Sep 12 New Year, 2nd day
W Apr 7 Passover, 7th day M Sep 20 Day of Atonement
Th Apr 8 Passover, 8th day Sa Sep 25 Feast of Booths, 1st day
F May 21 Pentecost, 1st day S Sep 26 Feast of Booths, 2nd day
Sa May 22 Pentecost, 2nd day Sa Oct 2 Eighth Day of Assembly
S Oct 3 Rejoicing in the Torah
Thank you for your consideration
The Jewish VoD Group
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| 1151.1 | ...and by remarkable coincidence | DECSIM::HAMAN::GROSS | The bug stops here | Wed Apr 01 1992 18:22 | 21 |
| Your list is very good. You should mention in the holiday description that
Shavuot is 2 days and Sukkot is 8 days.
Just this morning I dropped in at the office of my kids' school and picked
up their version of the Jewish holiday calendar. That calendar was prepared
by the Jewish Community Relations Council. It lists the same holidays and
dates as .0. However, I feel this list is insufficient. It _does_ list
all the major holidays when a Jewish person would be absent from work or
school, but it does NOT list the minor observance days when after-school
activities or special banquets would be inconvenient. For example, I missed
the reading of the Megilla this Purim because our highschool scheduled
an important parent's night for next year's incoming freshmen to conflict
with Purim services.
I think something should be mentioned so that evening activities are not
scheduled on Purim eve or banquets on Tisha B'Av. Therefor, the list should
mention the minor fast days (to avoid the banquet problem) and the minor
holdays when a person would want to attend evening services (is there any
besides Purim?).
Dave
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| 1151.2 | small suggested change | ERICG::ERICG | Eric Goldstein | Wed Apr 01 1992 18:41 | 14 |
| .0> As in many cultures, not all Jews observe the major holy days or the
.0> Sabbath. However, their observation is extremely important to those
.0> who do observe them.
To make sure that we cover everyone, I suggest amending it to something like
the following:
As in many cultures, not all Jews observe the major holy days or the
Sabbath. They may observe none or only some of these days. But in any
event, their observation is extremely important to those who do observe
them.
-- Eric, who is very glad that he no longer has to worry about things like this
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| 1151.3 | status on the calendar | TNPUBS::STEINHART | Laura | Wed Apr 01 1992 21:58 | 32 |
| Thanks for the tips, Eric and Dave. I would recommend that Dave
provide a reply listing his additions.
Here's the status on this calendar. Eleven people on the Jewish VoD
planning committee (nothing formal, just those who show up) went
through numerous drafts to reach this final version. I can't calculate
how many man- and woman-hours went into this document; it was a lot.
We opened lines of communication to the Corporate Personnel VoD
officials. We sent the completed calendar to them. They distributed
the calendar to their VoD interest distribution list. I don't know how
many people are on this list, but it is very large. It also gets
forwarded into organizations. So it has already been sent to many
people in the company.
Second, I have about 80 people on my Jewish VoD distribution list.
They have all received the final version, and will certainly forward it
themselves.
Third, I posted it both here and in the MORO::VALUING_DIVERSITY notes
file in a basenote designated for religious and ethnic calendars.
The calendar was carefully designed to achieve its purpose: preventing
scheduling conflicts for holy days which have Shabbat-type
restrictions. I hope that people remember to check it before
scheduling events. Even more important, I hope they care enough to do
so.
Other info about our group is posted in the VoD note.
Regards,
Laura
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| 1151.4 | Please help us make sure we avoid a conflict | COVERT::COVERT | John R. Covert | Wed Jul 14 1993 00:24 | 16 |
| > PASSOVER (PESACH) - Commemorates the Exodus of the Jewish people from
> ancient Egypt. Special dietary restrictions begin the morning of the
> previous day and continue for eight days. The SEDER, a family or
> communal meal and ritual, is conducted with family and friends the
> first two evenings. The first two and last two days of Passover are
> holy days.
> 1994 Major Jewish Holy Days
>
> S Mar 27 Passover, 1st day
> M Mar 28 Passover, 2nd day
> Sa Apr 2 Passover, 7th day
> S Apr 3 Passover, 8th day
Is the first Seder Saturday evening or Sunday evening?
Thanks/john
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| 1151.5 | | METSNY::francus | Mets in '93 | Wed Jul 14 1993 00:36 | 3 |
| First Seder is Saturday night in 1994.
yf
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| 1151.6 | Thanks. Now to deal with the burocracy and reschedule | COVERT::COVERT | John R. Covert | Wed Jul 14 1993 00:44 | 4 |
| I thought so, but I didn't want to rock the boat until I was 100% sure
Saturday evening would be a conflict for many of our members.
/john
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