It may say 2022 on the calendar, but we are actually in year 5783 according to the Jewish calendar.
The Jewish, or Hebrew, calendar is a lunar/solar calendar (months are based on lunar months but years are based on solar years) and is the official calendar in Israel. The years count up from the “calculation” of when the Earth was created.
The next major Jewish holiday in 2022 is Hanukkah, which begins the night of Sunday, December 18th.
Holidays in 2022
Hanukkah
Begins sunset Sunday, December 18, 2022
Ends evening Monday, December 26, 2022
Previous holidays:
Purim
Begins sunset Wednesday, March 16, 2022
Ends evening Thursday, March 17, 2022
Work is generally avoided.
Passover
Begins sunset Friday, April 15, 2022
Ends evening Saturday, April 23, 2022
According to the Orthodox tradition, no work is permitted during the 2 first and 2 last days.
Lag B’Omer
Begins sunset Wednesday, May 18, 2022
Ends evening Thursday, May 19, 2022
Shavuot
Begins sunset Saturday, June 4, 2022
Ends evening Monday, June 6, 2022
According to the Orthodox tradition, no work is permitted.
Tisha B’Av
Begins sunset Saturday, August 6, 2022
Ends evening Sunday, August 7, 2022
Rosh Hashanah
Begins sunset Sunday, September 25, 2022
Ends evening Tuesday, September 27, 2022
According to the Orthodox tradition, no work is permitted.
Yom Kippur
Begins sunset Tuesday, October 4, 2022
Ends evening Wednesday, October 5, 2022
According to the Orthodox tradition, no work is permitted.
Sukkot
Begins sunset Sunday, October 9, 2022
Ends evening Sunday, October 16, 2022
According to the Orthodox tradition, no work is permitted during the first 2 days.
Shemini Atzeret & Simchat Torah
Begins sunset Sunday, October 16, 2022
Ends evening of Tuesday, October 18, 2022
According to the Orthodox tradition, no work is permitted.
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Originally Published Dec 30, 2021 01:57PM EST
