Purim 2010

February 2010 Su Mo Tu We Th Fr Sa 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 Valentines Day Sunday February 14 -14 years, -9 months, -9 days or -5396 days 15 Presidents Day Monday February 15 -14 years, -9 months, -8 days or -5395 days 16 17 Ash Wednesday Wednesday February 17 -14 years, -9 months, -6 days or -5393 days 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 Purim Saturday February 27 -14 years, -8 months, -24 days or -5383 days 28

Purim for the year 2010 is celebrated/ observed on sundown of Friday, February 26th ending at sundown on Saturday, February 27th.

Purim is celebrated on the 14th day in the month Adar using the Jewish calendar. For the Gregorian calendar the day falls in the months of February and March. The day commemorates back in the 4th century BC, when Jewish people were saved from a death decree according to the book of Esther.

Why do Jewish holidays start at nighttime?

According to the Torah, the story of creation in Genesis says “And it was evening, and it was morning day one”, “And it was evening, and it was morning; the second day”, thus night comes before day. So for the Jewish calendar all days begin at nightfall and end the next day at nightfall including holidays.

Days to Purim 2010

Saturday, February 27th is day number 58 of the 2010 calendar year with -14 years, -8 months, -24 days until Purim 2010.