Purim 2015

March 2015 Su Mo Tu We Th Fr Sa 1 2 3 4 Purim Wednesday March 4 -9 years, -8 months, -18 days or -3551 days 5 6 7 8 Daylight Saving Start Sunday March 8 -9 years, -8 months, -14 days or -3547 days 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 St Patricks Day Tuesday March 17 -9 years, -8 months, -5 days or -3538 days 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 Palm Sunday Sunday March 29 -9 years, -7 months, -24 days or -3526 days 30 31

Purim for the year 2015 is celebrated/ observed on sundown of Tuesday, March 3rd ending at sundown on Wednesday, March 4th.

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 2015

Wednesday, March 4th is day number 63 of the 2015 calendar year with -9 years, -8 months, -18 days until Purim 2015.