Purim 2017

March 2020 Su Mo Tu We Th Fr Sa 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Daylight Saving Start Sunday March 8 -4 years, -9 months, -17 days or -1753 days 9 10 11 Purim Wednesday March 11 -4 years, -9 months, -14 days or -1750 days 12 13 14 15 16 17 St Patricks Day Tuesday March 17 -4 years, -9 months, -8 days or -1744 days 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31

Purim for the year 2017 is celebrated/ observed on sundown of March 10 ending at sundown on Saturday, March 11.

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 2017

Saturday, March 11th is day number 70 of the 2017 calendar year with -7 years, -9 months, -14 days until Purim 2017.