Purim 2021

February 2021 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 -3 years, -9 months, -7 days or -1376 days 15 Presidents Day Monday February 15 -3 years, -9 months, -6 days or -1375 days 16 17 Ash Wednesday Wednesday February 17 -3 years, -9 months, -4 days or -1373 days 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 Purim Friday February 26 -3 years, -8 months, -23 days or -1364 days 27 28

Purim for the year 2021 is celebrated/ observed on sundown of February 25 ending at sundown on Friday, February 26.

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 2021

Thursday, February 25th is day number 56 of the 2021 calendar year with -3 years, -8 months, -24 days until Purim 2021.