Sukkot 2006

October 2006 Su Mo Tu We Th Fr Sa 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Sukkot Saturday October 7 -18 years, -1 months, -15 days or -6621 days 8 9 Columbus Day Monday October 9 -18 years, -1 months, -13 days or -6619 days 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 Halloween Day Tuesday October 31 -18 years -22 days or -6597 days

Sukkot for the year 2006 starts on Saturday, October 7th ending the 7 day festival on sundown Friday, October 13th. For the Jewish calendar night begins before day, thus the holiday begins on the sunset of the previous day on the evening of Friday, October 6th.

Sukkot is a seven day Jewish festival with the first day starting on the 15th day of the first month on the Jewish calendar called Tishri. This festival season is not a public holiday but many Jewish businesses and schools may have reduced hours. Shemini Atzeret and Simchat Torah are celebrated the next consecutive 2 days after Sukkot with Simchat Torah ending the annual cycle of bible readings.

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 the start of Sukkot 2006

Saturday, October 7th is day number 280 of the 2006 calendar year with -18 years, -1 month, -15 days until the start of the 7 day festival of Sukkot 2006.