Sukkot 2012

October 2012 Su Mo Tu We Th Fr Sa 1 Sukkot Monday October 1 -12 years, -2 months, -24 days or -4468 days 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Columbus Day Monday October 8 -12 years, -2 months, -17 days or -4461 days 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 Halloween Day Wednesday October 31 -12 years, -1 months, -25 days or -4438 days

Sukkot for the year 2012 starts on Monday, October 1st ending the 7 day festival on sundown Sunday, October 7th. For the Jewish calendar night begins before day, thus the holiday begins on the sunset of the previous day on the evening of Sunday, September 30th.

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 2012

Monday, October 1st is day number 275 of the 2012 calendar year with -12 years, -2 months, -24 days until the start of the 7 day festival of Sukkot 2012.