Sukkot 2013

September 2013 Su Mo Tu We Th Fr Sa 1 2 Labor Day Monday September 2 -11 years, -3 months, -20 days or -4129 days 3 4 5 6 7 8 Grandparents Day Sunday September 8 -11 years, -3 months, -14 days or -4123 days 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 Constitution Citizenship Day Tuesday September 17 -11 years, -3 months, -5 days or -4114 days 18 19 Sukkot Thursday September 19 -11 years, -3 months, -3 days or -4112 days 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30

Sukkot for the year 2013 starts on Thursday, September 19th ending the 7 day festival on sundown Wednesday, September 25th. For the Jewish calendar night begins before day, thus the holiday begins on the sunset of the previous day on the evening of Wednesday, September 18th.

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 2013

Thursday, September 19th is day number 262 of the 2013 calendar year with -11 years, -3 months, -3 days until the start of the 7 day festival of Sukkot 2013.