Sukkot 2014

September 2014 Su Mo Tu We Th Fr Sa 1 Labor Day Monday September 1 -10 years, -2 months, -21 days or -3735 days 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Sukkot Tuesday September 9 -10 years, -2 months, -13 days or -3727 days 10 11 12 13 14 Grandparents Day Sunday September 14 -10 years, -2 months, -8 days or -3722 days 15 16 17 Constitution Citizenship Day Wednesday September 17 -10 years, -2 months, -5 days or -3719 days 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30

Sukkot for the year 2014 starts on Thursday, October 9th ending the 7 day festival on sundown Wednesday, October 15th. For the Jewish calendar night begins before day, thus the holiday begins on the sunset of the previous day on the evening of Wednesday, October 8th.

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 2014

Thursday, October 9th is day number 282 of the 2014 calendar year with -10 years, -1 month, -13 days until the start of the 7 day festival of Sukkot 2014.