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The Jewish Holidays
The Jewish day begins and ends at sundown. Thus, all
holidays begin at sundown of the day preceding the date shown and end at
sundown of the (last) day shown.
Since the Jewish calendar begins with Rosh Hashanah, the
Jewish year always straddles two years from the civil calendar. In other
words, spring holidays (such as Pesach and Shavuot) occur in the civil
year following Rosh Hashanah.
An additional note: not all Jews observe two days for
holidays shown as lasting two days.
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