Jewish Holidays - North East London Local Pharmaceutical Committee

Jewish Holidays 2012

   January 5th – Fast of Tevet 10
   February 8th – Tu B’Shevat
   March 7th Ta’anit Esther
   March 7th – 8th – Purim (nightfall of the 7th - nightfall of the 8th)
   March 9th – Shushan Purim
   April 6th – Passover (Sunset on the 6th – nightfall on April 14th)
   May 6th – Second Passover
   May 10th – Lag B’Omer
   May 26th – Shavuot  (Sunset of the 26th – nightfall on the 28th)
Tu B'Shevat
January 30    Falls on Shabbat

Ta'anit Esther
February 25    Work permitted

Purim
Nightfall of February 27 through nightfall of February 28    Work should be avoided. Consult a Rabbi if this is not possible.

Shushan Purim
March 1    Work permitted

Passover
Sunset of March 29 through nightfall of April 6    No work permitted on March 30-31 and April 5-6. Work is permitted only on April 1-2 and 4 with certain restrictions.

Second Passover
April 28    Work permitted

Lag B'Omer
May 2    Work permitted.

Shavuot
Sunset of May 18 through nightfall of May 20    No work is permitted

The 17th of Tammuz
June 29    Work permitted.

   July 7th – Fast of the 17th of Tammuz
   July 28th – Fast of Tish’a B’Av (sunset on the 28th – nightfall on the 29th)

   September 16th – Rosh Hashanah (sunset on the 16th – nightfall on the 18th)
   September 19th – Fast of Gedaliah
   September 25th – Yom Kippur (sunset on the 25th – nightfall on the 26th)
   September 30th – Sukkot (sunset on the 30th – sunset  Oct 6th)
   October 7th – Hoshanah Rabbah
   October 7th – Shemini Atzeret  (sunset of the 7th – nightfall on the 8th)
   October 8th – Simchat Torah (nightfall on the 9th – nightfall on the 9th)
   December 8th – Chanukah (sunset on the 8th – 16th)
Tish'a B'Av
Sunset of July 19 through nightfall of July 20    Work should be avoided. Consult a Rabbi if this is not possible.

Rosh Hashanah
Sunset of September 8 through nightfall of September 10    No work is permitted.

Fast of Gedaliah
September 12    Work permitted

Yom Kippur
Sunset of September 17 through nightfall of September 18    No work is permitted.

Sukkot
Sunset of September 22 through sunset of September 29    No work permitted on Sept. 23-25. Work is permitted on Sept. 26-29 with certain restrictions.

Hoshanah Rabbah
September 29    Work permitted with certain restrictions.

Shemini Atzeret
Sunset of September 29 through nightfall of September 30    No work is permitted.

Simchat Torah
Nightfall of September 30 through nightfall of October 1    No work is permitted.

Chanukah
Sunset Dec1 through to Dec 9                                  Work Permitted.