Image: Large, lighted letters that spell “Coming Soon” in caps. (By 3D Animation Production Company / Pixabay)
We’re nearing the home stretch of the Jewish year. Every time someone wants to schedule things a couple of months out, I have to check my calendar: “Wait, does that conflict with the High Holy Days?”
I offer you a mini calendar of the coming attractions, with the year 5779 winding down to a close. Links will take you to an explanation of each holy day, fast, or observance:
- July 21 – Tzom Tammuz
- Aug 2 – Rosh Chodesh Av
- Aug 10 – Shabbat Chazon
- Aug 11 – Tisha B’Av
- Aug 16 – Tu B’Av
- Aug 17 – Shabbat Nachamu
- Aug 31 – Rosh Chodesh Elul
- Sept 21 – Leil Selichot
And then it will be time for the High Holy Days and a New Year 5780:
- Sept 29, Oct 1 – Rosh Hashanah
- Oct 9 – Yom Kippur
- Oct 14-20 – Sukkot
- Oct 21 – Shmini Atzeret
- Oct 22 – Simchat Torah
