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Question 5.2:
What are the dates of the upcoming Jewish holidays?

[The following is courtesy of the Hebcal program, mentioned in Section 5.3. Hebcal also provides an interactive Jewish calendar at http://www.hebcal.com/]

2003:

• January: 4 Rosh Chodesh Shvat; 18 Tu B'Shvat
• February: 2-3 Rosh Chodesh Adar I; 17 Purim Katan
• March: 4/2003 Rosh Chodesh Adar II; 16 Ta'anit Esther; 17 Purim; 18 Shushan Purim
• April: 2-3 Rosh Chodesh Nisan; 16 Erev Pesach - Taanit B'chorot; 17-24 Pesach I-VIII; 29 Yom HaShoah
• May: 2-3 Rosh Chodesh Iyyar; 6 Yom HaZikaron; 7 Yom Ha'atzmaut; 20 Lag B'Omer; 29 Yom Yerushalayim
• June: 1 Rosh Chodesh Sivan; 6-7 Shavuot I-II; 30 Rosh Chodesh Tamuz
• July: 1 Rosh Chodesh Tamuz; 17 Shiva Assar B'Tamuz; 30 Rosh Chodesh Av
• August: 7 Tish'a B'Av; 28-29 Rosh Chodesh Elul
• September: 26 Erev Rosh Hashana; 27-28 Rosh Hashana I-II; 29 Tzom Gedalia
• October: 5 Erev Yom Kippur; 6 Yom Kippur; 11-17 Sukkot I-VII; 18 Shmini Atzeret; 19 Simchat Torah; 26-27 Rosh Chodesh Cheshvan
• November: 25-26 Rosh Chodesh Kislev
• December: 20-27 Chanukah I-VII

2004:

• January: 4 Asara B'Tevet; 24 Rosh Chodesh Shevat
• February: 7 Tu B'Shvat; 21 Shabbat Shekalim; 22-23 Rosh Chodesh Adar
• March: 4 Ta'anit Esther; 6 Shabbat Zachor; 7 Purim; 8 Shushan Purim; 13 Shabbat Parah; 20 Shabbat HaChodesh; 23 Rosh Chodesh Nisan
• April: 3 Shabbat HaGadol ; 6 Ta'anit Bechorot/Erev Pesach; 6-13 Pesach; 18 Yom HaShoah; 21-22 Rosh Chodesh Iyyar; 25 Yom HaZikaron; 26 Yom HaAtzma'ut
• May: 9 Lag B'Omer; 19 Yom Yerushalayim; 21 Rosh Chodesh Sivan; 26-27 Shavuot
• June: 19-20 Rosh Chodesh Tamuz
• July: 6 Tzom Tammuz; 19 Rosh Chodesh Av; 24 Shabbat Hazon; 27 Tish'a B'Av; 31 Shabbat Nachamu
• August: 17-18 Rosh Chodesh Elul
• September: 16-17 Rosh Hashana 5765; 18 Shabbat Shuva; 19 Tzom Gedaliah; 25 Yom Kippur; 30 Sukkot
• October: 1-6 Sukkot II-VII; 7 Shmini Atzeret; 8 Simchat Torah; 15-16 Rosh Chodesh Cheshvan
• November: 14 Rosh Chodesh Kislev
• December: 7-15 Chanukah; 13 Rosh Chodesh Tevet; 22 Asara B'Tevet

Since the Jewish day starts at sunset, all of these holidays (except those marked "Erev", which means "Evening") start at sunset on the civil date before. (See Subject 7.2 for details.)

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