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Feasts - 2006

Celebration	Date
Purim (Book of Esther)	March 14-15
Pesach (Passover)	April 13-19
Yom HaShoah (Holocaust Memorial)	April 25
Yom HaAtzmaut (Independence Day)	May 3
Yom Yerushalaym (Jerusalem Day)	May 26
Shavuot (Penticost)	June 2
Rosh Hashana (New Year)	Sept 23-24
Yom Kippur (Day of Atonement)	Oct 2
Sukkot ( Feast of Tabernacles)	Oct 7-13
Hanukkah (Feast of Lights)	Dec 16-23

Calendar

Hebrew Month	Roman Month
Nisan...........................	March	-	April
Iyyar............................	April	-	May
Sivan...........................	May	-	June
Tammuz......................	June	-	July
Av...............................	July	-	August
Elul..............................	August	-	September
Tishri...........................	September	-	October
Heshvan.......................	October	-	November
Kislev...........................	November	-	December
Tevet...........................	December	-	January
Shevat.........................	January	-	February
Adar............................	February	-	March

There will be an extra month called "Adar 2" in leap years. Several times in the Bible the months are numbered rather than named, for example: "The first month, the second month..."