Purim 2008

March 2008 Su Mo Tu We Th Fr Sa 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Daylight Saving Start Sunday March 9 -16 years, -1 months, -9 days or -5884 days 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 Palm Sunday Sunday March 16 -16 years, -1 months, -2 days or -5877 days 17 St Patricks Day Monday March 17 -16 years, -1 months, -1 days or -5876 days 18 19 20 Purim Thursday March 20 -16 years -29 days or -5873 days 21 Good Friday Friday March 21 -16 years -28 days or -5872 days 22 23 Easter Sunday March 23 -16 years -26 days or -5870 days 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31

Purim for the year 2008 is celebrated/ observed on sundown of Wednesday, March 19th ending at sundown on Thursday, March 20th.

Purim is celebrated on the 14th day in the month Adar using the Jewish calendar. For the Gregorian calendar the day falls in the months of February and March. The day commemorates back in the 4th century BC, when Jewish people were saved from a death decree according to the book of Esther.

Why do Jewish holidays start at nighttime?

According to the Torah, the story of creation in Genesis says “And it was evening, and it was morning day one”, “And it was evening, and it was morning; the second day”, thus night comes before day. So for the Jewish calendar all days begin at nightfall and end the next day at nightfall including holidays.

Days to Purim 2008

Thursday, March 20th is day number 80 of the 2008 calendar year with -16 years, -29 days until Purim 2008.