Purim 2011

March 2011 Su Mo Tu We Th Fr Sa 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Ash Wednesday Wednesday March 9 -13 years, -8 months, -13 days or -5007 days 10 11 12 13 Daylight Saving Start Sunday March 13 -13 years, -8 months, -9 days or -5003 days 14 15 16 17 St Patricks Day Thursday March 17 -13 years, -8 months, -5 days or -4999 days 18 19 Purim Saturday March 19 -13 years, -8 months, -3 days or -4997 days 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31

Purim for the year 2011 is celebrated/ observed on sundown of Friday, March 18th ending at sundown on Saturday, March 19th.

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 2011

Saturday, March 19th is day number 78 of the 2011 calendar year with -13 years, -8 months, -3 days until Purim 2011.