Purim 2019

March 2019 Su Mo Tu We Th Fr Sa 1 2 3 4 5 6 Ash Wednesday Wednesday March 6 -5 years, -8 months, -16 days or -2088 days 7 8 9 10 Daylight Saving Start Sunday March 10 -5 years, -8 months, -12 days or -2084 days 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 St Patricks Day Sunday March 17 -5 years, -8 months, -5 days or -2077 days 18 19 20 21 Purim Thursday March 21 -5 years, -8 months, -1 days or -2073 days 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31

Purim for the year 2019 is celebrated/ observed on sundown of March 20 ending at sundown on Thursday, March 21.

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 2019

Wednesday, March 20th is day number 79 of the 2019 calendar year with -5 years, -8 months, -2 days until Purim 2019.