Sukkot 2004

September 2004 Su Mo Tu We Th Fr Sa 1 2 3 4 5 6 Labor Day Monday September 6 -20 years, -2 months, -16 days or -7382 days 7 8 9 10 11 12 Grandparents Day Sunday September 12 -20 years, -2 months, -10 days or -7376 days 13 14 15 16 17 Constitution Citizenship Day Friday September 17 -20 years, -2 months, -5 days or -7371 days 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 Sukkot Thursday September 30 -20 years, -1 months, -22 days or -7358 days

Sukkot for the year 2004 starts on Thursday, September 30th ending the 7 day festival on sundown Wednesday, October 6th. For the Jewish calendar night begins before day, thus the holiday begins on the sunset of the previous day on the evening of Wednesday, September 29th.

Sukkot is a seven day Jewish festival with the first day starting on the 15th day of the first month on the Jewish calendar called Tishri. This festival season is not a public holiday but many Jewish businesses and schools may have reduced hours. Shemini Atzeret and Simchat Torah are celebrated the next consecutive 2 days after Sukkot with Simchat Torah ending the annual cycle of bible readings.

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 the start of Sukkot 2004

Thursday, September 30th is day number 274 of the 2004 calendar year with -20 years, -1 month, -22 days until the start of the 7 day festival of Sukkot 2004.