Sukkot 2018

September 2018 Su Mo Tu We Th Fr Sa 1 2 3 Labor Day Monday September 3 -6 years, -2 months, -19 days or -2272 days 4 5 6 7 8 9 Grandparents Day Sunday September 9 -6 years, -2 months, -13 days or -2266 days 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 Constitution Citizenship Day Monday September 17 -6 years, -2 months, -5 days or -2258 days 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 Sukkot Monday September 24 -6 years, -1 months, -28 days or -2251 days 25 26 27 28 29 30

Sukkot for the year 2018 starts on Monday, September 24th ending the 7 day festival on sundown Sunday, September 30th. For the Jewish calendar night begins before day, thus the holiday begins on the sunset of the previous day on the evening of Sunday, September 23rd.

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 2018

Monday, September 24th is day number 267 of the 2018 calendar year with -6 years, -1 month, -28 days until the start of the 7 day festival of Sukkot 2018.