12 Month Messianic Jewish Calendar

5777/2016-2017

Holy Days printed in Red

Minor Holidays/ intermediate days printed in blue

Torah Portion Readings for Shabbat

Sunset candle lighting times on erev Shabbat

Omer count

Photography of Israel

The Dead Sea at sunset

Photo by E. Cook

Sea of Galilee at Capurnaum

October 2016 Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat

1

2

Erev Rosh Hashana

3

Rosh Hashana

4 5 6 7

6:46 Candle lighting

8

Parashat Vayeilech

9 10 11

Erev Yom Kippur

12

Yom Kippur

13 14

6:37Candle lighting

15

Parashat Ha'Azinu

16

Erev Sukkot

17

Sukkot 1

18

Sukkot 2

19

Sukkot 3

20

Sukkot 4

21

6:28 Candle lighting

Sukkot 5

22

Sukkot 6

23

Sukkot 7 Hoshana Rabbah

24

Shmini Atzeret

25 26 27 28

6:20 Candle lighting

29

Parashat Bereshit

30 31

E.Cook

Ein Gedi Falls

November 2016 Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat

1 2

Rosh Chodesh

Cheshvon

3 4

6:14 Candle lighting

5

Parashat Noach

6 7 8 9 10 11

Veteran’s Day

5:08 Candle lighting

12

Parashat Lech-Lecha

13 14 15 16 17 18

5:04 Candle lighting

19

Parashat Vayera

20 21 22 23 24

Thanksgiving

25

5:01 Candle lighting

26

Parashat Chayei

Sara

27 28 29 30 E.Cook

Dovecote at Masada

December 2016 Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat

1

Rosh Chodesh

Kislev

2

5:00 Candle lighting

3

Parashat Toldot

4 5 6 7 8 9

5:00 Candle lighting

10

Parashat Vayetzei

11 12 13 14 15 16

5:02 Candle lighting

17

Parashat Vayishlach

18 19 20 21 22 23

5:05 Candle lighting

24 Erev

Chanukah: 1 candle Parashat

Vayeshev

25

Chanukah: 2 Candles

26

Chanukah: 3 Candles

27

Chanukah: 4 Candles

28

Chanukah: 5 Candles

29

Chanukah: 6 Candles

30 Rosh Chodesh

Tevet Chanukah: 7

Candles 5:10 Candle

lighting

31 Chanukah: 8 Candles Parashat

Miketz

E.Cook

Dead Sea Shoreline

January 2017 Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat

1

Chanukah: 8th Day

2 3 4 5 6

5:16 Candle lighting

7

Parashat Vayigash

8 9 10 11 12 13

5:22 Candle lighting

14

Parashat Vayechi

15 16 17 18 19 20

5:29 Candle lighting

21

Parashat Shemot

22 23 24 25 26 27

5:36 Candle lighting

28 Rosh

Chodesh Sh'vat

Parashat Vaera

29 30 31

E. Cook

Hermon Stream, Banais

Headwaters of the

Jordan River

February 2017 Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat

1 2 3

5:43 Candle lighting

4

Parashat Bo

5 6 7 8 9 10

5:50 Candle lighting

11

Tu B’Shvat

Parashat Beshalach

12 13 14 15 16 17

5:57 candle lighting

18

Parashat Yitro

19 20 21 22 23 24

6:04 Candle lighting

25

Parashat Mishpatim

26 27

Rosh Chodesh

Adar

28

E. Cook

Column Capitols

Caesarea National

Park

March 2017 Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat

1 2 3

6:10 Candle lighting

4

Parashat Terumah

5 6 7 8 9 10

6:16 Candle lighting

11

Erev Purim Parashat Tetzaveh

12

Purim

13 14 15 16 17

7:22 Candle lighting

18

Parashat Ki Tisa

19

20 21 22 23 24

7:28 Candle lighting

25

Parashat Vayakhel-

Pekudei

26 27 28

Rosh Chodesh

Nisan

29 30 31

7:33 Candle lighting

E. Cook

First century tomb at

Nazareth Village

April 2017 Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat

1

Parashat Vayikra

2 3 4 5 6 7

7:39 Candle lighting

8

Parashat Tzav

9 10 7:41 Candle

lighting Erev

Pesach

11

Pesach I

12

Omer 1 Pesach II

13

Omer 2 Pesach III

14 7:45 Candle

lighting Omer 3

Pesach IV

15

Omer 4 Pesach V

16 Omer 5

7:46 Can-dle lighting Pesach VI

17

Omer 6 Pesach VII

18

Omer 7

19

Omer 8

20

Omer 9

21

Omer 10 7:50 Candle

lighting

22

Omer 11 Parashat

Shmini

23

Omer 12

24

Omer 13 Yom

HaShoah

25

Omer 14

26

Omer 15

27 Omer 16

Rosh Chodesh

Iyyar

28

Omer 17 7:56 Candle

lighting

29 Omer 18 Parashat

Tazria-Metzora

30

Omer 19

Pa-

rash

at

Vay

ikra

E. Cook

City of David

Stepped stone retaining

wall

May 2017 Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat

1

Omer 20

2

Israeli Independence

day

Omer 21

3

Omer 22

4

Omer 23

5

Omer 24 Candle

lighting 8:02

6

Omer 25 Parsha Acrei

mot/Kedoshim

7

Omer 26

8

Omer 27

9

Omer 28

10

Omer 29 Pesach Sheni

11

Omer 30

12

Omer 31 Candle lighting

8:08

13

Omer 32 Parsha

Emor

14

Omer 33 Lag B’ Omer

15

Omer 34

16

Omer 35

17

Omer 36

18

Omer 37

19

Omer 38 Candle Lighting

8:13

20

Omer 39 Parsha Behar

- Bechukotai

21

Omer 40

22

Omer 41

23

Omer 42

24

Omer 43 Yom

Yerushalayim

25

Omer 44

26

Omer 45 Candle lighting

8:18 Rosh Chodesh

Sivan

27

Omer 46 Parasha

Bamidbar

28

Omer 47

29

Omer 48

30

Omer 49

Erev Shavuot

31

Shavuot

R. Cook

Robinson’s Arch

Davidson Center,

Western wall

June 2017 Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat

1

2

Candle lighting 8:23

3

Parashat Nasso

4 5 6 7 8 9

Candle lighting 8:26

10

Parashat Beha'alotcha

11 12 13 14 15 16

Candle lighting 8:29

17

Parashat Sh'lach

18 19 20 21 22 23

Candle lighting 8:31

24

Parashat Korach

25

Rosh Chodesh

Tamuz

26 27 28 29 30

Candle lighting 8:31

E. Cook

Garden of

Gethsemane

July 2017 Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat

1

Parashat Chukat

2 3 4 5 6 7

Candle lighting 8:03

8

Parashat Balak

9 10 11 12 13 14

Candle lighting 8:27

15

Parashat Pinchas

16 17 18 19 20 21

Candle lighting 8:23

22

Parashat Matot-Masei

23 24

Rosh Chodesh

Av

25 26 27 28

Candle Lighting 8:18

29

Parashat Devarim

30 31

Erev Tish'a B'Av

E. Cook

The Temple

Institute Menorah

August 2017 Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat

1 Tish'a B'Av

2 3 4

Candle lighting 8:12

5

Parashat Vaetchanan

6 7 8 9 10 11

Candle lighting 8:05

12

Parashat Eikev

13 14 15 16 17 18

Candle lighting 7:56

19

Parashat Re'eh

20 21 22 23

Rosh Chodesh

Elul

24 25

Candle Lighting 7:47

26

Parashat Shoftim

27 28 29 30 31

E. Cook

Full Moon over

the Ramparts of

Jerusalem

September 2017 Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat

1

Candle Lighting

2

Parashat Ki Teitzei

3

4 5 6 7 8

Candle Lighting 7:28

9

Parashat Ki Tavo

10 11 12 13 14 15

Candle lighting

7:18

16

Parashat Nitzavim-Vayeilech

17 18 19 20

Erev Rosh Hashana

21

Rosh Hashana

5778

22

Candle Lighting

7:08

23

Parashat Ha'Azinu

24 25 26 27 28 29

Erev Yom Kippur

30

Yom Kippur

E. Cook