Jewish Celebrations In May 2018

The following is a collection of holidays, commemorations, observations and celebrations for the Jewish community during may 2018. For more information on the equivalence of dates in the Hebrew calendar and other calendars, please see Hebrew Calendar 5778.

May 2018
w	Sunday	Monday	Tuesday	Wednesday	Thursday	Friday	Saturday
Week 18	29Sunday	30Monday	1Tuesday Day 31 in the Counting of the Omer ^[minor]	2Wednesday Day 32 in the Counting of the Omer ^[minor]	3Thursday Lag BaOmer ^[minor] Day 33 in the Counting of the Omer ^[minor]	4Friday Day 34 in the Counting of the Omer ^[minor]	5Saturday Day 35 in the Counting of the Omer ^[minor]
Week 18	6Sunday Day 36 in the Counting of the Omer ^[minor]	7Monday Day 37 in the Counting of the Omer ^[minor]	8Tuesday Day 38 in the Counting of the Omer ^[minor]	9Wednesday Day 39 in the Counting of the Omer ^[minor]	10Thursday Day 40 in the Counting of the Omer ^[minor]	11Friday Day 41 in the Counting of the Omer ^[minor]	12Saturday Day 42 in the Counting of the Omer ^[minor]
Week 19	13Sunday Day 43 in the Counting of the Omer ^[minor] Jerusalem Day ^[israel]	14Monday Day 44 in the Counting of the Omer ^[minor]	15Tuesday Day 45 in the Counting of the Omer ^[minor] Hebrew month of Sivan 5778 starts ^[30days]	16Wednesday Day 46 in the Counting of the Omer ^[minor]	17Thursday Day 47 in the Counting of the Omer ^[minor]	18Friday Day 48 in the Counting of the Omer ^[minor]	19Saturday Counting of the Omer Ends Day 49 in the Counting of the Omer ^[minor]
Week 20	20Sunday Shavuot ^[yom-tov]^[judaism]^{[Shalosh-Regalim]}	21Monday	22Tuesday	23Wednesday	24Thursday	25Friday	26Saturday
Week 21	27Sunday	28Monday	29Tuesday	30Wednesday	31Thursday	1Friday	2Saturday
	3Sunday	4Monday	5Tuesday	6Wednesday	7Thursday	8Friday	9Saturday
	10Sunday	11Monday	12Tuesday	13Wednesday	14Thursday	15Friday	16Saturday

Notes:

^[minor] This is a minor Jewish holiday.

^[israel] National day in Israel.

^[30days] This month has 30 days.

^[yom-tov] This day is yom tov, so it has similar obligations and restrictions to Shabbat in the sense that normal work (melacha) is forbidden.

^[judaism] In Judaism, this day begins at sundown on the evening before.

^{[Shalosh-Regalim]} Pilgrimage to the Temple in Jerusalem.

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Jewish Celebrations In May 2018

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