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