aussieboy-
You can also find all kinds of interesting Jewish info on wikipedia, such as biographical info about rishonim, achronim, etc.
ames-
Thank you for the kind words.
Here in a nutshell is the yomtov info:
The chart below lists which days of the week various yomim tovim and tanesim can fall out on.
There are four different types of years listed below, starting with the days Purim can fall out on.
This year is #2 (Purim on Tue, Pesach on Thu, Shavuos on Fri, etc.)
Purim Pesach Shavuos 17th of Tamuz/ Rosh Hashanah/ Yom Kippur Chanukah 10th of Teves Tu BiShvat
Tisha B'Av Sukkos/
Shmini Atzeres
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1)SUN TUE WED TUE THU SAT WED or THU WED, THU, TUE, WED,
or FRI or THU
2)TUE THU FRI THU SAT MON FRI or SAT FRI or SUN THU or SAT
3)THU SAT SUN SUN* MON WED SUN or MON SUN or TUE SAT or MON
4)FRI SUN MON SUN TUE THU MON TUE MON*Postponed to not be held on Shabbos
(Chart copied from Wikipedia)
It can be useful in quickly seeing the number of vacation days needed for yomim tovim without going thru the entire calendar:
1) 12 assur b’melocha days fall out on weekdays.
2) 6
3) 9
4) 10
(Purim, Tisha B’Av and Hoshana Rabba, etc. are not included in the above numbers)
Adjust your vacation schedules accordingly.
1) (12) 2010 2011 2013 2014 2017 2024 2028 2031 2034 2035 2037 2038 2041 2044 2051 2055 2058
2) (06) 2009 2020 2023 2026 2027 2030 2033 2047 2050 2053 2054 2057 2060
3) (09) 2012 2015 2016 2018 2019 2022 2029 2032 2036 2039 2040 2042 2043 2046 2049 2056 2059
4) (10) 2021 2025 2045 2048 2052