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Fri. 7/1
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All day
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New moon
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All day
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Canada Day (FĂȘte du Canada)
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Sat. 7/2
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All day
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Nisfu Sha'ban
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All day
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Rosh Chodesh Tamuz
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Sun. 7/3
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All day
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Rosh Chodesh Tamuz
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Fri. 7/8
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All day
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First quarter
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Sat. 7/9
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All day
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Nunavut Day
Nanuvat only
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Fri. 7/15
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All day
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Full moon
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Tue. 7/19
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All day
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Tzom Tammuz
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Sat. 7/23
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All day
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Last quarter
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Sat. 7/30
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All day
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New moon
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Mon. 8/1
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All day
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Ramadan
The ninth month of the Moslem calendar. Commemorates the month in which the Koran was revealed to Mohammed. Observance involves prayer and abstention from food, drink, smoking, and sex, from sunrise to sundown. After sundown brings party time. The first day of Ramadan is a holiday in many Islamic countries.
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All day
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Rosh Chodesh Av
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Sat. 8/6
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All day
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First quarter
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All day
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Shabbat Hazon
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Tue. 8/9
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All day
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Tish'a B'Av
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Sat. 8/13
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All day
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Full moon
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All day
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Shabbat Nachamu
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Sun. 8/21
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All day
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Last quarter
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Sat. 8/27
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All day
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Laitaltul-Qadr
(Laylat Al-Qadr)
Laylat Al-Qadr ("the night of power.") falls on one of the last ten days of Ramadan on an odd numbered day (such as the twenty-third, twenty-fifth or twenty-seventh), In the Qur'an this night is said to be equal to one thousand months and on this night the prayers of the sincere Muslim are certain to be answered.
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