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Religious Holidays 2013 - 2014

Student Absence for Religious Observances

Massachusetts state law regarding student absence due to religious beliefs has been adopted by the Institute as follows:

"Any student who is unable to attend classes or participate in any examination, study, or work requirement on a particular day because of his or her religious beliefs is excused from any such activity. The student will be given the opportunity to make up the work that was missed, provided that the makeup work does not create an unreasonable burden upon MIT.

The Institute will not level fees or charges of any kind when allowing the student to make up missed work. In addition, no adverse or prejudicial effects will result because students have made use of these provisions."

The following partial listing prepared in conjunction with the MIT Board of Chaplains is provided for your information:

2013
September	4-6	Weds(sundown)-Fri	Rosh Hashanah
	13-14	Fri(sundown)-Sat	Yom Kippur
	18-25	Weds(sundown)-Weds	Sukkot
	25-27	Weds(sundown)-Fri	Shemini Atzeret/Simchat Torah
October	14-15	Mon(evening)-Tue	Eid-Al-Adha
	19-20	Sat(sundown)-Sun	Birth of the Bab
November	11-12	Mon(sundown)-Tues	Birth of Baha'u'llah
2014
March	20-21	Thurs(sundown)-Fri	Naw Ruz
April	14-22	Mon(sundown)-Tue	Passover
	18/20	Friday/Sunday	Good Friday/Easter (Western and Orthodox)
	20-21	Sun(sundown)-Mon	First Day of Ridvan
	28-29	Mon(sundown)-Tues	Ninth Day of Ridvan
May	1-2	Thurs(sundown)-Fri	12th Day of Ridvan
	3-5	Tue(sundown)-Thurs	Shavuot