Except for minor fasts, holidays begin at sundown on the first date specified and
end at nightfall on the last date specified.
For example, if the dates for Rosh Hashana are listed as
-,
then the holiday begins at sundown on Sep 24
and ends at nightfall on Sep 26.
This page displays the Diaspora holiday schedule. The Israel schedule is used by Jews living in modern Israel.
Dates in bold are yom tov, so they have similar obligations and restrictions to Shabbat in the sense that normal “work” is forbidden.
Holiday | Dates |
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Rosh Hashana 🍏🍯 | ‑, 1775 Su‑Tu 1-2 Tishrei |
The Jewish New Year | |
Yom Kippur ✡️ | ‑, 1775 Tu‑W 10 Tishrei |
Day of Atonement | |
Sukkot 🌿🍋 | ‑, 1775 Su‑Tu ‑, 1775 W‑Su 15-21 Tishrei |
Feast of Booths | |
Shmini Atzeret ✡️ | ‑, 1775 Su‑M 22 Tishrei |
Eighth Day of Assembly | |
Simchat Torah ✡️ | ‑, 1775 M‑Tu 23 Tishrei |
Day of Celebrating the Torah | |
Chanukah 🕎 | ‑, 1775 Su‑M 25 Kislev - 2 Tevet |
Hanukkah, the Jewish festival of rededication | |
Purim 🎭️📜 | ‑, 1776 M‑Tu 14 Adar |
Celebration of Jewish deliverance as told by Megilat Esther | |
Pesach 🫓🍷 | ‑, 1776 W‑F ‑, 1776 Sa‑Tu ‑, 1776 Tu‑Th 15-22 Nisan |
Passover, the Feast of Unleavened Bread | |
Shavuot ⛰️🌸 | ‑, 1776 Th‑Sa 6-7 Sivan |
Festival of Weeks | |
Tish'a B'Av ✡️ | ‑, 1776 W‑Th 9 Av |
The Ninth of Av |
Holiday | Dates |
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Chag HaBanot ✡️ | ‑, 1775 F‑Sa 30 Kislev |
North African Chanukah festival of daughters | |
Tu BiShvat 🌳 | ‑, 1776 Su‑M 15 Sh'vat |
New Year for Trees | |
Shushan Purim 🎭️📜 | ‑, 1776 Tu‑W 15 Adar |
Purim celebrated in Jerusalem and walled cities | |
Days of the Omer ㊾ | ‑, 1776 Th‑Th 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan |
7 weeks from the second night of Pesach to the day before Shavuot | |
Pesach Sheni ✡️ | ‑, 1776 Th‑F 14 Iyyar |
Second Passover, one month after Passover | |
Lag BaOmer 🔥 | ‑, 1776 M‑Tu 18 Iyyar |
33rd day of counting the Omer | |
Tu B'Av ❤️ | ‑, 1776 Tu‑W 15 Av |
Minor Jewish holiday of love | |
Rosh Hashana LaBehemot 🐑 | ‑, 1776 Th‑F 1 Elul |
New Year for Tithing Animals | |
Leil Selichot 🕍 | Sep 7, 1776 Sa 23 Elul |
Prayers for forgiveness in preparation for the High Holidays |
Minor fasts begin at dawn and end at nightfall.
Tish'a B'Av begins at sundown on the first date specified and ends at nightfall on the second date specified.
Holiday | Dates |
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Tzom Gedaliah | Sep 27, 1775 W 3 Tishrei |
Fast of the Seventh Month | |
Asara B'Tevet | Jan 2, 1776 Tu 10 Tevet |
Fast commemorating the siege of Jerusalem | |
Ta'anit Esther | Mar 4, 1776 M 13 Adar |
Fast of Esther | |
Ta'anit Bechorot | Apr 3, 1776 W 14 Nisan |
Fast of the First Born | |
Tzom Tammuz | Jul 4, 1776 Th 17 Tamuz |
Fast commemorating breaching of the walls of Jerusalem before the destruction of the Second Temple |
Holiday | Dates |
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Holiday | Dates |
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Shabbat Shuva | ‑, 1775 F‑Sa 6 Tishrei |
Shabbat that falls between Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur (Shabbat of Returning) | |
Shabbat Shirah | ‑, 1776 F‑Sa 13 Sh'vat |
Shabbat of Song | |
Shabbat Shekalim | ‑, 1776 F‑Sa 27 Sh'vat |
Shabbat before Rosh Chodesh Adar | |
Shabbat Zachor | ‑, 1776 F‑Sa 11 Adar |
Shabbat before Purim | |
Shabbat Parah | ‑, 1776 F‑Sa 18 Adar |
Shabbat of the Red Heifer | |
Shabbat HaChodesh | ‑, 1776 F‑Sa 25 Adar |
Shabbat before Rosh Chodesh Nissan | |
Shabbat HaGadol | ‑, 1776 F‑Sa 10 Nisan |
Shabbat before Pesach | |
Shabbat Chazon | ‑, 1776 F‑Sa 4 Av |
Shabbat before Tish'a B'Av (Shabbat of Prophecy/Shabbat of Vision) | |
Shabbat Nachamu | ‑, 1776 F‑Sa 11 Av |
Shabbat after Tish'a B'Av (Shabbat of Consolation) |
Holiday | Dates |
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Rosh Chodesh Cheshvan | ‑, 1775 M‑W 30 Tishrei - 1 Cheshvan |
Start of month of Cheshvan on the Hebrew calendar | |
Rosh Chodesh Kislev | ‑, 1775 W‑F 30 Cheshvan - 1 Kislev |
Start of month of Kislev on the Hebrew calendar | |
Rosh Chodesh Tevet | ‑, 1775 F‑Su 30 Kislev - 1 Tevet |
Start of month of Tevet on the Hebrew calendar | |
Rosh Chodesh Sh'vat | ‑, 1776 Su‑M 1 Sh'vat |
Start of month of Sh'vat on the Hebrew calendar | |
Rosh Chodesh Adar | ‑, 1776 M‑W 30 Sh'vat - 1 Adar |
Start of month of Adar on the Hebrew calendar | |
Rosh Chodesh Nisan | ‑, 1776 W‑Th 1 Nisan |
Start of month of Nisan on the Hebrew calendar | |
Rosh Chodesh Iyyar | ‑, 1776 Th‑Sa 30 Nisan - 1 Iyyar |
Start of month of Iyyar on the Hebrew calendar | |
Rosh Chodesh Sivan | ‑, 1776 Sa‑Su 1 Sivan |
Start of month of Sivan on the Hebrew calendar | |
Rosh Chodesh Tamuz | ‑, 1776 Su‑Tu 30 Sivan - 1 Tamuz |
Start of month of Tamuz on the Hebrew calendar | |
Rosh Chodesh Av | ‑, 1776 Tu‑W 1 Av |
Start of month of Av on the Hebrew calendar | |
Rosh Chodesh Elul | ‑, 1776 W‑F 30 Av - 1 Elul |
Start of month of Elul on the Hebrew calendar |