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 29
and ends at nightfall on Oct 1.
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 |
|---|---|
| Rosh Hashana 🍏🍯 | ‑, 1780 F‑Su 1-2 Tishrei |
| The Jewish New Year | |
| Yom Kippur ✡️ | ‑, 1780 Su‑M 10 Tishrei |
| Day of Atonement | |
| Sukkot 🌿🍋 | ‑, 1780 F‑Su ‑, 1780 M‑F 15-21 Tishrei |
| Feast of Booths | |
| Shmini Atzeret ✡️ | ‑, 1780 F‑Sa 22 Tishrei |
| Eighth Day of Assembly | |
| Simchat Torah ✡️ | ‑, 1780 Sa‑Su 23 Tishrei |
| Day of Celebrating the Torah | |
| Chanukah 🕎 | ‑, 1780 F‑Sa 25 Kislev - 2 Tevet |
| Hanukkah, the Jewish festival of rededication | |
| Purim 🎭️📜 | ‑, 1781 Sa‑Su 14 Adar |
| Celebration of Jewish deliverance as told by Megilat Esther | |
| Pesach 🫓🍷 | ‑, 1781 M‑W ‑, 1781 Th‑Su ‑, 1781 Su‑Tu 15-22 Nisan |
| Passover, the Feast of Unleavened Bread | |
| Shavuot ⛰️🌸 | ‑, 1781 Tu‑Th 6-7 Sivan |
| Festival of Weeks | |
| Tish'a B'Av ✡️ | ‑, 1781 M‑Tu 9 Av |
| The Ninth of Av | |
| Holiday | Dates |
|---|---|
| Chag HaBanot ✡️ | ‑, 1780 W‑Th 30 Kislev |
| North African Chanukah festival of daughters | |
| Tu BiShvat 🌳 | ‑, 1781 F‑Sa 15 Sh'vat |
| New Year for Trees | |
| Shushan Purim 🎭️📜 | ‑, 1781 Su‑M 15 Adar |
| Purim celebrated in Jerusalem and walled cities | |
| Days of the Omer ㊾ | ‑, 1781 Tu‑Tu 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan |
| 7 weeks from the second night of Pesach to the day before Shavuot | |
| Pesach Sheni ✡️ | ‑, 1781 Tu‑W 14 Iyyar |
| Second Passover, one month after Passover | |
| Lag BaOmer 🔥 | ‑, 1781 Sa‑Su 18 Iyyar |
| 33rd day of counting the Omer | |
| Tu B'Av ❤️ | ‑, 1781 Su‑M 15 Av |
| Minor Jewish holiday of love | |
| Rosh Hashana LaBehemot 🐑 | ‑, 1781 Tu‑W 1 Elul |
| New Year for Tithing Animals | |
| Leil Selichot 🕍 | Sep 15, 1781 Sa 25 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 |
|---|---|
| Tzom Gedaliah | Oct 2, 1780 M 3 Tishrei |
| Fast of the Seventh Month | |
| Asara B'Tevet | Jan 7, 1781 Su 10 Tevet |
| Fast commemorating the siege of Jerusalem | |
| Ta'anit Esther | Mar 8, 1781 Th 11 Adar |
| Fast of Esther | |
| Ta'anit Bechorot | Apr 9, 1781 M 14 Nisan |
| Fast of the First Born | |
| Tzom Tammuz | Jul 10, 1781 Tu 17 Tamuz |
| Fast commemorating breaching of the walls of Jerusalem before the destruction of the Second Temple | |
| Holiday | Dates |
|---|
| Holiday | Dates |
|---|---|
| Shabbat Shuva | ‑, 1780 F‑Sa 8 Tishrei |
| Shabbat that falls between Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur (Shabbat of Returning) | |
| Shabbat Shirah | ‑, 1781 F‑Sa 15 Sh'vat |
| Shabbat of Song | |
| Shabbat Shekalim | ‑, 1781 F‑Sa 29 Sh'vat |
| Shabbat before Rosh Chodesh Adar | |
| Shabbat Zachor | ‑, 1781 F‑Sa 13 Adar |
| Shabbat before Purim | |
| Shabbat Parah | ‑, 1781 F‑Sa 20 Adar |
| Shabbat of the Red Heifer | |
| Shabbat HaChodesh | ‑, 1781 F‑Sa 27 Adar |
| Shabbat before Rosh Chodesh Nissan | |
| Shabbat HaGadol | ‑, 1781 F‑Sa 12 Nisan |
| Shabbat before Pesach | |
| Shabbat Chazon | ‑, 1781 F‑Sa 6 Av |
| Shabbat before Tish'a B'Av (Shabbat of Prophecy/Shabbat of Vision) | |
| Shabbat Nachamu | ‑, 1781 F‑Sa 13 Av |
| Shabbat after Tish'a B'Av (Shabbat of Consolation) | |
| Holiday | Dates |
|---|---|
| Rosh Chodesh Cheshvan | ‑, 1780 Sa‑M 30 Tishrei - 1 Cheshvan |
| Start of month of Cheshvan on the Hebrew calendar | |
| Rosh Chodesh Kislev | ‑, 1780 M‑W 30 Cheshvan - 1 Kislev |
| Start of month of Kislev on the Hebrew calendar | |
| Rosh Chodesh Tevet | ‑, 1780 W‑F 30 Kislev - 1 Tevet |
| Start of month of Tevet on the Hebrew calendar | |
| Rosh Chodesh Sh'vat | ‑, 1781 F‑Sa 1 Sh'vat |
| Start of month of Sh'vat on the Hebrew calendar | |
| Rosh Chodesh Adar | ‑, 1781 Sa‑M 30 Sh'vat - 1 Adar |
| Start of month of Adar on the Hebrew calendar | |
| Rosh Chodesh Nisan | ‑, 1781 M‑Tu 1 Nisan |
| Start of month of Nisan on the Hebrew calendar | |
| Rosh Chodesh Iyyar | ‑, 1781 Tu‑Th 30 Nisan - 1 Iyyar |
| Start of month of Iyyar on the Hebrew calendar | |
| Rosh Chodesh Sivan | ‑, 1781 Th‑F 1 Sivan |
| Start of month of Sivan on the Hebrew calendar | |
| Rosh Chodesh Tamuz | ‑, 1781 F‑Su 30 Sivan - 1 Tamuz |
| Start of month of Tamuz on the Hebrew calendar | |
| Rosh Chodesh Av | ‑, 1781 Su‑M 1 Av |
| Start of month of Av on the Hebrew calendar | |
| Rosh Chodesh Elul | ‑, 1781 M‑W 30 Av - 1 Elul |
| Start of month of Elul on the Hebrew calendar | |