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 23
and ends at nightfall on Sep 25.
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 🍏🍯 | ‑, 1987 W‑F 1-2 Tishrei |
| The Jewish New Year | |
| Yom Kippur ✡️ | ‑, 1987 F‑Sa 10 Tishrei |
| Day of Atonement | |
| Sukkot 🌿🍋 | ‑, 1987 W‑F ‑, 1987 Sa‑W 15-21 Tishrei |
| Feast of Booths | |
| Shmini Atzeret ✡️ | ‑, 1987 W‑Th 22 Tishrei |
| Eighth Day of Assembly | |
| Simchat Torah ✡️ | ‑, 1987 Th‑F 23 Tishrei |
| Day of Celebrating the Torah | |
| Chanukah 🕎 | ‑, 1987 Tu‑W 25 Kislev - 2 Tevet |
| Hanukkah, the Jewish festival of rededication | |
| Pesach 🫓🍷 | ‑, 1988 F‑Su ‑, 1988 M‑Th ‑, 1988 Th‑Sa 15-22 Nisan |
| Passover, the Feast of Unleavened Bread | |
| Shavuot ⛰️🌸 | ‑, 1988 Sa‑M 6-7 Sivan |
| Festival of Weeks | |
| Tish'a B'Av ✡️ | ‑, 1988 Sa‑Su 10 Av |
| The Ninth of Av | |
| Holiday | Dates |
|---|---|
| Tu BiShvat 🌳 | ‑, 1988 Tu‑W 15 Sh'vat |
| New Year for Trees | |
| Purim 🎭️📜 | ‑, 1988 W‑Th 14 Adar |
| Celebration of Jewish deliverance as told by Megilat Esther | |
| Shushan Purim 🎭️📜 | ‑, 1988 Th‑F 15 Adar |
| Purim celebrated in Jerusalem and walled cities | |
| Days of the Omer ㊾ | ‑, 1988 Sa‑Sa 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan |
| 7 weeks from the second night of Pesach to the day before Shavuot | |
| Pesach Sheni ✡️ | ‑, 1988 Sa‑Su 14 Iyyar |
| Second Passover, one month after Passover | |
| Lag BaOmer 🔥 | ‑, 1988 W‑Th 18 Iyyar |
| 33rd day of counting the Omer | |
| Tu B'Av ❤️ | ‑, 1988 Th‑F 15 Av |
| Minor Jewish holiday of love | |
| Rosh Hashana LaBehemot 🐑 | ‑, 1988 Sa‑Su 1 Elul |
| New Year for Tithing Animals | |
| Leil Selichot 🕍 | Sep 3, 1988 Sa 21 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 | Sep 27, 1987 Su 4 Tishrei |
| Fast of the Seventh Month | |
| Asara B'Tevet | Dec 31, 1987 Th 10 Tevet |
| Fast commemorating the siege of Jerusalem | |
| Ta'anit Esther | Mar 2, 1988 W 13 Adar |
| Fast of Esther | |
| Ta'anit Bechorot | Apr 1, 1988 F 14 Nisan |
| Fast of the First Born | |
| Tzom Tammuz | Jul 3, 1988 Su 18 Tamuz |
| Fast commemorating breaching of the walls of Jerusalem before the destruction of the Second Temple | |
| Holiday | Dates |
|---|---|
| Ben-Gurion Day 🇮🇱 | ‑, 1987 Sa‑Su 8 Kislev |
| Commemorates the life and vision of Israel's first Prime Minister David Ben-Gurion | |
| Yom HaShoah ✡️ | ‑, 1988 W‑Th 27 Nisan |
| Holocaust Memorial Day | |
| Yom HaZikaron 🇮🇱 | ‑, 1988 Tu‑W 3 Iyyar |
| Israeli Memorial Day | |
| Yom HaAtzma'ut 🇮🇱 | ‑, 1988 W‑Th 4 Iyyar |
| Israeli Independence Day | |
| Yom Yerushalayim 🇮🇱 | ‑, 1988 Sa‑Su 28 Iyyar |
| Jerusalem Day | |
| Holiday | Dates |
|---|---|
| Shabbat Shuva | ‑, 1987 F‑Sa 3 Tishrei |
| Shabbat that falls between Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur (Shabbat of Returning) | |
| Shabbat Shirah | ‑, 1988 F‑Sa 11 Sh'vat |
| Shabbat of Song | |
| Shabbat Shekalim | ‑, 1988 F‑Sa 25 Sh'vat |
| Shabbat before Rosh Chodesh Adar | |
| Shabbat Zachor | ‑, 1988 F‑Sa 9 Adar |
| Shabbat before Purim | |
| Shabbat Parah | ‑, 1988 F‑Sa 23 Adar |
| Shabbat of the Red Heifer | |
| Shabbat HaChodesh | ‑, 1988 F‑Sa 1 Nisan |
| Shabbat before Rosh Chodesh Nissan | |
| Shabbat HaGadol | ‑, 1988 F‑Sa 8 Nisan |
| Shabbat before Pesach | |
| Shabbat Chazon | ‑, 1988 F‑Sa 9 Av |
| Shabbat before Tish'a B'Av (Shabbat of Prophecy/Shabbat of Vision) | |
| Shabbat Nachamu | ‑, 1988 F‑Sa 16 Av |
| Shabbat after Tish'a B'Av (Shabbat of Consolation) | |
| Holiday | Dates |
|---|---|
| Rosh Chodesh Cheshvan | ‑, 1987 Th‑Sa 30 Tishrei - 1 Cheshvan |
| Start of month of Cheshvan on the Hebrew calendar | |
| Rosh Chodesh Kislev | ‑, 1987 Sa‑Su 1 Kislev |
| Start of month of Kislev on the Hebrew calendar | |
| Rosh Chodesh Tevet | ‑, 1987 Su‑Tu 30 Kislev - 1 Tevet |
| Start of month of Tevet on the Hebrew calendar | |
| Rosh Chodesh Sh'vat | ‑, 1988 Tu‑W 1 Sh'vat |
| Start of month of Sh'vat on the Hebrew calendar | |
| Rosh Chodesh Adar | ‑, 1988 W‑F 30 Sh'vat - 1 Adar |
| Start of month of Adar on the Hebrew calendar | |
| Rosh Chodesh Nisan | ‑, 1988 F‑Sa 1 Nisan |
| Start of month of Nisan on the Hebrew calendar | |
| Rosh Chodesh Iyyar | ‑, 1988 Sa‑M 30 Nisan - 1 Iyyar |
| Start of month of Iyyar on the Hebrew calendar | |
| Rosh Chodesh Sivan | ‑, 1988 M‑Tu 1 Sivan |
| Start of month of Sivan on the Hebrew calendar | |
| Rosh Chodesh Tamuz | ‑, 1988 Tu‑Th 30 Sivan - 1 Tamuz |
| Start of month of Tamuz on the Hebrew calendar | |
| Rosh Chodesh Av | ‑, 1988 Th‑F 1 Av |
| Start of month of Av on the Hebrew calendar | |
| Rosh Chodesh Elul | ‑, 1988 F‑Su 30 Av - 1 Elul |
| Start of month of Elul on the Hebrew calendar | |