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 11
and ends at nightfall on Sep 13.
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 |
|---|---|
| Pesach 🫓🍷 | ‑ F‑Su ‑ M‑Th ‑ Th‑Sa 15-22 Nisan 5748 |
| Passover, the Feast of Unleavened Bread | |
| Shavuot ⛰️🌸 | ‑ Sa‑M 6-7 Sivan 5748 |
| Festival of Weeks | |
| Rosh Hashana 🍏🍯 | ‑ Su‑Tu 1-2 Tishrei 5749 |
| The Jewish New Year | |
| Yom Kippur ✡️ | ‑ Tu‑W 10 Tishrei 5749 |
| Day of Atonement | |
| Sukkot 🌿🍋 | ‑ Su‑Tu ‑ W‑Su 15-21 Tishrei 5749 |
| Feast of Booths | |
| Shmini Atzeret ✡️ | ‑ Su‑M 22 Tishrei 5749 |
| Eighth Day of Assembly | |
| Simchat Torah ✡️ | ‑ M‑Tu 23 Tishrei 5749 |
| Day of Celebrating the Torah | |
| Chanukah 🕎 | ‑ Sa‑Su 25 Kislev - 3 Tevet 5749 |
| Hanukkah, the Jewish festival of rededication | |
| Holiday | Dates |
|---|---|
| Tu BiShvat 🌳 | ‑ Tu‑W 15 Sh'vat 5748 |
| New Year for Trees | |
| Purim 🎭️📜 | ‑ W‑Th 14 Adar 5748 |
| Celebration of Jewish deliverance as told by Megilat Esther | |
| Shushan Purim 🎭️📜 | ‑ Th‑F 15 Adar 5748 |
| Purim celebrated in Jerusalem and walled cities | |
| Days of the Omer ㊾ | ‑ Sa‑Sa 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 5748 |
| 7 weeks from the second night of Pesach to the day before Shavuot | |
| Pesach Sheni ✡️ | ‑ Sa‑Su 14 Iyyar 5748 |
| Second Passover, one month after Passover | |
| Lag BaOmer 🔥 | ‑ W‑Th 18 Iyyar 5748 |
| 33rd day of counting the Omer | |
| Tu B'Av ❤️ | ‑ Th‑F 15 Av 5748 |
| Minor Jewish holiday of love | |
| Rosh Hashana LaBehemot 🐑 | ‑ Sa‑Su 1 Elul 5748 |
| New Year for Tithing Animals | |
| Leil Selichot 🕍 | Sep 3 Sa 21 Elul 5748 |
| 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 |
|---|---|
| Ta'anit Esther | Mar 2 W 13 Adar 5748 |
| Fast of Esther | |
| Ta'anit Bechorot | Apr 1 F 14 Nisan 5748 |
| Fast of the First Born | |
| Tzom Tammuz | Jul 3 Su 18 Tamuz 5748 |
| Fast commemorating breaching of the walls of Jerusalem before the destruction of the Second Temple | |
| Tish'a B'Av ✡️ | ‑ Sa‑Su 10 Av 5748 |
| The Ninth of Av | |
| Tzom Gedaliah | Sep 14 W 3 Tishrei 5749 |
| Fast of the Seventh Month | |
| Asara B'Tevet | Dec 18 Su 10 Tevet 5749 |
| Fast commemorating the siege of Jerusalem | |
| Holiday | Dates |
|---|---|
| Yom HaShoah ✡️ | ‑ W‑Th 27 Nisan 5748 |
| Holocaust Memorial Day | |
| Yom HaZikaron 🇮🇱 | ‑ Tu‑W 3 Iyyar 5748 |
| Israeli Memorial Day | |
| Yom HaAtzma'ut 🇮🇱 | ‑ W‑Th 4 Iyyar 5748 |
| Israeli Independence Day | |
| Yom Yerushalayim 🇮🇱 | ‑ Sa‑Su 28 Iyyar 5748 |
| Jerusalem Day | |
| Holiday | Dates |
|---|---|
| Shabbat Shirah | ‑ F‑Sa 11 Sh'vat 5748 |
| Shabbat of Song | |
| Shabbat Shekalim | ‑ F‑Sa 25 Sh'vat 5748 |
| Shabbat before Rosh Chodesh Adar | |
| Shabbat Zachor | ‑ F‑Sa 9 Adar 5748 |
| Shabbat before Purim | |
| Shabbat Parah | ‑ F‑Sa 23 Adar 5748 |
| Shabbat of the Red Heifer | |
| Shabbat HaChodesh | ‑ F‑Sa 1 Nisan 5748 |
| Shabbat before Rosh Chodesh Nissan | |
| Shabbat HaGadol | ‑ F‑Sa 8 Nisan 5748 |
| Shabbat before Pesach | |
| Shabbat Chazon | ‑ F‑Sa 9 Av 5748 |
| Shabbat before Tish'a B'Av (Shabbat of Prophecy/Shabbat of Vision) | |
| Shabbat Nachamu | ‑ F‑Sa 16 Av 5748 |
| Shabbat after Tish'a B'Av (Shabbat of Consolation) | |
| Shabbat Shuva | ‑ F‑Sa 6 Tishrei 5749 |
| Shabbat that falls between Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur (Shabbat of Returning) | |
| Holiday | Dates |
|---|---|
| Rosh Chodesh Sh'vat | ‑ Tu‑W 1 Sh'vat 5748 |
| Start of month of Sh'vat on the Hebrew calendar | |
| Rosh Chodesh Adar | ‑ W‑F 30 Sh'vat - 1 Adar 5748 |
| Start of month of Adar on the Hebrew calendar | |
| Rosh Chodesh Nisan | ‑ F‑Sa 1 Nisan 5748 |
| Start of month of Nisan on the Hebrew calendar | |
| Rosh Chodesh Iyyar | ‑ Sa‑M 30 Nisan - 1 Iyyar 5748 |
| Start of month of Iyyar on the Hebrew calendar | |
| Rosh Chodesh Sivan | ‑ M‑Tu 1 Sivan 5748 |
| Start of month of Sivan on the Hebrew calendar | |
| Rosh Chodesh Tamuz | ‑ Tu‑Th 30 Sivan - 1 Tamuz 5748 |
| Start of month of Tamuz on the Hebrew calendar | |
| Rosh Chodesh Av | ‑ Th‑F 1 Av 5748 |
| Start of month of Av on the Hebrew calendar | |
| Rosh Chodesh Elul | ‑ F‑Su 30 Av - 1 Elul 5748 |
| Start of month of Elul on the Hebrew calendar | |
| Rosh Chodesh Cheshvan | ‑ M‑W 30 Tishrei - 1 Cheshvan 5749 |
| Start of month of Cheshvan on the Hebrew calendar | |
| Rosh Chodesh Kislev | ‑ W‑Th 1 Kislev 5749 |
| Start of month of Kislev on the Hebrew calendar | |
| Rosh Chodesh Tevet | ‑ Th‑F 1 Tevet 5749 |
| Start of month of Tevet on the Hebrew calendar | |