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 19
and ends at nightfall on Sep 21.
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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Pesach 🫓🍷 | ‑ M‑W ‑ Th‑Su ‑ Su‑Tu 15-22 Nisan 5750 |
Passover, the Feast of Unleavened Bread | |
Shavuot ⛰️🌸 | ‑ Tu‑Th 6-7 Sivan 5750 |
Festival of Weeks | |
Rosh Hashana 🍏🍯 | ‑ W‑F 1-2 Tishrei 5751 |
The Jewish New Year | |
Yom Kippur ✡️ | ‑ F‑Sa 10 Tishrei 5751 |
Day of Atonement | |
Sukkot 🌿🍋 | ‑ W‑F ‑ Sa‑W 15-21 Tishrei 5751 |
Feast of Booths | |
Shmini Atzeret ✡️ | ‑ W‑Th 22 Tishrei 5751 |
Eighth Day of Assembly | |
Simchat Torah ✡️ | ‑ Th‑F 23 Tishrei 5751 |
Day of Celebrating the Torah | |
Chanukah 🕎 | ‑ Tu‑W 25 Kislev - 2 Tevet 5751 |
Hanukkah, the Jewish festival of rededication |
Holiday | Dates |
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Tu BiShvat 🌳 | ‑ F‑Sa 15 Sh'vat 5750 |
New Year for Trees | |
Purim 🎭️📜 | ‑ Sa‑Su 14 Adar 5750 |
Celebration of Jewish deliverance as told by Megilat Esther | |
Shushan Purim 🎭️📜 | ‑ Su‑M 15 Adar 5750 |
Purim celebrated in Jerusalem and walled cities | |
Days of the Omer ㊾ | ‑ Tu‑Tu 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 5750 |
7 weeks from the second night of Pesach to the day before Shavuot | |
Pesach Sheni ✡️ | ‑ Tu‑W 14 Iyyar 5750 |
Second Passover, one month after Passover | |
Lag BaOmer 🔥 | ‑ Sa‑Su 18 Iyyar 5750 |
33rd day of counting the Omer | |
Tu B'Av ❤️ | ‑ Su‑M 15 Av 5750 |
Minor Jewish holiday of love | |
Rosh Hashana LaBehemot 🐑 | ‑ Tu‑W 1 Elul 5750 |
New Year for Tithing Animals | |
Leil Selichot 🕍 | Sep 15 Sa 25 Elul 5750 |
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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Asara B'Tevet | Jan 7 Su 10 Tevet 5750 |
Fast commemorating the siege of Jerusalem | |
Ta'anit Esther | Mar 8 Th 11 Adar 5750 |
Fast of Esther | |
Ta'anit Bechorot | Apr 9 M 14 Nisan 5750 |
Fast of the First Born | |
Tzom Tammuz | Jul 10 Tu 17 Tamuz 5750 |
Fast commemorating breaching of the walls of Jerusalem before the destruction of the Second Temple | |
Tish'a B'Av ✡️ | ‑ M‑Tu 9 Av 5750 |
The Ninth of Av | |
Tzom Gedaliah | Sep 23 Su 4 Tishrei 5751 |
Fast of the Seventh Month | |
Asara B'Tevet | Dec 27 Th 10 Tevet 5751 |
Fast commemorating the siege of Jerusalem |
Holiday | Dates |
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Yom HaShoah ✡️ | ‑ Su‑M 28 Nisan 5750 |
Holocaust Memorial Day | |
Yom HaZikaron 🇮🇱 | ‑ Sa‑Su 4 Iyyar 5750 |
Israeli Memorial Day | |
Yom HaAtzma'ut 🇮🇱 | ‑ Su‑M 5 Iyyar 5750 |
Israeli Independence Day | |
Yom Yerushalayim 🇮🇱 | ‑ Tu‑W 28 Iyyar 5750 |
Jerusalem Day |
Holiday | Dates |
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Shabbat Shirah | ‑ F‑Sa 15 Sh'vat 5750 |
Shabbat of Song | |
Shabbat Shekalim | ‑ F‑Sa 29 Sh'vat 5750 |
Shabbat before Rosh Chodesh Adar | |
Shabbat Zachor | ‑ F‑Sa 13 Adar 5750 |
Shabbat before Purim | |
Shabbat Parah | ‑ F‑Sa 20 Adar 5750 |
Shabbat of the Red Heifer | |
Shabbat HaChodesh | ‑ F‑Sa 27 Adar 5750 |
Shabbat before Rosh Chodesh Nissan | |
Shabbat HaGadol | ‑ F‑Sa 12 Nisan 5750 |
Shabbat before Pesach | |
Shabbat Chazon | ‑ F‑Sa 6 Av 5750 |
Shabbat before Tish'a B'Av (Shabbat of Prophecy/Shabbat of Vision) | |
Shabbat Nachamu | ‑ F‑Sa 13 Av 5750 |
Shabbat after Tish'a B'Av (Shabbat of Consolation) | |
Shabbat Shuva | ‑ F‑Sa 3 Tishrei 5751 |
Shabbat that falls between Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur (Shabbat of Returning) |
Holiday | Dates |
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Rosh Chodesh Sh'vat | ‑ F‑Sa 1 Sh'vat 5750 |
Start of month of Sh'vat on the Hebrew calendar | |
Rosh Chodesh Adar | ‑ Sa‑M 30 Sh'vat - 1 Adar 5750 |
Start of month of Adar on the Hebrew calendar | |
Rosh Chodesh Nisan | ‑ M‑Tu 1 Nisan 5750 |
Start of month of Nisan on the Hebrew calendar | |
Rosh Chodesh Iyyar | ‑ Tu‑Th 30 Nisan - 1 Iyyar 5750 |
Start of month of Iyyar on the Hebrew calendar | |
Rosh Chodesh Sivan | ‑ Th‑F 1 Sivan 5750 |
Start of month of Sivan on the Hebrew calendar | |
Rosh Chodesh Tamuz | ‑ F‑Su 30 Sivan - 1 Tamuz 5750 |
Start of month of Tamuz on the Hebrew calendar | |
Rosh Chodesh Av | ‑ Su‑M 1 Av 5750 |
Start of month of Av on the Hebrew calendar | |
Rosh Chodesh Elul | ‑ M‑W 30 Av - 1 Elul 5750 |
Start of month of Elul on the Hebrew calendar | |
Rosh Chodesh Cheshvan | ‑ Th‑Sa 30 Tishrei - 1 Cheshvan 5751 |
Start of month of Cheshvan on the Hebrew calendar | |
Rosh Chodesh Kislev | ‑ Sa‑Su 1 Kislev 5751 |
Start of month of Kislev on the Hebrew calendar | |
Rosh Chodesh Tevet | ‑ Su‑Tu 30 Kislev - 1 Tevet 5751 |
Start of month of Tevet on the Hebrew calendar |