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 27
and ends at nightfall on Sep 29.
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 🍏🍯 | ‑, 1992 Su‑Tu 1-2 Tishrei |
The Jewish New Year | |
Yom Kippur ✡️ | ‑, 1992 Tu‑W 10 Tishrei |
Day of Atonement | |
Sukkot 🌿🍋 | ‑, 1992 Su‑Tu ‑, 1992 W‑Su 15-21 Tishrei |
Feast of Booths | |
Shmini Atzeret ✡️ | ‑, 1992 Su‑M 22 Tishrei |
Eighth Day of Assembly | |
Simchat Torah ✡️ | ‑, 1992 M‑Tu 23 Tishrei |
Day of Celebrating the Torah | |
Chanukah 🕎 | ‑, 1992 Sa‑Su 25 Kislev - 3 Tevet |
Hanukkah, the Jewish festival of rededication | |
Purim 🎭️📜 | ‑, 1993 Sa‑Su 14 Adar |
Celebration of Jewish deliverance as told by Megilat Esther | |
Pesach 🫓🍷 | ‑, 1993 M‑W ‑, 1993 Th‑Su ‑, 1993 Su‑Tu 15-22 Nisan |
Passover, the Feast of Unleavened Bread | |
Shavuot ⛰️🌸 | ‑, 1993 Tu‑Th 6-7 Sivan |
Festival of Weeks | |
Tish'a B'Av ✡️ | ‑, 1993 M‑Tu 9 Av |
The Ninth of Av |
Holiday | Dates |
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Chag HaBanot ✡️ | ‑, 1992 Th‑F 1 Tevet |
North African Chanukah festival of daughters | |
Tu BiShvat 🌳 | ‑, 1993 F‑Sa 15 Sh'vat |
New Year for Trees | |
Shushan Purim 🎭️📜 | ‑, 1993 Su‑M 15 Adar |
Purim celebrated in Jerusalem and walled cities | |
Days of the Omer ㊾ | ‑, 1993 Tu‑Tu 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan |
7 weeks from the second night of Pesach to the day before Shavuot | |
Pesach Sheni ✡️ | ‑, 1993 Tu‑W 14 Iyyar |
Second Passover, one month after Passover | |
Lag BaOmer 🔥 | ‑, 1993 Sa‑Su 18 Iyyar |
33rd day of counting the Omer | |
Tu B'Av ❤️ | ‑, 1993 Su‑M 15 Av |
Minor Jewish holiday of love | |
Rosh Hashana LaBehemot 🐑 | ‑, 1993 Tu‑W 1 Elul |
New Year for Tithing Animals | |
Leil Selichot 🕍 | Sep 11, 1993 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 |
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Tzom Gedaliah | Sep 30, 1992 W 3 Tishrei |
Fast of the Seventh Month | |
Asara B'Tevet | Jan 3, 1993 Su 10 Tevet |
Fast commemorating the siege of Jerusalem | |
Ta'anit Esther | Mar 4, 1993 Th 11 Adar |
Fast of Esther | |
Ta'anit Bechorot | Apr 5, 1993 M 14 Nisan |
Fast of the First Born | |
Tzom Tammuz | Jul 6, 1993 Tu 17 Tamuz |
Fast commemorating breaching of the walls of Jerusalem before the destruction of the Second Temple |
Holiday | Dates |
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Ben-Gurion Day 🇮🇱 | ‑, 1992 M‑Tu 6 Kislev |
Commemorates the life and vision of Israel's first Prime Minister David Ben-Gurion | |
Family Day 🇮🇱 | ‑, 1993 Sa‑Su 30 Sh'vat |
Yom HaMishpacha, a day to honor the family unit, as a whole, and its centrality to our lives | |
Yom HaShoah ✡️ | ‑, 1993 Su‑M 28 Nisan |
Holocaust Memorial Day | |
Yom HaZikaron 🇮🇱 | ‑, 1993 Sa‑Su 4 Iyyar |
Israeli Memorial Day | |
Yom HaAtzma'ut 🇮🇱 | ‑, 1993 Su‑M 5 Iyyar |
Israeli Independence Day | |
Yom Yerushalayim 🇮🇱 | ‑, 1993 Tu‑W 28 Iyyar |
Jerusalem Day |
Holiday | Dates |
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Shabbat Shuva | ‑, 1992 F‑Sa 6 Tishrei |
Shabbat that falls between Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur (Shabbat of Returning) | |
Shabbat Shirah | ‑, 1993 F‑Sa 15 Sh'vat |
Shabbat of Song | |
Shabbat Shekalim | ‑, 1993 F‑Sa 29 Sh'vat |
Shabbat before Rosh Chodesh Adar | |
Shabbat Zachor | ‑, 1993 F‑Sa 13 Adar |
Shabbat before Purim | |
Shabbat Parah | ‑, 1993 F‑Sa 20 Adar |
Shabbat of the Red Heifer | |
Shabbat HaChodesh | ‑, 1993 F‑Sa 27 Adar |
Shabbat before Rosh Chodesh Nissan | |
Shabbat HaGadol | ‑, 1993 F‑Sa 12 Nisan |
Shabbat before Pesach | |
Shabbat Chazon | ‑, 1993 F‑Sa 6 Av |
Shabbat before Tish'a B'Av (Shabbat of Prophecy/Shabbat of Vision) | |
Shabbat Nachamu | ‑, 1993 F‑Sa 13 Av |
Shabbat after Tish'a B'Av (Shabbat of Consolation) |
Holiday | Dates |
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Rosh Chodesh Cheshvan | ‑, 1992 M‑W 30 Tishrei - 1 Cheshvan |
Start of month of Cheshvan on the Hebrew calendar | |
Rosh Chodesh Kislev | ‑, 1992 W‑Th 1 Kislev |
Start of month of Kislev on the Hebrew calendar | |
Rosh Chodesh Tevet | ‑, 1992 Th‑F 1 Tevet |
Start of month of Tevet on the Hebrew calendar | |
Rosh Chodesh Sh'vat | ‑, 1993 F‑Sa 1 Sh'vat |
Start of month of Sh'vat on the Hebrew calendar | |
Rosh Chodesh Adar | ‑, 1993 Sa‑M 30 Sh'vat - 1 Adar |
Start of month of Adar on the Hebrew calendar | |
Rosh Chodesh Nisan | ‑, 1993 M‑Tu 1 Nisan |
Start of month of Nisan on the Hebrew calendar | |
Rosh Chodesh Iyyar | ‑, 1993 Tu‑Th 30 Nisan - 1 Iyyar |
Start of month of Iyyar on the Hebrew calendar | |
Rosh Chodesh Sivan | ‑, 1993 Th‑F 1 Sivan |
Start of month of Sivan on the Hebrew calendar | |
Rosh Chodesh Tamuz | ‑, 1993 F‑Su 30 Sivan - 1 Tamuz |
Start of month of Tamuz on the Hebrew calendar | |
Rosh Chodesh Av | ‑, 1993 Su‑M 1 Av |
Start of month of Av on the Hebrew calendar | |
Rosh Chodesh Elul | ‑, 1993 M‑W 30 Av - 1 Elul |
Start of month of Elul on the Hebrew calendar |