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 5
and ends at nightfall on Sep 7.
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 🫓🍷 | ‑ Sa‑M ‑ Tu‑F ‑ F‑Su 15-22 Nisan 5754 |
| Passover, the Feast of Unleavened Bread | |
| Shavuot ⛰️🌸 | ‑ Su‑Tu 6-7 Sivan 5754 |
| Festival of Weeks | |
| Rosh Hashana 🍏🍯 | ‑ M‑W 1-2 Tishrei 5755 |
| The Jewish New Year | |
| Yom Kippur ✡️ | ‑ W‑Th 10 Tishrei 5755 |
| Day of Atonement | |
| Sukkot 🌿🍋 | ‑ M‑W ‑ Th‑M 15-21 Tishrei 5755 |
| Feast of Booths | |
| Shmini Atzeret ✡️ | ‑ M‑Tu 22 Tishrei 5755 |
| Eighth Day of Assembly | |
| Simchat Torah ✡️ | ‑ Tu‑W 23 Tishrei 5755 |
| Day of Celebrating the Torah | |
| Chanukah 🕎 | ‑ Su‑M 25 Kislev - 2 Tevet 5755 |
| Hanukkah, the Jewish festival of rededication | |
| Holiday | Dates |
|---|---|
| Tu BiShvat 🌳 | ‑ W‑Th 15 Sh'vat 5754 |
| New Year for Trees | |
| Purim 🎭️📜 | ‑ Th‑F 14 Adar 5754 |
| Celebration of Jewish deliverance as told by Megilat Esther | |
| Shushan Purim 🎭️📜 | ‑ Sa‑Su 16 Adar 5754 |
| Purim celebrated in Jerusalem and walled cities | |
| Days of the Omer ㊾ | ‑ Su‑Su 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 5754 |
| 7 weeks from the second night of Pesach to the day before Shavuot | |
| Pesach Sheni ✡️ | ‑ Su‑M 14 Iyyar 5754 |
| Second Passover, one month after Passover | |
| Lag BaOmer 🔥 | ‑ Th‑F 18 Iyyar 5754 |
| 33rd day of counting the Omer | |
| Tu B'Av ❤️ | ‑ F‑Sa 15 Av 5754 |
| Minor Jewish holiday of love | |
| Rosh Hashana LaBehemot 🐑 | ‑ Su‑M 1 Elul 5754 |
| New Year for Tithing Animals | |
| Leil Selichot 🕍 | Aug 27 Sa 20 Elul 5754 |
| 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 | Feb 24 Th 13 Adar 5754 |
| Fast of Esther | |
| Ta'anit Bechorot | Mar 24 Th 12 Nisan 5754 |
| Fast of the First Born | |
| Tzom Tammuz | Jun 26 Su 17 Tamuz 5754 |
| Fast commemorating breaching of the walls of Jerusalem before the destruction of the Second Temple | |
| Tish'a B'Av ✡️ | ‑ Sa‑Su 9 Av 5754 |
| The Ninth of Av | |
| Tzom Gedaliah | Sep 8 Th 3 Tishrei 5755 |
| Fast of the Seventh Month | |
| Asara B'Tevet | Dec 13 Tu 10 Tevet 5755 |
| Fast commemorating the siege of Jerusalem | |
| Holiday | Dates |
|---|---|
| Yom HaShoah ✡️ | ‑ W‑Th 26 Nisan 5754 |
| Holocaust Memorial Day | |
| Yom HaZikaron 🇮🇱 | ‑ Tu‑W 2 Iyyar 5754 |
| Israeli Memorial Day | |
| Yom HaAtzma'ut 🇮🇱 | ‑ W‑Th 3 Iyyar 5754 |
| Israeli Independence Day | |
| Yom Yerushalayim 🇮🇱 | ‑ Su‑M 28 Iyyar 5754 |
| Jerusalem Day | |
| Holiday | Dates |
|---|---|
| Shabbat Shirah | ‑ F‑Sa 10 Sh'vat 5754 |
| Shabbat of Song | |
| Shabbat Shekalim | ‑ F‑Sa 1 Adar 5754 |
| Shabbat before Rosh Chodesh Adar | |
| Shabbat Zachor | ‑ F‑Sa 8 Adar 5754 |
| Shabbat before Purim | |
| Shabbat Parah | ‑ F‑Sa 22 Adar 5754 |
| Shabbat of the Red Heifer | |
| Shabbat HaChodesh | ‑ F‑Sa 29 Adar 5754 |
| Shabbat before Rosh Chodesh Nissan | |
| Shabbat HaGadol | ‑ F‑Sa 14 Nisan 5754 |
| Shabbat before Pesach | |
| Shabbat Chazon | ‑ F‑Sa 8 Av 5754 |
| Shabbat before Tish'a B'Av (Shabbat of Prophecy/Shabbat of Vision) | |
| Shabbat Nachamu | ‑ F‑Sa 15 Av 5754 |
| Shabbat after Tish'a B'Av (Shabbat of Consolation) | |
| Shabbat Shuva | ‑ F‑Sa 5 Tishrei 5755 |
| Shabbat that falls between Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur (Shabbat of Returning) | |
| Holiday | Dates |
|---|---|
| Rosh Chodesh Sh'vat | ‑ W‑Th 1 Sh'vat 5754 |
| Start of month of Sh'vat on the Hebrew calendar | |
| Rosh Chodesh Adar | ‑ Th‑Sa 30 Sh'vat - 1 Adar 5754 |
| Start of month of Adar on the Hebrew calendar | |
| Rosh Chodesh Nisan | ‑ Sa‑Su 1 Nisan 5754 |
| Start of month of Nisan on the Hebrew calendar | |
| Rosh Chodesh Iyyar | ‑ Su‑Tu 30 Nisan - 1 Iyyar 5754 |
| Start of month of Iyyar on the Hebrew calendar | |
| Rosh Chodesh Sivan | ‑ Tu‑W 1 Sivan 5754 |
| Start of month of Sivan on the Hebrew calendar | |
| Rosh Chodesh Tamuz | ‑ W‑F 30 Sivan - 1 Tamuz 5754 |
| Start of month of Tamuz on the Hebrew calendar | |
| Rosh Chodesh Av | ‑ F‑Sa 1 Av 5754 |
| Start of month of Av on the Hebrew calendar | |
| Rosh Chodesh Elul | ‑ Sa‑M 30 Av - 1 Elul 5754 |
| Start of month of Elul on the Hebrew calendar | |
| Rosh Chodesh Cheshvan | ‑ Tu‑Th 30 Tishrei - 1 Cheshvan 5755 |
| Start of month of Cheshvan on the Hebrew calendar | |
| Rosh Chodesh Kislev | ‑ Th‑F 1 Kislev 5755 |
| Start of month of Kislev on the Hebrew calendar | |
| Rosh Chodesh Tevet | ‑ F‑Su 30 Kislev - 1 Tevet 5755 |
| Start of month of Tevet on the Hebrew calendar | |