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 20
and ends at nightfall on Sep 22.
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 🍏🍯 | ‑, 1998 Su‑Tu 1-2 Tishrei |
| The Jewish New Year | |
| Yom Kippur ✡️ | ‑, 1998 Tu‑W 10 Tishrei |
| Day of Atonement | |
| Sukkot 🌿🍋 | ‑, 1998 Su‑Tu ‑, 1998 W‑Su 15-21 Tishrei |
| Feast of Booths | |
| Shmini Atzeret ✡️ | ‑, 1998 Su‑M 22 Tishrei |
| Eighth Day of Assembly | |
| Simchat Torah ✡️ | ‑, 1998 M‑Tu 23 Tishrei |
| Day of Celebrating the Torah | |
| Chanukah 🕎 | ‑, 1998 Su‑M 25 Kislev - 2 Tevet |
| Hanukkah, the Jewish festival of rededication | |
| Purim 🎭️📜 | ‑, 1999 M‑Tu 14 Adar |
| Celebration of Jewish deliverance as told by Megilat Esther | |
| Pesach 🫓🍷 | ‑, 1999 W‑F ‑, 1999 Sa‑Tu ‑, 1999 Tu‑Th 15-22 Nisan |
| Passover, the Feast of Unleavened Bread | |
| Shavuot ⛰️🌸 | ‑, 1999 Th‑Sa 6-7 Sivan |
| Festival of Weeks | |
| Tish'a B'Av ✡️ | ‑, 1999 W‑Th 9 Av |
| The Ninth of Av | |
| Holiday | Dates |
|---|---|
| Chag HaBanot ✡️ | ‑, 1998 F‑Sa 30 Kislev |
| North African Chanukah festival of daughters | |
| Tu BiShvat 🌳 | ‑, 1999 Su‑M 15 Sh'vat |
| New Year for Trees | |
| Shushan Purim 🎭️📜 | ‑, 1999 Tu‑W 15 Adar |
| Purim celebrated in Jerusalem and walled cities | |
| Days of the Omer ㊾ | ‑, 1999 Th‑Th 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan |
| 7 weeks from the second night of Pesach to the day before Shavuot | |
| Pesach Sheni ✡️ | ‑, 1999 Th‑F 14 Iyyar |
| Second Passover, one month after Passover | |
| Lag BaOmer 🔥 | ‑, 1999 M‑Tu 18 Iyyar |
| 33rd day of counting the Omer | |
| Tu B'Av ❤️ | ‑, 1999 Tu‑W 15 Av |
| Minor Jewish holiday of love | |
| Rosh Hashana LaBehemot 🐑 | ‑, 1999 Th‑F 1 Elul |
| New Year for Tithing Animals | |
| Leil Selichot 🕍 | Sep 4, 1999 Sa 23 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 23, 1998 W 3 Tishrei |
| Fast of the Seventh Month | |
| Asara B'Tevet | Dec 29, 1998 Tu 10 Tevet |
| Fast commemorating the siege of Jerusalem | |
| Ta'anit Esther | Mar 1, 1999 M 13 Adar |
| Fast of Esther | |
| Ta'anit Bechorot | Mar 31, 1999 W 14 Nisan |
| Fast of the First Born | |
| Tzom Tammuz | Jul 1, 1999 Th 17 Tamuz |
| Fast commemorating breaching of the walls of Jerusalem before the destruction of the Second Temple | |
| Holiday | Dates |
|---|---|
| Yitzhak Rabin Memorial Day 🇮🇱 | ‑, 1998 Sa‑Su 12 Cheshvan |
| Commemorates the life of Israeli Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin | |
| Ben-Gurion Day 🇮🇱 | ‑, 1998 Tu‑W 6 Kislev |
| Commemorates the life and vision of Israel's first Prime Minister David Ben-Gurion | |
| Family Day 🇮🇱 | ‑, 1999 M‑Tu 30 Sh'vat |
| Yom HaMishpacha, a day to honor the family unit, as a whole, and its centrality to our lives | |
| Yom HaShoah ✡️ | ‑, 1999 M‑Tu 27 Nisan |
| Holocaust Memorial Day | |
| Yom HaZikaron 🇮🇱 | ‑, 1999 M‑Tu 4 Iyyar |
| Israeli Memorial Day | |
| Yom HaAtzma'ut 🇮🇱 | ‑, 1999 Tu‑W 5 Iyyar |
| Israeli Independence Day | |
| Yom Yerushalayim 🇮🇱 | ‑, 1999 Th‑F 28 Iyyar |
| Jerusalem Day | |
| Holiday | Dates |
|---|---|
| Shabbat Shuva | ‑, 1998 F‑Sa 6 Tishrei |
| Shabbat that falls between Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur (Shabbat of Returning) | |
| Shabbat Shirah | ‑, 1999 F‑Sa 13 Sh'vat |
| Shabbat of Song | |
| Shabbat Shekalim | ‑, 1999 F‑Sa 27 Sh'vat |
| Shabbat before Rosh Chodesh Adar | |
| Shabbat Zachor | ‑, 1999 F‑Sa 11 Adar |
| Shabbat before Purim | |
| Shabbat Parah | ‑, 1999 F‑Sa 18 Adar |
| Shabbat of the Red Heifer | |
| Shabbat HaChodesh | ‑, 1999 F‑Sa 25 Adar |
| Shabbat before Rosh Chodesh Nissan | |
| Shabbat HaGadol | ‑, 1999 F‑Sa 10 Nisan |
| Shabbat before Pesach | |
| Shabbat Chazon | ‑, 1999 F‑Sa 4 Av |
| Shabbat before Tish'a B'Av (Shabbat of Prophecy/Shabbat of Vision) | |
| Shabbat Nachamu | ‑, 1999 F‑Sa 11 Av |
| Shabbat after Tish'a B'Av (Shabbat of Consolation) | |
| Holiday | Dates |
|---|---|
| Rosh Chodesh Cheshvan | ‑, 1998 M‑W 30 Tishrei - 1 Cheshvan |
| Start of month of Cheshvan on the Hebrew calendar | |
| Rosh Chodesh Kislev | ‑, 1998 W‑F 30 Cheshvan - 1 Kislev |
| Start of month of Kislev on the Hebrew calendar | |
| Rosh Chodesh Tevet | ‑, 1998 F‑Su 30 Kislev - 1 Tevet |
| Start of month of Tevet on the Hebrew calendar | |
| Rosh Chodesh Sh'vat | ‑, 1999 Su‑M 1 Sh'vat |
| Start of month of Sh'vat on the Hebrew calendar | |
| Rosh Chodesh Adar | ‑, 1999 M‑W 30 Sh'vat - 1 Adar |
| Start of month of Adar on the Hebrew calendar | |
| Rosh Chodesh Nisan | ‑, 1999 W‑Th 1 Nisan |
| Start of month of Nisan on the Hebrew calendar | |
| Rosh Chodesh Iyyar | ‑, 1999 Th‑Sa 30 Nisan - 1 Iyyar |
| Start of month of Iyyar on the Hebrew calendar | |
| Rosh Chodesh Sivan | ‑, 1999 Sa‑Su 1 Sivan |
| Start of month of Sivan on the Hebrew calendar | |
| Rosh Chodesh Tamuz | ‑, 1999 Su‑Tu 30 Sivan - 1 Tamuz |
| Start of month of Tamuz on the Hebrew calendar | |
| Rosh Chodesh Av | ‑, 1999 Tu‑W 1 Av |
| Start of month of Av on the Hebrew calendar | |
| Rosh Chodesh Elul | ‑, 1999 W‑F 30 Av - 1 Elul |
| Start of month of Elul on the Hebrew calendar | |