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 10
and ends at nightfall on Sep 12.
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 🍏🍯 | ‑, 1999 F‑Su 1-2 Tishrei |
The Jewish New Year | |
Yom Kippur ✡️ | ‑, 1999 Su‑M 10 Tishrei |
Day of Atonement | |
Sukkot 🌿🍋 | ‑, 1999 F‑Su ‑, 1999 M‑F 15-21 Tishrei |
Feast of Booths | |
Shmini Atzeret ✡️ | ‑, 1999 F‑Sa 22 Tishrei |
Eighth Day of Assembly | |
Simchat Torah ✡️ | ‑, 1999 Sa‑Su 23 Tishrei |
Day of Celebrating the Torah | |
Chanukah 🕎 | ‑, 1999 F‑Sa 25 Kislev - 2 Tevet |
Hanukkah, the Jewish festival of rededication | |
Pesach 🫓🍷 | ‑, 2000 W‑F ‑, 2000 Sa‑Tu ‑, 2000 Tu‑Th 15-22 Nisan |
Passover, the Feast of Unleavened Bread | |
Shavuot ⛰️🌸 | ‑, 2000 Th‑Sa 6-7 Sivan |
Festival of Weeks |
Holiday | Dates |
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Tu BiShvat 🌳 | ‑, 2000 F‑Sa 15 Sh'vat |
New Year for Trees | |
Purim Katan 🎭️ | ‑, 2000 Sa‑Su 14 Adar I |
Minor Purim celebration during Adar I on leap years | |
Purim 🎭️📜 | ‑, 2000 M‑Tu 14 Adar II |
Celebration of Jewish deliverance as told by Megilat Esther | |
Shushan Purim 🎭️📜 | ‑, 2000 Tu‑W 15 Adar II |
Purim celebrated in Jerusalem and walled cities | |
Days of the Omer ㊾ | ‑, 2000 Th‑Th 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan |
7 weeks from the second night of Pesach to the day before Shavuot | |
Pesach Sheni ✡️ | ‑, 2000 Th‑F 14 Iyyar |
Second Passover, one month after Passover | |
Lag BaOmer 🔥 | ‑, 2000 M‑Tu 18 Iyyar |
33rd day of counting the Omer | |
Tu B'Av ❤️ | ‑, 2000 Tu‑W 15 Av |
Minor Jewish holiday of love | |
Rosh Hashana LaBehemot 🐑 | ‑, 2000 Th‑F 1 Elul |
New Year for Tithing Animals | |
Leil Selichot 🕍 | Sep 23, 2000 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 |
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Tzom Gedaliah | Sep 13, 1999 M 3 Tishrei |
Fast of the Seventh Month | |
Asara B'Tevet | Dec 19, 1999 Su 10 Tevet |
Fast commemorating the siege of Jerusalem | |
Ta'anit Esther | Mar 20, 2000 M 13 Adar II |
Fast of Esther | |
Ta'anit Bechorot | Apr 19, 2000 W 14 Nisan |
Fast of the First Born | |
Tzom Tammuz | Jul 20, 2000 Th 17 Tamuz |
Fast commemorating breaching of the walls of Jerusalem before the destruction of the Second Temple | |
Tish'a B'Av ✡️ | ‑, 2000 W‑Th 9 Av |
The Ninth of Av |
Holiday | Dates |
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Yom HaShoah ✡️ | ‑, 2000 M‑Tu 27 Nisan |
Holocaust Memorial Day | |
Yom HaZikaron 🇮🇱 | ‑, 2000 M‑Tu 4 Iyyar |
Israeli Memorial Day | |
Yom HaAtzma'ut 🇮🇱 | ‑, 2000 Tu‑W 5 Iyyar |
Israeli Independence Day | |
Yom Yerushalayim 🇮🇱 | ‑, 2000 Th‑F 28 Iyyar |
Jerusalem Day |
Holiday | Dates |
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Shabbat Shuva | ‑, 1999 F‑Sa 8 Tishrei |
Shabbat that falls between Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur (Shabbat of Returning) | |
Shabbat Shirah | ‑, 2000 F‑Sa 15 Sh'vat |
Shabbat of Song | |
Shabbat Shekalim | ‑, 2000 F‑Sa 27 Adar I |
Shabbat before Rosh Chodesh Adar | |
Shabbat Zachor | ‑, 2000 F‑Sa 11 Adar II |
Shabbat before Purim | |
Shabbat Parah | ‑, 2000 F‑Sa 18 Adar II |
Shabbat of the Red Heifer | |
Shabbat HaChodesh | ‑, 2000 F‑Sa 25 Adar II |
Shabbat before Rosh Chodesh Nissan | |
Shabbat HaGadol | ‑, 2000 F‑Sa 10 Nisan |
Shabbat before Pesach | |
Shabbat Chazon | ‑, 2000 F‑Sa 4 Av |
Shabbat before Tish'a B'Av (Shabbat of Prophecy/Shabbat of Vision) | |
Shabbat Nachamu | ‑, 2000 F‑Sa 11 Av |
Shabbat after Tish'a B'Av (Shabbat of Consolation) |
Holiday | Dates |
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Rosh Chodesh Cheshvan | ‑, 1999 Sa‑M 30 Tishrei - 1 Cheshvan |
Start of month of Cheshvan on the Hebrew calendar | |
Rosh Chodesh Kislev | ‑, 1999 M‑W 30 Cheshvan - 1 Kislev |
Start of month of Kislev on the Hebrew calendar | |
Rosh Chodesh Tevet | ‑, 1999 W‑F 30 Kislev - 1 Tevet |
Start of month of Tevet on the Hebrew calendar | |
Rosh Chodesh Sh'vat | ‑, 2000 F‑Sa 1 Sh'vat |
Start of month of Sh'vat on the Hebrew calendar | |
Rosh Chodesh Adar I | ‑, 2000 Sa‑M 30 Sh'vat - 1 Adar I |
Start of month of Adar I (on leap years) on the Hebrew calendar | |
Rosh Chodesh Adar II | ‑, 2000 M‑W 30 Adar I - 1 Adar II |
Start of month of Adar II (on leap years) on the Hebrew calendar | |
Rosh Chodesh Nisan | ‑, 2000 W‑Th 1 Nisan |
Start of month of Nisan on the Hebrew calendar | |
Rosh Chodesh Iyyar | ‑, 2000 Th‑Sa 30 Nisan - 1 Iyyar |
Start of month of Iyyar on the Hebrew calendar | |
Rosh Chodesh Sivan | ‑, 2000 Sa‑Su 1 Sivan |
Start of month of Sivan on the Hebrew calendar | |
Rosh Chodesh Tamuz | ‑, 2000 Su‑Tu 30 Sivan - 1 Tamuz |
Start of month of Tamuz on the Hebrew calendar | |
Rosh Chodesh Av | ‑, 2000 Tu‑W 1 Av |
Start of month of Av on the Hebrew calendar | |
Rosh Chodesh Elul | ‑, 2000 W‑F 30 Av - 1 Elul |
Start of month of Elul on the Hebrew calendar |