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 22
and ends at nightfall on Sep 24.
This page displays the Israel holiday schedule. The Diaspora schedule is used by Jews living outside of 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 |
|---|---|
| Purim 🎭️📜 | ‑ M‑Tu 14 Adar 5766 |
| Celebration of Jewish deliverance as told by Megilat Esther | |
| Pesach 🫓 | ‑ W‑Th * ‑ F‑Tu ‑ Tu‑W 15-21 Nisan 5766 |
| Passover, the Feast of Unleavened Bread | |
| Shavuot ⛰️🌸 | ‑ Th‑F * 6 Sivan 5766 |
| Festival of Weeks | |
| Tish'a B'Av ✡️ | ‑ W‑Th 9 Av 5766 |
| The Ninth of Av | |
| Rosh Hashana 🍏🍯 | ‑ F‑Su 1-2 Tishrei 5767 |
| The Jewish New Year | |
| Yom Kippur ✡️ | ‑ Su‑M 10 Tishrei 5767 |
| Day of Atonement | |
| Sukkot 🌿🍋 | ‑ F‑Sa * ‑ Su‑F 15-21 Tishrei 5767 |
| Feast of Booths | |
| Shmini Atzeret ✡️ | ‑ F‑Sa * 22 Tishrei 5767 |
| Eighth Day of Assembly | |
| Chanukah 🕎 | ‑ F‑Sa 25 Kislev - 2 Tevet 5767 |
| Hanukkah, the Jewish festival of rededication | |
| Holiday | Dates |
|---|---|
| Tu BiShvat 🌳 | ‑ Su‑M 15 Sh'vat 5766 |
| New Year for Trees | |
| Shushan Purim 🎭️📜 | ‑ Tu‑W 15 Adar 5766 |
| Purim celebrated in Jerusalem and walled cities | |
| Days of the Omer ㊾ | ‑ Th‑Th 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 5766 |
| 7 weeks from the second night of Pesach to the day before Shavuot | |
| Pesach Sheni ✡️ | ‑ Th‑F 14 Iyyar 5766 |
| Second Passover, one month after Passover | |
| Lag BaOmer 🔥 | ‑ M‑Tu 18 Iyyar 5766 |
| 33rd day of counting the Omer | |
| Tu B'Av ❤️ | ‑ Tu‑W 15 Av 5766 |
| Minor Jewish holiday of love | |
| Rosh Hashana LaBehemot 🐑 | ‑ Th‑F 1 Elul 5766 |
| New Year for Tithing Animals | |
| Leil Selichot 🕍 | Sep 16 Sa 23 Elul 5766 |
| Prayers for forgiveness in preparation for the High Holidays | |
| Chag HaBanot ✡️ | ‑ W‑Th 30 Kislev 5767 |
| North African Chanukah festival of daughters | |
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 |
|---|---|
| Asara B'Tevet | Jan 10 Tu 10 Tevet 5766 |
| Fast commemorating the siege of Jerusalem | |
| Ta'anit Esther | Mar 13 M 13 Adar 5766 |
| Fast of Esther | |
| Ta'anit Bechorot | Apr 12 W 14 Nisan 5766 |
| Fast of the First Born | |
| Tzom Tammuz | Jul 13 Th 17 Tamuz 5766 |
| Fast commemorating breaching of the walls of Jerusalem before the destruction of the Second Temple | |
| Tzom Gedaliah | Sep 25 M 3 Tishrei 5767 |
| Fast of the Seventh Month | |
| Asara B'Tevet | Dec 31 Su 10 Tevet 5767 |
| Fast commemorating the siege of Jerusalem | |
| Holiday | Dates |
|---|---|
| Family Day 🇮🇱 | ‑ M‑Tu 30 Sh'vat 5766 |
| Yom HaMishpacha, a day to honor the family unit, as a whole, and its centrality to our lives | |
| Yom HaShoah ✡️ | ‑ M‑Tu 27 Nisan 5766 |
| Holocaust Memorial Day | |
| Yom HaZikaron 🇮🇱 | ‑ M‑Tu 4 Iyyar 5766 |
| Israeli Memorial Day | |
| Yom HaAtzma'ut 🇮🇱 | ‑ Tu‑W 5 Iyyar 5766 |
| Israeli Independence Day | |
| Herzl Day 🇮🇱 | ‑ Su‑M 10 Iyyar 5766 |
| Commemorates the life and vision of Zionist leader Theodor Herzl | |
| Yom Yerushalayim 🇮🇱 | ‑ Th‑F 28 Iyyar 5766 |
| Jerusalem Day | |
| Jabotinsky Day 🇮🇱 | ‑ M‑Tu 29 Tamuz 5766 |
| Commemorates the life and vision of Zionist leader Ze'ev Jabotinsky | |
| Yitzhak Rabin Memorial Day 🇮🇱 | ‑ W‑Th 11 Cheshvan 5767 |
| Commemorates the life of Israeli Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin | |
| Ben-Gurion Day 🇮🇱 | ‑ Su‑M 6 Kislev 5767 |
| Commemorates the life and vision of Israel's first Prime Minister David Ben-Gurion | |
| Holiday | Dates |
|---|---|
| Shabbat Shirah | ‑ F‑Sa 13 Sh'vat 5766 |
| Shabbat of Song | |
| Shabbat Shekalim | ‑ F‑Sa 27 Sh'vat 5766 |
| Shabbat before Rosh Chodesh Adar | |
| Shabbat Zachor | ‑ F‑Sa 11 Adar 5766 |
| Shabbat before Purim | |
| Shabbat Parah | ‑ F‑Sa 18 Adar 5766 |
| Shabbat of the Red Heifer | |
| Shabbat HaChodesh | ‑ F‑Sa 25 Adar 5766 |
| Shabbat before Rosh Chodesh Nissan | |
| Shabbat HaGadol | ‑ F‑Sa 10 Nisan 5766 |
| Shabbat before Pesach | |
| Shabbat Chazon | ‑ F‑Sa 4 Av 5766 |
| Shabbat before Tish'a B'Av (Shabbat of Prophecy/Shabbat of Vision) | |
| Shabbat Nachamu | ‑ F‑Sa 11 Av 5766 |
| Shabbat after Tish'a B'Av (Shabbat of Consolation) | |
| Shabbat Shuva | ‑ F‑Sa 8 Tishrei 5767 |
| Shabbat that falls between Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur (Shabbat of Returning) | |
| Holiday | Dates |
|---|---|
| Rosh Chodesh Tevet | ‑ Sa‑Su 1 Tevet 5766 |
| Start of month of Tevet on the Hebrew calendar | |
| Rosh Chodesh Sh'vat | ‑ Su‑M 1 Sh'vat 5766 |
| Start of month of Sh'vat on the Hebrew calendar | |
| Rosh Chodesh Adar | ‑ M‑W 30 Sh'vat - 1 Adar 5766 |
| Start of month of Adar on the Hebrew calendar | |
| Rosh Chodesh Nisan | ‑ W‑Th 1 Nisan 5766 |
| Start of month of Nisan on the Hebrew calendar | |
| Rosh Chodesh Iyyar | ‑ Th‑Sa 30 Nisan - 1 Iyyar 5766 |
| Start of month of Iyyar on the Hebrew calendar | |
| Rosh Chodesh Sivan | ‑ Sa‑Su 1 Sivan 5766 |
| Start of month of Sivan on the Hebrew calendar | |
| Rosh Chodesh Tamuz | ‑ Su‑Tu 30 Sivan - 1 Tamuz 5766 |
| Start of month of Tamuz on the Hebrew calendar | |
| Rosh Chodesh Av | ‑ Tu‑W 1 Av 5766 |
| Start of month of Av on the Hebrew calendar | |
| Rosh Chodesh Elul | ‑ W‑F 30 Av - 1 Elul 5766 |
| Start of month of Elul on the Hebrew calendar | |
| Rosh Chodesh Cheshvan | ‑ Sa‑M 30 Tishrei - 1 Cheshvan 5767 |
| Start of month of Cheshvan on the Hebrew calendar | |
| Rosh Chodesh Kislev | ‑ M‑W 30 Cheshvan - 1 Kislev 5767 |
| Start of month of Kislev on the Hebrew calendar | |
| Rosh Chodesh Tevet | ‑ W‑F 30 Kislev - 1 Tevet 5767 |
| Start of month of Tevet on the Hebrew calendar | |