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 12
and ends at nightfall on Sep 14.
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 🎭️📜 | ‑ Sa‑Su 14 Adar 5767 |
| Celebration of Jewish deliverance as told by Megilat Esther | |
| Pesach 🫓 | ‑ M‑Tu * ‑ W‑Su ‑ Su‑M 15-21 Nisan 5767 |
| Passover, the Feast of Unleavened Bread | |
| Shavuot ⛰️🌸 | ‑ Tu‑W * 6 Sivan 5767 |
| Festival of Weeks | |
| Tish'a B'Av ✡️ | ‑ M‑Tu 9 Av 5767 |
| The Ninth of Av | |
| Rosh Hashana 🍏🍯 | ‑ W‑F 1-2 Tishrei 5768 |
| The Jewish New Year | |
| Yom Kippur ✡️ | ‑ F‑Sa 10 Tishrei 5768 |
| Day of Atonement | |
| Sukkot 🌿🍋 | ‑ W‑Th * ‑ F‑W 15-21 Tishrei 5768 |
| Feast of Booths | |
| Shmini Atzeret ✡️ | ‑ W‑Th * 22 Tishrei 5768 |
| Eighth Day of Assembly | |
| Chanukah 🕎 | ‑ Tu‑W 25 Kislev - 3 Tevet 5768 |
| Hanukkah, the Jewish festival of rededication | |
| Holiday | Dates |
|---|---|
| Tu BiShvat 🌳 | ‑ F‑Sa 15 Sh'vat 5767 |
| New Year for Trees | |
| Shushan Purim 🎭️📜 | ‑ Su‑M 15 Adar 5767 |
| Purim celebrated in Jerusalem and walled cities | |
| Days of the Omer ㊾ | ‑ Tu‑Tu 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 5767 |
| 7 weeks from the second night of Pesach to the day before Shavuot | |
| Pesach Sheni ✡️ | ‑ Tu‑W 14 Iyyar 5767 |
| Second Passover, one month after Passover | |
| Lag BaOmer 🔥 | ‑ Sa‑Su 18 Iyyar 5767 |
| 33rd day of counting the Omer | |
| Tu B'Av ❤️ | ‑ Su‑M 15 Av 5767 |
| Minor Jewish holiday of love | |
| Rosh Hashana LaBehemot 🐑 | ‑ Tu‑W 1 Elul 5767 |
| New Year for Tithing Animals | |
| Leil Selichot 🕍 | Sep 8 Sa 25 Elul 5767 |
| Prayers for forgiveness in preparation for the High Holidays | |
| Chag HaBanot ✡️ | ‑ Su‑M 1 Tevet 5768 |
| 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 |
|---|---|
| Ta'anit Esther | Mar 1 Th 11 Adar 5767 |
| Fast of Esther | |
| Ta'anit Bechorot | Apr 2 M 14 Nisan 5767 |
| Fast of the First Born | |
| Tzom Tammuz | Jul 3 Tu 17 Tamuz 5767 |
| Fast commemorating breaching of the walls of Jerusalem before the destruction of the Second Temple | |
| Tzom Gedaliah | Sep 16 Su 4 Tishrei 5768 |
| Fast of the Seventh Month | |
| Asara B'Tevet | Dec 19 W 10 Tevet 5768 |
| Fast commemorating the siege of Jerusalem | |
| Holiday | Dates |
|---|---|
| Family Day 🇮🇱 | ‑ Sa‑Su 30 Sh'vat 5767 |
| Yom HaMishpacha, a day to honor the family unit, as a whole, and its centrality to our lives | |
| Yom HaShoah ✡️ | ‑ Su‑M 28 Nisan 5767 |
| Holocaust Memorial Day | |
| Yom HaZikaron 🇮🇱 | ‑ Su‑M 5 Iyyar 5767 |
| Israeli Memorial Day | |
| Yom HaAtzma'ut 🇮🇱 | ‑ M‑Tu 6 Iyyar 5767 |
| Israeli Independence Day | |
| Herzl Day 🇮🇱 | ‑ Sa‑Su 11 Iyyar 5767 |
| Commemorates the life and vision of Zionist leader Theodor Herzl | |
| Yom Yerushalayim 🇮🇱 | ‑ Tu‑W 28 Iyyar 5767 |
| Jerusalem Day | |
| Jabotinsky Day 🇮🇱 | ‑ Sa‑Su 29 Tamuz 5767 |
| Commemorates the life and vision of Zionist leader Ze'ev Jabotinsky | |
| Yitzhak Rabin Memorial Day 🇮🇱 | ‑ Tu‑W 12 Cheshvan 5768 |
| Commemorates the life of Israeli Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin | |
| Ben-Gurion Day 🇮🇱 | ‑ Sa‑Su 8 Kislev 5768 |
| Commemorates the life and vision of Israel's first Prime Minister David Ben-Gurion | |
| Holiday | Dates |
|---|---|
| Shabbat Shirah | ‑ F‑Sa 15 Sh'vat 5767 |
| Shabbat of Song | |
| Shabbat Shekalim | ‑ F‑Sa 29 Sh'vat 5767 |
| Shabbat before Rosh Chodesh Adar | |
| Shabbat Zachor | ‑ F‑Sa 13 Adar 5767 |
| Shabbat before Purim | |
| Shabbat Parah | ‑ F‑Sa 20 Adar 5767 |
| Shabbat of the Red Heifer | |
| Shabbat HaChodesh | ‑ F‑Sa 27 Adar 5767 |
| Shabbat before Rosh Chodesh Nissan | |
| Shabbat HaGadol | ‑ F‑Sa 12 Nisan 5767 |
| Shabbat before Pesach | |
| Shabbat Chazon | ‑ F‑Sa 6 Av 5767 |
| Shabbat before Tish'a B'Av (Shabbat of Prophecy/Shabbat of Vision) | |
| Shabbat Nachamu | ‑ F‑Sa 13 Av 5767 |
| Shabbat after Tish'a B'Av (Shabbat of Consolation) | |
| Shabbat Shuva | ‑ F‑Sa 3 Tishrei 5768 |
| Shabbat that falls between Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur (Shabbat of Returning) | |
| Holiday | Dates |
|---|---|
| Rosh Chodesh Sh'vat | ‑ F‑Sa 1 Sh'vat 5767 |
| Start of month of Sh'vat on the Hebrew calendar | |
| Rosh Chodesh Adar | ‑ Sa‑M 30 Sh'vat - 1 Adar 5767 |
| Start of month of Adar on the Hebrew calendar | |
| Rosh Chodesh Nisan | ‑ M‑Tu 1 Nisan 5767 |
| Start of month of Nisan on the Hebrew calendar | |
| Rosh Chodesh Iyyar | ‑ Tu‑Th 30 Nisan - 1 Iyyar 5767 |
| Start of month of Iyyar on the Hebrew calendar | |
| Rosh Chodesh Sivan | ‑ Th‑F 1 Sivan 5767 |
| Start of month of Sivan on the Hebrew calendar | |
| Rosh Chodesh Tamuz | ‑ F‑Su 30 Sivan - 1 Tamuz 5767 |
| Start of month of Tamuz on the Hebrew calendar | |
| Rosh Chodesh Av | ‑ Su‑M 1 Av 5767 |
| Start of month of Av on the Hebrew calendar | |
| Rosh Chodesh Elul | ‑ M‑W 30 Av - 1 Elul 5767 |
| Start of month of Elul on the Hebrew calendar | |
| Rosh Chodesh Cheshvan | ‑ Th‑Sa 30 Tishrei - 1 Cheshvan 5768 |
| Start of month of Cheshvan on the Hebrew calendar | |
| Rosh Chodesh Kislev | ‑ Sa‑Su 1 Kislev 5768 |
| Start of month of Kislev on the Hebrew calendar | |
| Rosh Chodesh Tevet | ‑ Su‑M 1 Tevet 5768 |
| Start of month of Tevet on the Hebrew calendar | |