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 29
and ends at nightfall on Oct 1.
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 🎭️📜 | ‑ Th‑F 14 Adar II 5768 |
| Celebration of Jewish deliverance as told by Megilat Esther | |
| Pesach 🫓 | ‑ Sa‑Su * ‑ M‑F ‑ F‑Sa 15-21 Nisan 5768 |
| Passover, the Feast of Unleavened Bread | |
| Shavuot ⛰️🌸 | ‑ Su‑M * 6 Sivan 5768 |
| Festival of Weeks | |
| Tish'a B'Av ✡️ | ‑ Sa‑Su 9 Av 5768 |
| The Ninth of Av | |
| Rosh Hashana 🍏🍯 | ‑ M‑W 1-2 Tishrei 5769 |
| The Jewish New Year | |
| Yom Kippur ✡️ | ‑ W‑Th 10 Tishrei 5769 |
| Day of Atonement | |
| Sukkot 🌿🍋 | ‑ M‑Tu * ‑ W‑M 15-21 Tishrei 5769 |
| Feast of Booths | |
| Shmini Atzeret ✡️ | ‑ M‑Tu * 22 Tishrei 5769 |
| Eighth Day of Assembly | |
| Chanukah 🕎 | ‑ Su‑M 25 Kislev - 2 Tevet 5769 |
| Hanukkah, the Jewish festival of rededication | |
| Holiday | Dates |
|---|---|
| Tu BiShvat 🌳 | ‑ M‑Tu 15 Sh'vat 5768 |
| New Year for Trees | |
| Purim Katan 🎭️ | ‑ Tu‑W 14 Adar I 5768 |
| Minor Purim celebration during Adar I on leap years | |
| Shushan Purim Katan 🎭️ | ‑ W‑Th 15 Adar I 5768 |
| Minor Purim celebration during Adar I on leap years in Jerusalem and walled cities | |
| Shushan Purim 🎭️📜 | ‑ F‑Sa 15 Adar II 5768 |
| Purim celebrated in Jerusalem and walled cities | |
| Purim Meshulash ✡️ | ‑ Sa‑Su 16 Adar II 5768 |
| Triple Purim, spanning 3 days in Jerusalem and walled cities | |
| Days of the Omer ㊾ | ‑ Su‑Su 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 5768 |
| 7 weeks from the second night of Pesach to the day before Shavuot | |
| Pesach Sheni ✡️ | ‑ Su‑M 14 Iyyar 5768 |
| Second Passover, one month after Passover | |
| Lag BaOmer 🔥 | ‑ Th‑F 18 Iyyar 5768 |
| 33rd day of counting the Omer | |
| Tu B'Av ❤️ | ‑ F‑Sa 15 Av 5768 |
| Minor Jewish holiday of love | |
| Rosh Hashana LaBehemot 🐑 | ‑ Su‑M 1 Elul 5768 |
| New Year for Tithing Animals | |
| Leil Selichot 🕍 | Sep 20 Sa 20 Elul 5768 |
| Prayers for forgiveness in preparation for the High Holidays | |
| Chag HaBanot ✡️ | ‑ F‑Sa 30 Kislev 5769 |
| 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 20 Th 13 Adar II 5768 |
| Fast of Esther | |
| Ta'anit Bechorot | Apr 17 Th 12 Nisan 5768 |
| Fast of the First Born | |
| Tzom Tammuz | Jul 20 Su 17 Tamuz 5768 |
| Fast commemorating breaching of the walls of Jerusalem before the destruction of the Second Temple | |
| Tzom Gedaliah | Oct 2 Th 3 Tishrei 5769 |
| Fast of the Seventh Month | |
| Holiday | Dates |
|---|---|
| Family Day 🇮🇱 | ‑ Tu‑W 30 Sh'vat 5768 |
| Yom HaMishpacha, a day to honor the family unit, as a whole, and its centrality to our lives | |
| Yom HaShoah ✡️ | ‑ W‑Th 26 Nisan 5768 |
| Holocaust Memorial Day | |
| Yom HaZikaron 🇮🇱 | ‑ Tu‑W 2 Iyyar 5768 |
| Israeli Memorial Day | |
| Yom HaAtzma'ut 🇮🇱 | ‑ W‑Th 3 Iyyar 5768 |
| Israeli Independence Day | |
| Herzl Day 🇮🇱 | ‑ W‑Th 10 Iyyar 5768 |
| Commemorates the life and vision of Zionist leader Theodor Herzl | |
| Yom Yerushalayim 🇮🇱 | ‑ Su‑M 28 Iyyar 5768 |
| Jerusalem Day | |
| Jabotinsky Day 🇮🇱 | ‑ Th‑F 29 Tamuz 5768 |
| Commemorates the life and vision of Zionist leader Ze'ev Jabotinsky | |
| Yitzhak Rabin Memorial Day 🇮🇱 | ‑ Su‑M 12 Cheshvan 5769 |
| Commemorates the life of Israeli Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin | |
| Sigd ✡️ | ‑ W‑Th 29 Cheshvan 5769 |
| Ethiopian Jewish holiday occurring 50 days after Yom Kippur | |
| Ben-Gurion Day 🇮🇱 | ‑ Tu‑W 6 Kislev 5769 |
| Commemorates the life and vision of Israel's first Prime Minister David Ben-Gurion | |
| Holiday | Dates |
|---|---|
| Shabbat Shirah | ‑ F‑Sa 12 Sh'vat 5768 |
| Shabbat of Song | |
| Shabbat Shekalim | ‑ F‑Sa 1 Adar II 5768 |
| Shabbat before Rosh Chodesh Adar | |
| Shabbat Zachor | ‑ F‑Sa 8 Adar II 5768 |
| Shabbat before Purim | |
| Shabbat Parah | ‑ F‑Sa 22 Adar II 5768 |
| Shabbat of the Red Heifer | |
| Shabbat HaChodesh | ‑ F‑Sa 29 Adar II 5768 |
| Shabbat before Rosh Chodesh Nissan | |
| Shabbat HaGadol | ‑ F‑Sa 14 Nisan 5768 |
| Shabbat before Pesach | |
| Shabbat Chazon | ‑ F‑Sa 8 Av 5768 |
| Shabbat before Tish'a B'Av (Shabbat of Prophecy/Shabbat of Vision) | |
| Shabbat Nachamu | ‑ F‑Sa 15 Av 5768 |
| Shabbat after Tish'a B'Av (Shabbat of Consolation) | |
| Shabbat Shuva | ‑ F‑Sa 5 Tishrei 5769 |
| Shabbat that falls between Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur (Shabbat of Returning) | |
| Holiday | Dates |
|---|---|
| Rosh Chodesh Sh'vat | ‑ M‑Tu 1 Sh'vat 5768 |
| Start of month of Sh'vat on the Hebrew calendar | |
| Rosh Chodesh Adar I | ‑ Tu‑Th 30 Sh'vat - 1 Adar I 5768 |
| Start of month of Adar I (on leap years) on the Hebrew calendar | |
| Rosh Chodesh Adar II | ‑ Th‑Sa 30 Adar I - 1 Adar II 5768 |
| Start of month of Adar II (on leap years) on the Hebrew calendar | |
| Rosh Chodesh Nisan | ‑ Sa‑Su 1 Nisan 5768 |
| Start of month of Nisan on the Hebrew calendar | |
| Rosh Chodesh Iyyar | ‑ Su‑Tu 30 Nisan - 1 Iyyar 5768 |
| Start of month of Iyyar on the Hebrew calendar | |
| Rosh Chodesh Sivan | ‑ Tu‑W 1 Sivan 5768 |
| Start of month of Sivan on the Hebrew calendar | |
| Rosh Chodesh Tamuz | ‑ W‑F 30 Sivan - 1 Tamuz 5768 |
| Start of month of Tamuz on the Hebrew calendar | |
| Rosh Chodesh Av | ‑ F‑Sa 1 Av 5768 |
| Start of month of Av on the Hebrew calendar | |
| Rosh Chodesh Elul | ‑ Sa‑M 30 Av - 1 Elul 5768 |
| Start of month of Elul on the Hebrew calendar | |
| Rosh Chodesh Cheshvan | ‑ Tu‑Th 30 Tishrei - 1 Cheshvan 5769 |
| Start of month of Cheshvan on the Hebrew calendar | |
| Rosh Chodesh Kislev | ‑ Th‑F 1 Kislev 5769 |
| Start of month of Kislev on the Hebrew calendar | |
| Rosh Chodesh Tevet | ‑ F‑Su 30 Kislev - 1 Tevet 5769 |
| Start of month of Tevet on the Hebrew calendar | |