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 18
and ends at nightfall on Sep 20.
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 5769 |
| Celebration of Jewish deliverance as told by Megilat Esther | |
| Pesach 🫓 | ‑ W‑Th * ‑ F‑Tu ‑ Tu‑W 15-21 Nisan 5769 |
| Passover, the Feast of Unleavened Bread | |
| Shavuot ⛰️🌸 | ‑ Th‑F * 6 Sivan 5769 |
| Festival of Weeks | |
| Tish'a B'Av ✡️ | ‑ W‑Th 9 Av 5769 |
| The Ninth of Av | |
| Rosh Hashana 🍏🍯 | ‑ F‑Su 1-2 Tishrei 5770 |
| The Jewish New Year | |
| Yom Kippur ✡️ | ‑ Su‑M 10 Tishrei 5770 |
| Day of Atonement | |
| Sukkot 🌿🍋 | ‑ F‑Sa * ‑ Su‑F 15-21 Tishrei 5770 |
| Feast of Booths | |
| Shmini Atzeret ✡️ | ‑ F‑Sa * 22 Tishrei 5770 |
| Eighth Day of Assembly | |
| Chanukah 🕎 | ‑ F‑Sa 25 Kislev - 2 Tevet 5770 |
| Hanukkah, the Jewish festival of rededication | |
| Holiday | Dates |
|---|---|
| Tu BiShvat 🌳 | ‑ Su‑M 15 Sh'vat 5769 |
| New Year for Trees | |
| Shushan Purim 🎭️📜 | ‑ Tu‑W 15 Adar 5769 |
| Purim celebrated in Jerusalem and walled cities | |
| Birkat Hachamah ☀️ | Apr 8 W 14 Nisan 5769 |
| A rare Jewish blessing recited once every 28 years thanking G-d for creating the sun | |
| Days of the Omer ㊾ | ‑ Th‑Th 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 5769 |
| 7 weeks from the second night of Pesach to the day before Shavuot | |
| Pesach Sheni ✡️ | ‑ Th‑F 14 Iyyar 5769 |
| Second Passover, one month after Passover | |
| Lag BaOmer 🔥 | ‑ M‑Tu 18 Iyyar 5769 |
| 33rd day of counting the Omer | |
| Tu B'Av ❤️ | ‑ Tu‑W 15 Av 5769 |
| Minor Jewish holiday of love | |
| Rosh Hashana LaBehemot 🐑 | ‑ Th‑F 1 Elul 5769 |
| New Year for Tithing Animals | |
| Leil Selichot 🕍 | Sep 12 Sa 23 Elul 5769 |
| Prayers for forgiveness in preparation for the High Holidays | |
| Chag HaBanot ✡️ | ‑ W‑Th 30 Kislev 5770 |
| 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 6 Tu 10 Tevet 5769 |
| Fast commemorating the siege of Jerusalem | |
| Ta'anit Esther | Mar 9 M 13 Adar 5769 |
| Fast of Esther | |
| Ta'anit Bechorot | Apr 8 W 14 Nisan 5769 |
| Fast of the First Born | |
| Tzom Tammuz | Jul 9 Th 17 Tamuz 5769 |
| Fast commemorating breaching of the walls of Jerusalem before the destruction of the Second Temple | |
| Tzom Gedaliah | Sep 21 M 3 Tishrei 5770 |
| Fast of the Seventh Month | |
| Asara B'Tevet | Dec 27 Su 10 Tevet 5770 |
| Fast commemorating the siege of Jerusalem | |
| Holiday | Dates |
|---|---|
| Family Day 🇮🇱 | ‑ M‑Tu 30 Sh'vat 5769 |
| Yom HaMishpacha, a day to honor the family unit, as a whole, and its centrality to our lives | |
| Yom HaShoah ✡️ | ‑ M‑Tu 27 Nisan 5769 |
| Holocaust Memorial Day | |
| Yom HaZikaron 🇮🇱 | ‑ M‑Tu 4 Iyyar 5769 |
| Israeli Memorial Day | |
| Yom HaAtzma'ut 🇮🇱 | ‑ Tu‑W 5 Iyyar 5769 |
| Israeli Independence Day | |
| Herzl Day 🇮🇱 | ‑ Su‑M 10 Iyyar 5769 |
| Commemorates the life and vision of Zionist leader Theodor Herzl | |
| Yom Yerushalayim 🇮🇱 | ‑ Th‑F 28 Iyyar 5769 |
| Jerusalem Day | |
| Jabotinsky Day 🇮🇱 | ‑ M‑Tu 29 Tamuz 5769 |
| Commemorates the life and vision of Zionist leader Ze'ev Jabotinsky | |
| Yitzhak Rabin Memorial Day 🇮🇱 | ‑ W‑Th 11 Cheshvan 5770 |
| Commemorates the life of Israeli Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin | |
| Sigd ✡️ | ‑ Su‑M 29 Cheshvan 5770 |
| Ethiopian Jewish holiday occurring 50 days after Yom Kippur | |
| Ben-Gurion Day 🇮🇱 | ‑ Su‑M 6 Kislev 5770 |
| Commemorates the life and vision of Israel's first Prime Minister David Ben-Gurion | |
| Holiday | Dates |
|---|---|
| Shabbat Shirah | ‑ F‑Sa 13 Sh'vat 5769 |
| Shabbat of Song | |
| Shabbat Shekalim | ‑ F‑Sa 27 Sh'vat 5769 |
| Shabbat before Rosh Chodesh Adar | |
| Shabbat Zachor | ‑ F‑Sa 11 Adar 5769 |
| Shabbat before Purim | |
| Shabbat Parah | ‑ F‑Sa 18 Adar 5769 |
| Shabbat of the Red Heifer | |
| Shabbat HaChodesh | ‑ F‑Sa 25 Adar 5769 |
| Shabbat before Rosh Chodesh Nissan | |
| Shabbat HaGadol | ‑ F‑Sa 10 Nisan 5769 |
| Shabbat before Pesach | |
| Shabbat Chazon | ‑ F‑Sa 4 Av 5769 |
| Shabbat before Tish'a B'Av (Shabbat of Prophecy/Shabbat of Vision) | |
| Shabbat Nachamu | ‑ F‑Sa 11 Av 5769 |
| Shabbat after Tish'a B'Av (Shabbat of Consolation) | |
| Shabbat Shuva | ‑ F‑Sa 8 Tishrei 5770 |
| Shabbat that falls between Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur (Shabbat of Returning) | |
| Holiday | Dates |
|---|---|
| Rosh Chodesh Sh'vat | ‑ Su‑M 1 Sh'vat 5769 |
| Start of month of Sh'vat on the Hebrew calendar | |
| Rosh Chodesh Adar | ‑ M‑W 30 Sh'vat - 1 Adar 5769 |
| Start of month of Adar on the Hebrew calendar | |
| Rosh Chodesh Nisan | ‑ W‑Th 1 Nisan 5769 |
| Start of month of Nisan on the Hebrew calendar | |
| Rosh Chodesh Iyyar | ‑ Th‑Sa 30 Nisan - 1 Iyyar 5769 |
| Start of month of Iyyar on the Hebrew calendar | |
| Rosh Chodesh Sivan | ‑ Sa‑Su 1 Sivan 5769 |
| Start of month of Sivan on the Hebrew calendar | |
| Rosh Chodesh Tamuz | ‑ Su‑Tu 30 Sivan - 1 Tamuz 5769 |
| Start of month of Tamuz on the Hebrew calendar | |
| Rosh Chodesh Av | ‑ Tu‑W 1 Av 5769 |
| Start of month of Av on the Hebrew calendar | |
| Rosh Chodesh Elul | ‑ W‑F 30 Av - 1 Elul 5769 |
| Start of month of Elul on the Hebrew calendar | |
| Rosh Chodesh Cheshvan | ‑ Sa‑M 30 Tishrei - 1 Cheshvan 5770 |
| Start of month of Cheshvan on the Hebrew calendar | |
| Rosh Chodesh Kislev | ‑ M‑W 30 Cheshvan - 1 Kislev 5770 |
| Start of month of Kislev on the Hebrew calendar | |
| Rosh Chodesh Tevet | ‑ W‑F 30 Kislev - 1 Tevet 5770 |
| Start of month of Tevet on the Hebrew calendar | |