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 16
and ends at nightfall on Sep 18.
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 🎭️📜 | ‑ W‑Th 14 Adar 5772 |
| Celebration of Jewish deliverance as told by Megilat Esther | |
| Pesach 🫓 | ‑ F‑Sa * ‑ Su‑Th ‑ Th‑F 15-21 Nisan 5772 |
| Passover, the Feast of Unleavened Bread | |
| Shavuot ⛰️🌸 | ‑ Sa‑Su * 6 Sivan 5772 |
| Festival of Weeks | |
| Tish'a B'Av ✡️ | ‑ Sa‑Su 10 Av 5772 |
| The Ninth of Av | |
| Rosh Hashana 🍏🍯 | ‑ Su‑Tu 1-2 Tishrei 5773 |
| The Jewish New Year | |
| Yom Kippur ✡️ | ‑ Tu‑W 10 Tishrei 5773 |
| Day of Atonement | |
| Sukkot 🌿🍋 | ‑ Su‑M * ‑ Tu‑Su 15-21 Tishrei 5773 |
| Feast of Booths | |
| Shmini Atzeret ✡️ | ‑ Su‑M * 22 Tishrei 5773 |
| Eighth Day of Assembly | |
| Chanukah 🕎 | ‑ Sa‑Su 25 Kislev - 3 Tevet 5773 |
| Hanukkah, the Jewish festival of rededication | |
| Holiday | Dates |
|---|---|
| Tu BiShvat 🌳 | ‑ Tu‑W 15 Sh'vat 5772 |
| New Year for Trees | |
| Shushan Purim 🎭️📜 | ‑ Th‑F 15 Adar 5772 |
| Purim celebrated in Jerusalem and walled cities | |
| Days of the Omer ㊾ | ‑ Sa‑Sa 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 5772 |
| 7 weeks from the second night of Pesach to the day before Shavuot | |
| Pesach Sheni ✡️ | ‑ Sa‑Su 14 Iyyar 5772 |
| Second Passover, one month after Passover | |
| Lag BaOmer 🔥 | ‑ W‑Th 18 Iyyar 5772 |
| 33rd day of counting the Omer | |
| Tu B'Av ❤️ | ‑ Th‑F 15 Av 5772 |
| Minor Jewish holiday of love | |
| Rosh Hashana LaBehemot 🐑 | ‑ Sa‑Su 1 Elul 5772 |
| New Year for Tithing Animals | |
| Leil Selichot 🕍 | Sep 8 Sa 21 Elul 5772 |
| Prayers for forgiveness in preparation for the High Holidays | |
| Chag HaBanot ✡️ | ‑ Th‑F 1 Tevet 5773 |
| 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 5 Th 10 Tevet 5772 |
| Fast commemorating the siege of Jerusalem | |
| Ta'anit Esther | Mar 7 W 13 Adar 5772 |
| Fast of Esther | |
| Ta'anit Bechorot | Apr 6 F 14 Nisan 5772 |
| Fast of the First Born | |
| Tzom Tammuz | Jul 8 Su 18 Tamuz 5772 |
| Fast commemorating breaching of the walls of Jerusalem before the destruction of the Second Temple | |
| Tzom Gedaliah | Sep 19 W 3 Tishrei 5773 |
| Fast of the Seventh Month | |
| Asara B'Tevet | Dec 23 Su 10 Tevet 5773 |
| Fast commemorating the siege of Jerusalem | |
| Holiday | Dates |
|---|---|
| Family Day 🇮🇱 | ‑ W‑Th 30 Sh'vat 5772 |
| Yom HaMishpacha, a day to honor the family unit, as a whole, and its centrality to our lives | |
| Yom HaShoah ✡️ | ‑ W‑Th 27 Nisan 5772 |
| Holocaust Memorial Day | |
| Yom HaZikaron 🇮🇱 | ‑ Tu‑W 3 Iyyar 5772 |
| Israeli Memorial Day | |
| Yom HaAtzma'ut 🇮🇱 | ‑ W‑Th 4 Iyyar 5772 |
| Israeli Independence Day | |
| Herzl Day 🇮🇱 | ‑ Tu‑W 10 Iyyar 5772 |
| Commemorates the life and vision of Zionist leader Theodor Herzl | |
| Yom Yerushalayim 🇮🇱 | ‑ Sa‑Su 28 Iyyar 5772 |
| Jerusalem Day | |
| Jabotinsky Day 🇮🇱 | ‑ W‑Th 29 Tamuz 5772 |
| Commemorates the life and vision of Zionist leader Ze'ev Jabotinsky | |
| Yitzhak Rabin Memorial Day 🇮🇱 | ‑ Sa‑Su 12 Cheshvan 5773 |
| Commemorates the life of Israeli Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin | |
| Sigd ✡️ | ‑ Tu‑W 29 Cheshvan 5773 |
| Ethiopian Jewish holiday occurring 50 days after Yom Kippur | |
| Ben-Gurion Day 🇮🇱 | ‑ M‑Tu 6 Kislev 5773 |
| Commemorates the life and vision of Israel's first Prime Minister David Ben-Gurion | |
| Holiday | Dates |
|---|---|
| Shabbat Shirah | ‑ F‑Sa 11 Sh'vat 5772 |
| Shabbat of Song | |
| Shabbat Shekalim | ‑ F‑Sa 25 Sh'vat 5772 |
| Shabbat before Rosh Chodesh Adar | |
| Shabbat Zachor | ‑ F‑Sa 9 Adar 5772 |
| Shabbat before Purim | |
| Shabbat Parah | ‑ F‑Sa 23 Adar 5772 |
| Shabbat of the Red Heifer | |
| Shabbat HaChodesh | ‑ F‑Sa 1 Nisan 5772 |
| Shabbat before Rosh Chodesh Nissan | |
| Shabbat HaGadol | ‑ F‑Sa 8 Nisan 5772 |
| Shabbat before Pesach | |
| Shabbat Chazon | ‑ F‑Sa 9 Av 5772 |
| Shabbat before Tish'a B'Av (Shabbat of Prophecy/Shabbat of Vision) | |
| Shabbat Nachamu | ‑ F‑Sa 16 Av 5772 |
| Shabbat after Tish'a B'Av (Shabbat of Consolation) | |
| Shabbat Shuva | ‑ F‑Sa 6 Tishrei 5773 |
| Shabbat that falls between Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur (Shabbat of Returning) | |
| Holiday | Dates |
|---|---|
| Rosh Chodesh Sh'vat | ‑ Tu‑W 1 Sh'vat 5772 |
| Start of month of Sh'vat on the Hebrew calendar | |
| Rosh Chodesh Adar | ‑ W‑F 30 Sh'vat - 1 Adar 5772 |
| Start of month of Adar on the Hebrew calendar | |
| Rosh Chodesh Nisan | ‑ F‑Sa 1 Nisan 5772 |
| Start of month of Nisan on the Hebrew calendar | |
| Rosh Chodesh Iyyar | ‑ Sa‑M 30 Nisan - 1 Iyyar 5772 |
| Start of month of Iyyar on the Hebrew calendar | |
| Rosh Chodesh Sivan | ‑ M‑Tu 1 Sivan 5772 |
| Start of month of Sivan on the Hebrew calendar | |
| Rosh Chodesh Tamuz | ‑ Tu‑Th 30 Sivan - 1 Tamuz 5772 |
| Start of month of Tamuz on the Hebrew calendar | |
| Rosh Chodesh Av | ‑ Th‑F 1 Av 5772 |
| Start of month of Av on the Hebrew calendar | |
| Rosh Chodesh Elul | ‑ F‑Su 30 Av - 1 Elul 5772 |
| Start of month of Elul on the Hebrew calendar | |
| Rosh Chodesh Cheshvan | ‑ M‑W 30 Tishrei - 1 Cheshvan 5773 |
| Start of month of Cheshvan on the Hebrew calendar | |
| Rosh Chodesh Kislev | ‑ W‑Th 1 Kislev 5773 |
| Start of month of Kislev on the Hebrew calendar | |
| Rosh Chodesh Tevet | ‑ Th‑F 1 Tevet 5773 |
| Start of month of Tevet on the Hebrew calendar | |