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 4
and ends at nightfall on Sep 6.
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 |
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Rosh Hashana 🍏🍯 | ‑, 2013 W‑F 1-2 Tishrei |
The Jewish New Year | |
Yom Kippur ✡️ | ‑, 2013 F‑Sa 10 Tishrei |
Day of Atonement | |
Sukkot 🌿🍋 | ‑, 2013 W‑Th ‑, 2013 F‑W 15-21 Tishrei |
Feast of Booths | |
Shmini Atzeret ✡️ | ‑, 2013 W‑Th 22 Tishrei |
Eighth Day of Assembly | |
Chanukah 🕎 | ‑, 2013 W‑Th 25 Kislev - 2 Tevet |
Hanukkah, the Jewish festival of rededication | |
Pesach 🫓 | ‑, 2014 M‑Tu ‑, 2014 W‑Su ‑, 2014 Su‑M 15-21 Nisan |
Passover, the Feast of Unleavened Bread | |
Shavuot ⛰️🌸 | ‑, 2014 Tu‑W 6 Sivan |
Festival of Weeks |
Holiday | Dates |
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Tu BiShvat 🌳 | ‑, 2014 W‑Th 15 Sh'vat |
New Year for Trees | |
Purim Katan 🎭️ | ‑, 2014 Th‑F 14 Adar I |
Minor Purim celebration during Adar I on leap years | |
Purim 🎭️📜 | ‑, 2014 Sa‑Su 14 Adar II |
Celebration of Jewish deliverance as told by Megilat Esther | |
Shushan Purim 🎭️📜 | ‑, 2014 Su‑M 15 Adar II |
Purim celebrated in Jerusalem and walled cities | |
Days of the Omer ㊾ | ‑, 2014 Tu‑Tu 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan |
7 weeks from the second night of Pesach to the day before Shavuot | |
Pesach Sheni ✡️ | ‑, 2014 Tu‑W 14 Iyyar |
Second Passover, one month after Passover | |
Lag BaOmer 🔥 | ‑, 2014 Sa‑Su 18 Iyyar |
33rd day of counting the Omer | |
Tu B'Av ❤️ | ‑, 2014 Su‑M 15 Av |
Minor Jewish holiday of love | |
Rosh Hashana LaBehemot 🐑 | ‑, 2014 Tu‑W 1 Elul |
New Year for Tithing Animals | |
Leil Selichot 🕍 | Sep 20, 2014 Sa 25 Elul |
Prayers for forgiveness in preparation for the High Holidays |
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 |
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Tzom Gedaliah | Sep 8, 2013 Su 4 Tishrei |
Fast of the Seventh Month | |
Asara B'Tevet | Dec 13, 2013 F 10 Tevet |
Fast commemorating the siege of Jerusalem | |
Ta'anit Esther | Mar 13, 2014 Th 11 Adar II |
Fast of Esther | |
Ta'anit Bechorot | Apr 14, 2014 M 14 Nisan |
Fast of the First Born | |
Tzom Tammuz | Jul 15, 2014 Tu 17 Tamuz |
Fast commemorating breaching of the walls of Jerusalem before the destruction of the Second Temple | |
Tish'a B'Av ✡️ | ‑, 2014 M‑Tu 9 Av |
The Ninth of Av |
Holiday | Dates |
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Sigd ✡️ | ‑, 2013 F‑Sa 29 Cheshvan |
Ethiopian Jewish holiday occurring 50 days after Yom Kippur | |
Yom HaShoah ✡️ | ‑, 2014 Su‑M 28 Nisan |
Holocaust Memorial Day | |
Yom HaZikaron 🇮🇱 | ‑, 2014 Su‑M 5 Iyyar |
Israeli Memorial Day | |
Yom HaAtzma'ut 🇮🇱 | ‑, 2014 M‑Tu 6 Iyyar |
Israeli Independence Day | |
Yom Yerushalayim 🇮🇱 | ‑, 2014 Tu‑W 28 Iyyar |
Jerusalem Day |
Holiday | Dates |
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Shabbat Shuva | ‑, 2013 F‑Sa 3 Tishrei |
Shabbat that falls between Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur (Shabbat of Returning) | |
Shabbat Shirah | ‑, 2014 F‑Sa 10 Sh'vat |
Shabbat of Song | |
Shabbat Shekalim | ‑, 2014 F‑Sa 29 Adar I |
Shabbat before Rosh Chodesh Adar | |
Shabbat Zachor | ‑, 2014 F‑Sa 13 Adar II |
Shabbat before Purim | |
Shabbat Parah | ‑, 2014 F‑Sa 20 Adar II |
Shabbat of the Red Heifer | |
Shabbat HaChodesh | ‑, 2014 F‑Sa 27 Adar II |
Shabbat before Rosh Chodesh Nissan | |
Shabbat HaGadol | ‑, 2014 F‑Sa 12 Nisan |
Shabbat before Pesach | |
Shabbat Chazon | ‑, 2014 F‑Sa 6 Av |
Shabbat before Tish'a B'Av (Shabbat of Prophecy/Shabbat of Vision) | |
Shabbat Nachamu | ‑, 2014 F‑Sa 13 Av |
Shabbat after Tish'a B'Av (Shabbat of Consolation) |
Holiday | Dates |
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Rosh Chodesh Cheshvan | ‑, 2013 Th‑Sa 30 Tishrei - 1 Cheshvan |
Start of month of Cheshvan on the Hebrew calendar | |
Rosh Chodesh Kislev | ‑, 2013 Sa‑M 30 Cheshvan - 1 Kislev |
Start of month of Kislev on the Hebrew calendar | |
Rosh Chodesh Tevet | ‑, 2013 M‑W 30 Kislev - 1 Tevet |
Start of month of Tevet on the Hebrew calendar | |
Rosh Chodesh Sh'vat | ‑, 2014 W‑Th 1 Sh'vat |
Start of month of Sh'vat on the Hebrew calendar | |
Rosh Chodesh Adar I | ‑, 2014 Th‑Sa 30 Sh'vat - 1 Adar I |
Start of month of Adar I (on leap years) on the Hebrew calendar | |
Rosh Chodesh Adar II | ‑, 2014 Sa‑M 30 Adar I - 1 Adar II |
Start of month of Adar II (on leap years) on the Hebrew calendar | |
Rosh Chodesh Nisan | ‑, 2014 M‑Tu 1 Nisan |
Start of month of Nisan on the Hebrew calendar | |
Rosh Chodesh Iyyar | ‑, 2014 Tu‑Th 30 Nisan - 1 Iyyar |
Start of month of Iyyar on the Hebrew calendar | |
Rosh Chodesh Sivan | ‑, 2014 Th‑F 1 Sivan |
Start of month of Sivan on the Hebrew calendar | |
Rosh Chodesh Tamuz | ‑, 2014 F‑Su 30 Sivan - 1 Tamuz |
Start of month of Tamuz on the Hebrew calendar | |
Rosh Chodesh Av | ‑, 2014 Su‑M 1 Av |
Start of month of Av on the Hebrew calendar | |
Rosh Chodesh Elul | ‑, 2014 M‑W 30 Av - 1 Elul |
Start of month of Elul on the Hebrew calendar |