Jewish Holidays 2016
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 Oct 2
and ends at nightfall on Oct 4.
Major holidays ✡️
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 |
|---|---|
| Pesach 🫓🍷 | ‑ F‑Su ‑ M‑Th ‑ Th‑Sa 15-22 Nisan 5776 |
| Passover, the Feast of Unleavened Bread | |
| Shavuot ⛰️🌸 | ‑ Sa‑M 6-7 Sivan 5776 |
| Festival of Weeks | |
| Rosh Hashana 🍏🍯 | ‑ Su‑Tu 1-2 Tishrei 5777 |
| The Jewish New Year | |
| Yom Kippur ✡️ | ‑ Tu‑W 10 Tishrei 5777 |
| Day of Atonement | |
| Sukkot 🌿🍋 | ‑ Su‑Tu ‑ W‑Su 15-21 Tishrei 5777 |
| Feast of Booths | |
| Shmini Atzeret ✡️ | ‑ Su‑M 22 Tishrei 5777 |
| Eighth Day of Assembly | |
| Simchat Torah ✡️ | ‑ M‑Tu 23 Tishrei 5777 |
| Day of Celebrating the Torah | |
| Chanukah 🕎 | ‑ Sa‑Su 25 Kislev - 3 Tevet 5777 |
| Hanukkah, the Jewish festival of rededication | |
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Minor holidays ✡️
| Holiday | Dates |
|---|---|
| Tu BiShvat 🌳 | ‑ Su‑M 15 Sh'vat 5776 |
| New Year for Trees | |
| Purim Katan 🎭️ | ‑ M‑Tu 14 Adar I 5776 |
| Minor Purim celebration during Adar I on leap years | |
| Purim 🎭️📜 | ‑ W‑Th 14 Adar II 5776 |
| Celebration of Jewish deliverance as told by Megilat Esther | |
| Shushan Purim 🎭️📜 | ‑ Th‑F 15 Adar II 5776 |
| Purim celebrated in Jerusalem and walled cities | |
| Days of the Omer ㊾ | ‑ Sa‑Sa 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 5776 |
| 7 weeks from the second night of Pesach to the day before Shavuot | |
| Pesach Sheni ✡️ | ‑ Sa‑Su 14 Iyyar 5776 |
| Second Passover, one month after Passover | |
| Lag BaOmer 🔥 | ‑ W‑Th 18 Iyyar 5776 |
| 33rd day of counting the Omer | |
| Tu B'Av ❤️ | ‑ Th‑F 15 Av 5776 |
| Minor Jewish holiday of love | |
| Rosh Hashana LaBehemot 🐑 | ‑ Sa‑Su 1 Elul 5776 |
| New Year for Tithing Animals | |
| Leil Selichot 🕍 | Sep 24 Sa 21 Elul 5776 |
| Prayers for forgiveness in preparation for the High Holidays | |
Minor fasts ✡️
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 23 W 13 Adar II 5776 |
| Fast of Esther | |
| Ta'anit Bechorot | Apr 22 F 14 Nisan 5776 |
| Fast of the First Born | |
| Tzom Tammuz | Jul 24 Su 18 Tamuz 5776 |
| Fast commemorating breaching of the walls of Jerusalem before the destruction of the Second Temple | |
| Tish'a B'Av ✡️ | ‑ Sa‑Su 10 Av 5776 |
| The Ninth of Av | |
| Tzom Gedaliah | Oct 5 W 3 Tishrei 5777 |
| Fast of the Seventh Month | |
Modern holidays 🇮🇱
| Holiday | Dates |
|---|---|
| Yom HaShoah ✡️ | ‑ W‑Th 27 Nisan 5776 |
| Holocaust Memorial Day | |
| Yom HaZikaron 🇮🇱 | ‑ Tu‑W 3 Iyyar 5776 |
| Israeli Memorial Day | |
| Yom HaAtzma'ut 🇮🇱 | ‑ W‑Th 4 Iyyar 5776 |
| Israeli Independence Day | |
| Yom Yerushalayim 🇮🇱 | ‑ Sa‑Su 28 Iyyar 5776 |
| Jerusalem Day | |
| Yom HaAliyah School Observance 🇮🇱 | ‑ Tu 7 Cheshvan 5777 |
| Aliyah Day observed in Israeli schools | |
| Sigd ✡️ | ‑ Tu‑W 29 Cheshvan 5777 |
| Ethiopian Jewish holiday occurring 50 days after Yom Kippur | |
Special Shabbatot 🕍
| Holiday | Dates |
|---|---|
| Shabbat Shirah | ‑ F‑Sa 13 Sh'vat 5776 |
| Shabbat of Song | |
| Shabbat Shekalim | ‑ F‑Sa 25 Adar I 5776 |
| Shabbat before Rosh Chodesh Adar | |
| Shabbat Zachor | ‑ F‑Sa 9 Adar II 5776 |
| Shabbat before Purim | |
| Shabbat Parah | ‑ F‑Sa 23 Adar II 5776 |
| Shabbat of the Red Heifer | |
| Shabbat HaChodesh | ‑ F‑Sa 1 Nisan 5776 |
| Shabbat before Rosh Chodesh Nissan | |
| Shabbat HaGadol | ‑ F‑Sa 8 Nisan 5776 |
| Shabbat before Pesach | |
| Shabbat Chazon | ‑ F‑Sa 9 Av 5776 |
| Shabbat before Tish'a B'Av (Shabbat of Prophecy/Shabbat of Vision) | |
| Shabbat Nachamu | ‑ F‑Sa 16 Av 5776 |
| Shabbat after Tish'a B'Av (Shabbat of Consolation) | |
| Shabbat Shuva | ‑ F‑Sa 6 Tishrei 5777 |
| Shabbat that falls between Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur (Shabbat of Returning) | |
Rosh Chodesh 🌒
| Holiday | Dates |
|---|---|
| Rosh Chodesh Sh'vat | ‑ Su‑M 1 Sh'vat 5776 |
| Start of month of Sh'vat on the Hebrew calendar | |
| Rosh Chodesh Adar I | ‑ M‑W 30 Sh'vat - 1 Adar I 5776 |
| Start of month of Adar I (on leap years) on the Hebrew calendar | |
| Rosh Chodesh Adar II | ‑ W‑F 30 Adar I - 1 Adar II 5776 |
| Start of month of Adar II (on leap years) on the Hebrew calendar | |
| Rosh Chodesh Nisan | ‑ F‑Sa 1 Nisan 5776 |
| Start of month of Nisan on the Hebrew calendar | |
| Rosh Chodesh Iyyar | ‑ Sa‑M 30 Nisan - 1 Iyyar 5776 |
| Start of month of Iyyar on the Hebrew calendar | |
| Rosh Chodesh Sivan | ‑ M‑Tu 1 Sivan 5776 |
| Start of month of Sivan on the Hebrew calendar | |
| Rosh Chodesh Tamuz | ‑ Tu‑Th 30 Sivan - 1 Tamuz 5776 |
| Start of month of Tamuz on the Hebrew calendar | |
| Rosh Chodesh Av | ‑ Th‑F 1 Av 5776 |
| Start of month of Av on the Hebrew calendar | |
| Rosh Chodesh Elul | ‑ F‑Su 30 Av - 1 Elul 5776 |
| Start of month of Elul on the Hebrew calendar | |
| Rosh Chodesh Cheshvan | ‑ M‑W 30 Tishrei - 1 Cheshvan 5777 |
| Start of month of Cheshvan on the Hebrew calendar | |
| Rosh Chodesh Kislev | ‑ W‑Th 1 Kislev 5777 |
| Start of month of Kislev on the Hebrew calendar | |
| Rosh Chodesh Tevet | ‑ Th‑F 1 Tevet 5777 |
| Start of month of Tevet on the Hebrew calendar | |