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 9
and ends at nightfall on Sep 11.
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‑Sa ‑ Su‑Th ‑ Th‑F 15-21 Nisan 5778 |
| Passover, the Feast of Unleavened Bread | |
| Shavuot ⛰️🌸 | ‑ Sa‑Su 6 Sivan 5778 |
| Festival of Weeks | |
| Rosh Hashana 🍏🍯 | ‑ Su‑Tu 1-2 Tishrei 5779 |
| The Jewish New Year | |
| Yom Kippur ✡️ | ‑ Tu‑W 10 Tishrei 5779 |
| Day of Atonement | |
| Sukkot 🌿🍋 | ‑ Su‑M ‑ Tu‑Su 15-21 Tishrei 5779 |
| Feast of Booths | |
| Shmini Atzeret ✡️ | ‑ Su‑M 22 Tishrei 5779 |
| Eighth Day of Assembly | |
| Chanukah 🕎 | ‑ Su‑M 25 Kislev - 2 Tevet 5779 |
| Hanukkah, the Jewish festival of rededication | |
| Holiday | Dates |
|---|---|
| Tu BiShvat 🌳 | ‑ Tu‑W 15 Sh'vat 5778 |
| New Year for Trees | |
| Purim 🎭️📜 | ‑ W‑Th 14 Adar 5778 |
| Celebration of Jewish deliverance as told by Megilat Esther | |
| Shushan Purim 🎭️📜 | ‑ Th‑F 15 Adar 5778 |
| Purim celebrated in Jerusalem and walled cities | |
| Days of the Omer ㊾ | ‑ Sa‑Sa 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 5778 |
| 7 weeks from the second night of Pesach to the day before Shavuot | |
| Pesach Sheni ✡️ | ‑ Sa‑Su 14 Iyyar 5778 |
| Second Passover, one month after Passover | |
| Lag BaOmer 🔥 | ‑ W‑Th 18 Iyyar 5778 |
| 33rd day of counting the Omer | |
| Tu B'Av ❤️ | ‑ Th‑F 15 Av 5778 |
| Minor Jewish holiday of love | |
| Rosh Hashana LaBehemot 🐑 | ‑ Sa‑Su 1 Elul 5778 |
| New Year for Tithing Animals | |
| Leil Selichot 🕍 | Sep 1 Sa 21 Elul 5778 |
| 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 |
|---|---|
| Ta'anit Esther | Feb 28 W 13 Adar 5778 |
| Fast of Esther | |
| Ta'anit Bechorot | Mar 30 F 14 Nisan 5778 |
| Fast of the First Born | |
| Tzom Tammuz | Jul 1 Su 18 Tamuz 5778 |
| Fast commemorating breaching of the walls of Jerusalem before the destruction of the Second Temple | |
| Tish'a B'Av ✡️ | ‑ Sa‑Su 10 Av 5778 |
| The Ninth of Av | |
| Tzom Gedaliah | Sep 12 W 3 Tishrei 5779 |
| Fast of the Seventh Month | |
| Asara B'Tevet | Dec 18 Tu 10 Tevet 5779 |
| Fast commemorating the siege of Jerusalem | |
| Holiday | Dates |
|---|---|
| Yom HaAliyah 🇮🇱 | ‑ Su‑M 10 Nisan 5778 |
| Recognizes Aliyah, immigration to the Jewish State of Israel | |
| Yom HaShoah ✡️ | ‑ W‑Th 27 Nisan 5778 |
| Holocaust Memorial Day | |
| Yom HaZikaron 🇮🇱 | ‑ Tu‑W 3 Iyyar 5778 |
| Israeli Memorial Day | |
| Yom HaAtzma'ut 🇮🇱 | ‑ W‑Th 4 Iyyar 5778 |
| Israeli Independence Day | |
| Yom Yerushalayim 🇮🇱 | ‑ Sa‑Su 28 Iyyar 5778 |
| Jerusalem Day | |
| Yom HaAliyah School Observance 🇮🇱 | ‑ Tu 7 Cheshvan 5779 |
| Aliyah Day observed in Israeli schools | |
| Sigd ✡️ | ‑ Tu‑W 29 Cheshvan 5779 |
| Ethiopian Jewish holiday occurring 50 days after Yom Kippur | |
| Holiday | Dates |
|---|---|
| Shabbat Shirah | ‑ F‑Sa 11 Sh'vat 5778 |
| Shabbat of Song | |
| Shabbat Shekalim | ‑ F‑Sa 25 Sh'vat 5778 |
| Shabbat before Rosh Chodesh Adar | |
| Shabbat Zachor | ‑ F‑Sa 9 Adar 5778 |
| Shabbat before Purim | |
| Shabbat Parah | ‑ F‑Sa 23 Adar 5778 |
| Shabbat of the Red Heifer | |
| Shabbat HaChodesh | ‑ F‑Sa 1 Nisan 5778 |
| Shabbat before Rosh Chodesh Nissan | |
| Shabbat HaGadol | ‑ F‑Sa 8 Nisan 5778 |
| Shabbat before Pesach | |
| Shabbat Chazon | ‑ F‑Sa 9 Av 5778 |
| Shabbat before Tish'a B'Av (Shabbat of Prophecy/Shabbat of Vision) | |
| Shabbat Nachamu | ‑ F‑Sa 16 Av 5778 |
| Shabbat after Tish'a B'Av (Shabbat of Consolation) | |
| Shabbat Shuva | ‑ F‑Sa 6 Tishrei 5779 |
| Shabbat that falls between Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur (Shabbat of Returning) | |
| Holiday | Dates |
|---|---|
| Rosh Chodesh Sh'vat | ‑ Tu‑W 1 Sh'vat 5778 |
| Start of month of Sh'vat on the Hebrew calendar | |
| Rosh Chodesh Adar | ‑ W‑F 30 Sh'vat - 1 Adar 5778 |
| Start of month of Adar on the Hebrew calendar | |
| Rosh Chodesh Nisan | ‑ F‑Sa 1 Nisan 5778 |
| Start of month of Nisan on the Hebrew calendar | |
| Rosh Chodesh Iyyar | ‑ Sa‑M 30 Nisan - 1 Iyyar 5778 |
| Start of month of Iyyar on the Hebrew calendar | |
| Rosh Chodesh Sivan | ‑ M‑Tu 1 Sivan 5778 |
| Start of month of Sivan on the Hebrew calendar | |
| Rosh Chodesh Tamuz | ‑ Tu‑Th 30 Sivan - 1 Tamuz 5778 |
| Start of month of Tamuz on the Hebrew calendar | |
| Rosh Chodesh Av | ‑ Th‑F 1 Av 5778 |
| Start of month of Av on the Hebrew calendar | |
| Rosh Chodesh Elul | ‑ F‑Su 30 Av - 1 Elul 5778 |
| Start of month of Elul on the Hebrew calendar | |
| Rosh Chodesh Cheshvan | ‑ M‑W 30 Tishrei - 1 Cheshvan 5779 |
| Start of month of Cheshvan on the Hebrew calendar | |
| Rosh Chodesh Kislev | ‑ W‑F 30 Cheshvan - 1 Kislev 5779 |
| Start of month of Kislev on the Hebrew calendar | |
| Rosh Chodesh Tevet | ‑ F‑Su 30 Kislev - 1 Tevet 5779 |
| Start of month of Tevet on the Hebrew calendar | |