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 29
and ends at nightfall on Oct 1.
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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Pesach 🫓 | ‑ F‑Sa ‑ Su‑Th ‑ Th‑F 15-21 Nisan 5779 |
Passover, the Feast of Unleavened Bread | |
Shavuot ⛰️🌸 | ‑ Sa‑Su 6 Sivan 5779 |
Festival of Weeks | |
Rosh Hashana 🍏🍯 | ‑ Su‑Tu 1-2 Tishrei 5780 |
The Jewish New Year | |
Yom Kippur ✡️ | ‑ Tu‑W 10 Tishrei 5780 |
Day of Atonement | |
Sukkot 🌿🍋 | ‑ Su‑M ‑ Tu‑Su 15-21 Tishrei 5780 |
Feast of Booths | |
Shmini Atzeret ✡️ | ‑ Su‑M 22 Tishrei 5780 |
Eighth Day of Assembly | |
Chanukah 🕎 | ‑ Su‑M 25 Kislev - 2 Tevet 5780 |
Hanukkah, the Jewish festival of rededication |
Holiday | Dates |
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Tu BiShvat 🌳 | ‑ Su‑M 15 Sh'vat 5779 |
New Year for Trees | |
Purim Katan 🎭️ | ‑ M‑Tu 14 Adar I 5779 |
Minor Purim celebration during Adar I on leap years | |
Purim 🎭️📜 | ‑ W‑Th 14 Adar II 5779 |
Celebration of Jewish deliverance as told by Megilat Esther | |
Shushan Purim 🎭️📜 | ‑ Th‑F 15 Adar II 5779 |
Purim celebrated in Jerusalem and walled cities | |
Days of the Omer ㊾ | ‑ Sa‑Sa 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 5779 |
7 weeks from the second night of Pesach to the day before Shavuot | |
Pesach Sheni ✡️ | ‑ Sa‑Su 14 Iyyar 5779 |
Second Passover, one month after Passover | |
Lag BaOmer 🔥 | ‑ W‑Th 18 Iyyar 5779 |
33rd day of counting the Omer | |
Tu B'Av ❤️ | ‑ Th‑F 15 Av 5779 |
Minor Jewish holiday of love | |
Rosh Hashana LaBehemot 🐑 | ‑ Sa‑Su 1 Elul 5779 |
New Year for Tithing Animals | |
Leil Selichot 🕍 | Sep 21 Sa 21 Elul 5779 |
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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Ta'anit Esther | Mar 20 W 13 Adar II 5779 |
Fast of Esther | |
Ta'anit Bechorot | Apr 19 F 14 Nisan 5779 |
Fast of the First Born | |
Tzom Tammuz | Jul 21 Su 18 Tamuz 5779 |
Fast commemorating breaching of the walls of Jerusalem before the destruction of the Second Temple | |
Tish'a B'Av ✡️ | ‑ Sa‑Su 10 Av 5779 |
The Ninth of Av | |
Tzom Gedaliah | Oct 2 W 3 Tishrei 5780 |
Fast of the Seventh Month |
Holiday | Dates |
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Yom HaAliyah 🇮🇱 | ‑ Su‑M 10 Nisan 5779 |
Recognizes Aliyah, immigration to the Jewish State of Israel | |
Yom HaShoah ✡️ | ‑ W‑Th 27 Nisan 5779 |
Holocaust Memorial Day | |
Yom HaZikaron 🇮🇱 | ‑ Tu‑W 3 Iyyar 5779 |
Israeli Memorial Day | |
Yom HaAtzma'ut 🇮🇱 | ‑ W‑Th 4 Iyyar 5779 |
Israeli Independence Day | |
Yom Yerushalayim 🇮🇱 | ‑ Sa‑Su 28 Iyyar 5779 |
Jerusalem Day | |
Yom HaAliyah School Observance 🇮🇱 | ‑ Tu 7 Cheshvan 5780 |
Aliyah Day observed in Israeli schools | |
Sigd ✡️ | ‑ Tu‑W 29 Cheshvan 5780 |
Ethiopian Jewish holiday occurring 50 days after Yom Kippur |
Holiday | Dates |
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Shabbat Shirah | ‑ F‑Sa 13 Sh'vat 5779 |
Shabbat of Song | |
Shabbat Shekalim | ‑ F‑Sa 25 Adar I 5779 |
Shabbat before Rosh Chodesh Adar | |
Shabbat Zachor | ‑ F‑Sa 9 Adar II 5779 |
Shabbat before Purim | |
Shabbat Parah | ‑ F‑Sa 23 Adar II 5779 |
Shabbat of the Red Heifer | |
Shabbat HaChodesh | ‑ F‑Sa 1 Nisan 5779 |
Shabbat before Rosh Chodesh Nissan | |
Shabbat HaGadol | ‑ F‑Sa 8 Nisan 5779 |
Shabbat before Pesach | |
Shabbat Chazon | ‑ F‑Sa 9 Av 5779 |
Shabbat before Tish'a B'Av (Shabbat of Prophecy/Shabbat of Vision) | |
Shabbat Nachamu | ‑ F‑Sa 16 Av 5779 |
Shabbat after Tish'a B'Av (Shabbat of Consolation) | |
Shabbat Shuva | ‑ F‑Sa 6 Tishrei 5780 |
Shabbat that falls between Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur (Shabbat of Returning) |
Holiday | Dates |
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Rosh Chodesh Sh'vat | ‑ Su‑M 1 Sh'vat 5779 |
Start of month of Sh'vat on the Hebrew calendar | |
Rosh Chodesh Adar I | ‑ M‑W 30 Sh'vat - 1 Adar I 5779 |
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 5779 |
Start of month of Adar II (on leap years) on the Hebrew calendar | |
Rosh Chodesh Nisan | ‑ F‑Sa 1 Nisan 5779 |
Start of month of Nisan on the Hebrew calendar | |
Rosh Chodesh Iyyar | ‑ Sa‑M 30 Nisan - 1 Iyyar 5779 |
Start of month of Iyyar on the Hebrew calendar | |
Rosh Chodesh Sivan | ‑ M‑Tu 1 Sivan 5779 |
Start of month of Sivan on the Hebrew calendar | |
Rosh Chodesh Tamuz | ‑ Tu‑Th 30 Sivan - 1 Tamuz 5779 |
Start of month of Tamuz on the Hebrew calendar | |
Rosh Chodesh Av | ‑ Th‑F 1 Av 5779 |
Start of month of Av on the Hebrew calendar | |
Rosh Chodesh Elul | ‑ F‑Su 30 Av - 1 Elul 5779 |
Start of month of Elul on the Hebrew calendar | |
Rosh Chodesh Cheshvan | ‑ M‑W 30 Tishrei - 1 Cheshvan 5780 |
Start of month of Cheshvan on the Hebrew calendar | |
Rosh Chodesh Kislev | ‑ W‑F 30 Cheshvan - 1 Kislev 5780 |
Start of month of Kislev on the Hebrew calendar | |
Rosh Chodesh Tevet | ‑ F‑Su 30 Kislev - 1 Tevet 5780 |
Start of month of Tevet on the Hebrew calendar |