Jewish Holidays 2020-2021 (Hebrew year 5781)
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 18
and ends at nightfall on Sep 20.
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 |
|---|---|
| Rosh Hashana 🍏🍯 | ‑, 2020 F‑Su 1-2 Tishrei |
| The Jewish New Year | |
| Yom Kippur ✡️ | ‑, 2020 Su‑M 10 Tishrei |
| Day of Atonement | |
| Sukkot 🌿🍋 | ‑, 2020 F‑Sa ‑, 2020 Su‑F 15-21 Tishrei |
| Feast of Booths | |
| Shmini Atzeret ✡️ | ‑, 2020 F‑Sa 22 Tishrei |
| Eighth Day of Assembly | |
| Chanukah 🕎 | ‑, 2020 Th‑F 25 Kislev - 3 Tevet |
| Hanukkah, the Jewish festival of rededication | |
| Pesach 🫓 | ‑, 2021 Sa‑Su ‑, 2021 M‑F ‑, 2021 F‑Sa 15-21 Nisan |
| Passover, the Feast of Unleavened Bread | |
| Shavuot ⛰️🌸 | ‑, 2021 Su‑M 6 Sivan |
| Festival of Weeks | |
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Minor holidays ✡️
| Holiday | Dates |
|---|---|
| Tu BiShvat 🌳 | ‑, 2021 W‑Th 15 Sh'vat |
| New Year for Trees | |
| Purim 🎭️📜 | ‑, 2021 Th‑F 14 Adar |
| Celebration of Jewish deliverance as told by Megilat Esther | |
| Shushan Purim 🎭️📜 | ‑, 2021 Sa‑Su 16 Adar |
| Purim celebrated in Jerusalem and walled cities | |
| Days of the Omer ㊾ | ‑, 2021 Su‑Su 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan |
| 7 weeks from the second night of Pesach to the day before Shavuot | |
| Pesach Sheni ✡️ | ‑, 2021 Su‑M 14 Iyyar |
| Second Passover, one month after Passover | |
| Lag BaOmer 🔥 | ‑, 2021 Th‑F 18 Iyyar |
| 33rd day of counting the Omer | |
| Tu B'Av ❤️ | ‑, 2021 F‑Sa 15 Av |
| Minor Jewish holiday of love | |
| Rosh Hashana LaBehemot 🐑 | ‑, 2021 Su‑M 1 Elul |
| New Year for Tithing Animals | |
| Leil Selichot 🕍 | Aug 28, 2021 Sa 20 Elul |
| 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 |
|---|---|
| Tzom Gedaliah | Sep 21, 2020 M 3 Tishrei |
| Fast of the Seventh Month | |
| Asara B'Tevet | Dec 25, 2020 F 10 Tevet |
| Fast commemorating the siege of Jerusalem | |
| Ta'anit Esther | Feb 25, 2021 Th 13 Adar |
| Fast of Esther | |
| Ta'anit Bechorot | Mar 25, 2021 Th 12 Nisan |
| Fast of the First Born | |
| Tzom Tammuz | Jun 27, 2021 Su 17 Tamuz |
| Fast commemorating breaching of the walls of Jerusalem before the destruction of the Second Temple | |
| Tish'a B'Av ✡️ | ‑, 2021 Sa‑Su 9 Av |
| The Ninth of Av | |
Modern holidays 🇮🇱
| Holiday | Dates |
|---|---|
| Yom HaAliyah School Observance 🇮🇱 | ‑, 2020 Su 7 Cheshvan |
| Aliyah Day observed in Israeli schools | |
| Sigd ✡️ | ‑, 2020 Su‑M 29 Cheshvan |
| Ethiopian Jewish holiday occurring 50 days after Yom Kippur | |
| Yom HaAliyah 🇮🇱 | ‑, 2021 M‑Tu 10 Nisan |
| Recognizes Aliyah, immigration to the Jewish State of Israel | |
| Yom HaShoah ✡️ | ‑, 2021 W‑Th 26 Nisan |
| Holocaust Memorial Day | |
| Yom HaZikaron 🇮🇱 | ‑, 2021 Tu‑W 2 Iyyar |
| Israeli Memorial Day | |
| Yom HaAtzma'ut 🇮🇱 | ‑, 2021 W‑Th 3 Iyyar |
| Israeli Independence Day | |
| Yom Yerushalayim 🇮🇱 | ‑, 2021 Su‑M 28 Iyyar |
| Jerusalem Day | |
Special Shabbatot 🕍
| Holiday | Dates |
|---|---|
| Shabbat Shuva | ‑, 2020 F‑Sa 8 Tishrei |
| Shabbat that falls between Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur (Shabbat of Returning) | |
| Shabbat Shirah | ‑, 2021 F‑Sa 17 Sh'vat |
| Shabbat of Song | |
| Shabbat Shekalim | ‑, 2021 F‑Sa 1 Adar |
| Shabbat before Rosh Chodesh Adar | |
| Shabbat Zachor | ‑, 2021 F‑Sa 8 Adar |
| Shabbat before Purim | |
| Shabbat Parah | ‑, 2021 F‑Sa 22 Adar |
| Shabbat of the Red Heifer | |
| Shabbat HaChodesh | ‑, 2021 F‑Sa 29 Adar |
| Shabbat before Rosh Chodesh Nissan | |
| Shabbat HaGadol | ‑, 2021 F‑Sa 14 Nisan |
| Shabbat before Pesach | |
| Shabbat Chazon | ‑, 2021 F‑Sa 8 Av |
| Shabbat before Tish'a B'Av (Shabbat of Prophecy/Shabbat of Vision) | |
| Shabbat Nachamu | ‑, 2021 F‑Sa 15 Av |
| Shabbat after Tish'a B'Av (Shabbat of Consolation) | |
Rosh Chodesh 🌒
| Holiday | Dates |
|---|---|
| Rosh Chodesh Cheshvan | ‑, 2020 Sa‑M 30 Tishrei - 1 Cheshvan |
| Start of month of Cheshvan on the Hebrew calendar | |
| Rosh Chodesh Kislev | ‑, 2020 M‑Tu 1 Kislev |
| Start of month of Kislev on the Hebrew calendar | |
| Rosh Chodesh Tevet | ‑, 2020 Tu‑W 1 Tevet |
| Start of month of Tevet on the Hebrew calendar | |
| Rosh Chodesh Sh'vat | ‑, 2021 W‑Th 1 Sh'vat |
| Start of month of Sh'vat on the Hebrew calendar | |
| Rosh Chodesh Adar | ‑, 2021 Th‑Sa 30 Sh'vat - 1 Adar |
| Start of month of Adar on the Hebrew calendar | |
| Rosh Chodesh Nisan | ‑, 2021 Sa‑Su 1 Nisan |
| Start of month of Nisan on the Hebrew calendar | |
| Rosh Chodesh Iyyar | ‑, 2021 Su‑Tu 30 Nisan - 1 Iyyar |
| Start of month of Iyyar on the Hebrew calendar | |
| Rosh Chodesh Sivan | ‑, 2021 Tu‑W 1 Sivan |
| Start of month of Sivan on the Hebrew calendar | |
| Rosh Chodesh Tamuz | ‑, 2021 W‑F 30 Sivan - 1 Tamuz |
| Start of month of Tamuz on the Hebrew calendar | |
| Rosh Chodesh Av | ‑, 2021 F‑Sa 1 Av |
| Start of month of Av on the Hebrew calendar | |
| Rosh Chodesh Elul | ‑, 2021 Sa‑M 30 Av - 1 Elul |
| Start of month of Elul on the Hebrew calendar | |