Jewish Holidays 2021
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 6
and ends at nightfall on Sep 8.
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 🫓🍷 | ‑ Sa‑M ‑ Tu‑F ‑ F‑Su 15-22 Nisan 5781 |
| Passover, the Feast of Unleavened Bread | |
| Shavuot ⛰️🌸 | ‑ Su‑Tu 6-7 Sivan 5781 |
| Festival of Weeks | |
| Rosh Hashana 🍏🍯 | ‑ M‑W 1-2 Tishrei 5782 |
| The Jewish New Year | |
| Yom Kippur ✡️ | ‑ W‑Th 10 Tishrei 5782 |
| Day of Atonement | |
| Sukkot 🌿🍋 | ‑ M‑W ‑ Th‑M 15-21 Tishrei 5782 |
| Feast of Booths | |
| Shmini Atzeret ✡️ | ‑ M‑Tu 22 Tishrei 5782 |
| Eighth Day of Assembly | |
| Simchat Torah ✡️ | ‑ Tu‑W 23 Tishrei 5782 |
| Day of Celebrating the Torah | |
| Chanukah 🕎 | ‑ Su‑M 25 Kislev - 2 Tevet 5782 |
| Hanukkah, the Jewish festival of rededication | |
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Minor holidays ✡️
| Holiday | Dates |
|---|---|
| Tu BiShvat 🌳 | ‑ W‑Th 15 Sh'vat 5781 |
| New Year for Trees | |
| Purim 🎭️📜 | ‑ Th‑F 14 Adar 5781 |
| Celebration of Jewish deliverance as told by Megilat Esther | |
| Shushan Purim 🎭️📜 | ‑ Sa‑Su 16 Adar 5781 |
| Purim celebrated in Jerusalem and walled cities | |
| Days of the Omer ㊾ | ‑ Su‑Su 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 5781 |
| 7 weeks from the second night of Pesach to the day before Shavuot | |
| Pesach Sheni ✡️ | ‑ Su‑M 14 Iyyar 5781 |
| Second Passover, one month after Passover | |
| Lag BaOmer 🔥 | ‑ Th‑F 18 Iyyar 5781 |
| 33rd day of counting the Omer | |
| Tu B'Av ❤️ | ‑ F‑Sa 15 Av 5781 |
| Minor Jewish holiday of love | |
| Rosh Hashana LaBehemot 🐑 | ‑ Su‑M 1 Elul 5781 |
| New Year for Tithing Animals | |
| Leil Selichot 🕍 | Aug 28 Sa 20 Elul 5781 |
| 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 | Feb 25 Th 13 Adar 5781 |
| Fast of Esther | |
| Ta'anit Bechorot | Mar 25 Th 12 Nisan 5781 |
| Fast of the First Born | |
| Tzom Tammuz | Jun 27 Su 17 Tamuz 5781 |
| Fast commemorating breaching of the walls of Jerusalem before the destruction of the Second Temple | |
| Tish'a B'Av ✡️ | ‑ Sa‑Su 9 Av 5781 |
| The Ninth of Av | |
| Tzom Gedaliah | Sep 9 Th 3 Tishrei 5782 |
| Fast of the Seventh Month | |
| Asara B'Tevet | Dec 14 Tu 10 Tevet 5782 |
| Fast commemorating the siege of Jerusalem | |
Modern holidays 🇮🇱
| Holiday | Dates |
|---|---|
| Yom HaAliyah 🇮🇱 | ‑ M‑Tu 10 Nisan 5781 |
| Recognizes Aliyah, immigration to the Jewish State of Israel | |
| Yom HaShoah ✡️ | ‑ W‑Th 26 Nisan 5781 |
| Holocaust Memorial Day | |
| Yom HaZikaron 🇮🇱 | ‑ Tu‑W 2 Iyyar 5781 |
| Israeli Memorial Day | |
| Yom HaAtzma'ut 🇮🇱 | ‑ W‑Th 3 Iyyar 5781 |
| Israeli Independence Day | |
| Yom Yerushalayim 🇮🇱 | ‑ Su‑M 28 Iyyar 5781 |
| Jerusalem Day | |
| Yom HaAliyah School Observance 🇮🇱 | ‑ W 7 Cheshvan 5782 |
| Aliyah Day observed in Israeli schools | |
| Sigd ✡️ | ‑ W‑Th 29 Cheshvan 5782 |
| Ethiopian Jewish holiday occurring 50 days after Yom Kippur | |
Special Shabbatot 🕍
| Holiday | Dates |
|---|---|
| Shabbat Shirah | ‑ F‑Sa 17 Sh'vat 5781 |
| Shabbat of Song | |
| Shabbat Shekalim | ‑ F‑Sa 1 Adar 5781 |
| Shabbat before Rosh Chodesh Adar | |
| Shabbat Zachor | ‑ F‑Sa 8 Adar 5781 |
| Shabbat before Purim | |
| Shabbat Parah | ‑ F‑Sa 22 Adar 5781 |
| Shabbat of the Red Heifer | |
| Shabbat HaChodesh | ‑ F‑Sa 29 Adar 5781 |
| Shabbat before Rosh Chodesh Nissan | |
| Shabbat HaGadol | ‑ F‑Sa 14 Nisan 5781 |
| Shabbat before Pesach | |
| Shabbat Chazon | ‑ F‑Sa 8 Av 5781 |
| Shabbat before Tish'a B'Av (Shabbat of Prophecy/Shabbat of Vision) | |
| Shabbat Nachamu | ‑ F‑Sa 15 Av 5781 |
| Shabbat after Tish'a B'Av (Shabbat of Consolation) | |
| Shabbat Shuva | ‑ F‑Sa 5 Tishrei 5782 |
| Shabbat that falls between Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur (Shabbat of Returning) | |
Rosh Chodesh 🌒
| Holiday | Dates |
|---|---|
| Rosh Chodesh Sh'vat | ‑ W‑Th 1 Sh'vat 5781 |
| Start of month of Sh'vat on the Hebrew calendar | |
| Rosh Chodesh Adar | ‑ Th‑Sa 30 Sh'vat - 1 Adar 5781 |
| Start of month of Adar on the Hebrew calendar | |
| Rosh Chodesh Nisan | ‑ Sa‑Su 1 Nisan 5781 |
| Start of month of Nisan on the Hebrew calendar | |
| Rosh Chodesh Iyyar | ‑ Su‑Tu 30 Nisan - 1 Iyyar 5781 |
| Start of month of Iyyar on the Hebrew calendar | |
| Rosh Chodesh Sivan | ‑ Tu‑W 1 Sivan 5781 |
| Start of month of Sivan on the Hebrew calendar | |
| Rosh Chodesh Tamuz | ‑ W‑F 30 Sivan - 1 Tamuz 5781 |
| Start of month of Tamuz on the Hebrew calendar | |
| Rosh Chodesh Av | ‑ F‑Sa 1 Av 5781 |
| Start of month of Av on the Hebrew calendar | |
| Rosh Chodesh Elul | ‑ Sa‑M 30 Av - 1 Elul 5781 |
| Start of month of Elul on the Hebrew calendar | |
| Rosh Chodesh Cheshvan | ‑ Tu‑Th 30 Tishrei - 1 Cheshvan 5782 |
| Start of month of Cheshvan on the Hebrew calendar | |
| Rosh Chodesh Kislev | ‑ Th‑F 1 Kislev 5782 |
| Start of month of Kislev on the Hebrew calendar | |
| Rosh Chodesh Tevet | ‑ F‑Su 30 Kislev - 1 Tevet 5782 |
| Start of month of Tevet on the Hebrew calendar | |