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 15
and ends at nightfall on Sep 17.
This page displays the Diaspora holiday schedule. The Israel schedule is used by Jews living in modern Israel.
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 🫓🍷 | ‑ W‑F ‑ Sa‑Tu ‑ Tu‑Th 15-22 Nisan 5783 |
| Passover, the Feast of Unleavened Bread | |
| Shavuot ⛰️🌸 | ‑ Th‑Sa 6-7 Sivan 5783 |
| Festival of Weeks | |
| Tish'a B'Av ✡️ | ‑ W‑Th 9 Av 5783 |
| The Ninth of Av | |
| Rosh Hashana 🍏🍯 | ‑ F‑Su 1-2 Tishrei 5784 |
| The Jewish New Year | |
| Yom Kippur ✡️ | ‑ Su‑M 10 Tishrei 5784 |
| Day of Atonement | |
| Sukkot 🌿🍋 | ‑ F‑Su ‑ M‑F 15-21 Tishrei 5784 |
| Feast of Booths | |
| Shmini Atzeret ✡️ | ‑ F‑Sa 22 Tishrei 5784 |
| Eighth Day of Assembly | |
| Simchat Torah ✡️ | ‑ Sa‑Su 23 Tishrei 5784 |
| Day of Celebrating the Torah | |
| Chanukah 🕎 | ‑ Th‑F 25 Kislev - 3 Tevet 5784 |
| Hanukkah, the Jewish festival of rededication | |
| Holiday | Dates |
|---|---|
| Tu BiShvat 🌳 | ‑ Su‑M 15 Sh'vat 5783 |
| New Year for Trees | |
| Purim 🎭️📜 | ‑ M‑Tu 14 Adar 5783 |
| Celebration of Jewish deliverance as told by Megilat Esther | |
| Shushan Purim 🎭️📜 | ‑ Tu‑W 15 Adar 5783 |
| Purim celebrated in Jerusalem and walled cities | |
| Days of the Omer ㊾ | ‑ Th‑Th 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 5783 |
| 7 weeks from the second night of Pesach to the day before Shavuot | |
| Pesach Sheni ✡️ | ‑ Th‑F 14 Iyyar 5783 |
| Second Passover, one month after Passover | |
| Lag BaOmer 🔥 | ‑ M‑Tu 18 Iyyar 5783 |
| 33rd day of counting the Omer | |
| Tu B'Av ❤️ | ‑ Tu‑W 15 Av 5783 |
| Minor Jewish holiday of love | |
| Rosh Hashana LaBehemot 🐑 | ‑ Th‑F 1 Elul 5783 |
| New Year for Tithing Animals | |
| Leil Selichot 🕍 | Sep 9 Sa 23 Elul 5783 |
| 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 |
|---|---|
| Asara B'Tevet | Jan 3 Tu 10 Tevet 5783 |
| Fast commemorating the siege of Jerusalem | |
| Ta'anit Esther | Mar 6 M 13 Adar 5783 |
| Fast of Esther | |
| Ta'anit Bechorot | Apr 5 W 14 Nisan 5783 |
| Fast of the First Born | |
| Tzom Tammuz | Jul 6 Th 17 Tamuz 5783 |
| Fast commemorating breaching of the walls of Jerusalem before the destruction of the Second Temple | |
| Tzom Gedaliah | Sep 18 M 3 Tishrei 5784 |
| Fast of the Seventh Month | |
| Asara B'Tevet | Dec 22 F 10 Tevet 5784 |
| Fast commemorating the siege of Jerusalem | |
| Holiday | Dates |
|---|---|
| Family Day 🇮🇱 | ‑ M‑Tu 30 Sh'vat 5783 |
| Yom HaMishpacha, a day to honor the family unit, as a whole, and its centrality to our lives | |
| Herzl Day 🇮🇱 | ‑ Su‑M 10 Iyyar 5783 |
| Commemorates the life and vision of Zionist leader Theodor Herzl | |
| Jabotinsky Day 🇮🇱 | ‑ M‑Tu 29 Tamuz 5783 |
| Commemorates the life and vision of Zionist leader Ze'ev Jabotinsky | |
| Yom HaAliyah School Observance 🇮🇱 | Oct 22 Su 7 Cheshvan 5784 |
| Aliyah Day observed in Israeli schools | |
| Yitzhak Rabin Memorial Day 🇮🇱 | ‑ W‑Th 11 Cheshvan 5784 |
| Commemorates the life of Israeli Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin | |
| Ben-Gurion Day 🇮🇱 | ‑ Sa‑Su 6 Kislev 5784 |
| Commemorates the life and vision of Israel's first Prime Minister David Ben-Gurion | |
| Yom HaAliyah 🇮🇱 | ‑ F‑Sa 10 Nisan 5783 |
| Recognizes Aliyah, immigration to the Jewish State of Israel | |
| Yom HaShoah ✡️ | ‑ M‑Tu 27 Nisan 5783 |
| Holocaust Memorial Day | |
| Yom HaZikaron 🇮🇱 | ‑ M‑Tu 4 Iyyar 5783 |
| Israeli Memorial Day | |
| Yom HaAtzma'ut 🇮🇱 | ‑ Tu‑W 5 Iyyar 5783 |
| Israeli Independence Day | |
| Yom Yerushalayim 🇮🇱 | ‑ Th‑F 28 Iyyar 5783 |
| Jerusalem Day | |
| Sigd ✡️ | ‑ Su‑M 29 Cheshvan 5784 |
| Ethiopian Jewish holiday occurring 50 days after Yom Kippur | |
| Holiday | Dates |
|---|---|
| Shabbat Shirah | ‑ F‑Sa 13 Sh'vat 5783 |
| Shabbat of Song | |
| Shabbat Shekalim | ‑ F‑Sa 27 Sh'vat 5783 |
| Shabbat before Rosh Chodesh Adar | |
| Shabbat Zachor | ‑ F‑Sa 11 Adar 5783 |
| Shabbat before Purim | |
| Shabbat Parah | ‑ F‑Sa 18 Adar 5783 |
| Shabbat of the Red Heifer | |
| Shabbat HaChodesh | ‑ F‑Sa 25 Adar 5783 |
| Shabbat before Rosh Chodesh Nissan | |
| Shabbat HaGadol | ‑ F‑Sa 10 Nisan 5783 |
| Shabbat before Pesach | |
| Shabbat Chazon | ‑ F‑Sa 4 Av 5783 |
| Shabbat before Tish'a B'Av (Shabbat of Prophecy/Shabbat of Vision) | |
| Shabbat Nachamu | ‑ F‑Sa 11 Av 5783 |
| Shabbat after Tish'a B'Av (Shabbat of Consolation) | |
| Shabbat Shuva | ‑ F‑Sa 8 Tishrei 5784 |
| Shabbat that falls between Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur (Shabbat of Returning) | |
| Holiday | Dates |
|---|---|
| Rosh Chodesh Sh'vat | ‑ Su‑M 1 Sh'vat 5783 |
| Start of month of Sh'vat on the Hebrew calendar | |
| Rosh Chodesh Adar | ‑ M‑W 30 Sh'vat - 1 Adar 5783 |
| Start of month of Adar on the Hebrew calendar | |
| Rosh Chodesh Nisan | ‑ W‑Th 1 Nisan 5783 |
| Start of month of Nisan on the Hebrew calendar | |
| Rosh Chodesh Iyyar | ‑ Th‑Sa 30 Nisan - 1 Iyyar 5783 |
| Start of month of Iyyar on the Hebrew calendar | |
| Rosh Chodesh Sivan | ‑ Sa‑Su 1 Sivan 5783 |
| Start of month of Sivan on the Hebrew calendar | |
| Rosh Chodesh Tamuz | ‑ Su‑Tu 30 Sivan - 1 Tamuz 5783 |
| Start of month of Tamuz on the Hebrew calendar | |
| Rosh Chodesh Av | ‑ Tu‑W 1 Av 5783 |
| Start of month of Av on the Hebrew calendar | |
| Rosh Chodesh Elul | ‑ W‑F 30 Av - 1 Elul 5783 |
| Start of month of Elul on the Hebrew calendar | |
| Rosh Chodesh Cheshvan | ‑ Sa‑M 30 Tishrei - 1 Cheshvan 5784 |
| Start of month of Cheshvan on the Hebrew calendar | |
| Rosh Chodesh Kislev | ‑ M‑Tu 1 Kislev 5784 |
| Start of month of Kislev on the Hebrew calendar | |
| Rosh Chodesh Tevet | ‑ Tu‑W 1 Tevet 5784 |
| Start of month of Tevet on the Hebrew calendar | |