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 Israel holiday schedule. The Diaspora schedule is used by Jews living outside of 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 |
|---|---|
| Rosh Hashana 🍏🍯 | ‑, 2023 F‑Su 1-2 Tishrei |
| The Jewish New Year | |
| Yom Kippur ✡️ | ‑, 2023 Su‑M 10 Tishrei |
| Day of Atonement | |
| Sukkot 🌿🍋 | ‑, 2023 F‑Sa * ‑, 2023 Su‑F 15-21 Tishrei |
| Feast of Booths | |
| Shmini Atzeret ✡️ | ‑, 2023 F‑Sa * 22 Tishrei |
| Eighth Day of Assembly | |
| Chanukah 🕎 | ‑, 2023 Th‑F 25 Kislev - 3 Tevet |
| Hanukkah, the Jewish festival of rededication | |
| Purim 🎭️📜 | ‑, 2024 Sa‑Su 14 Adar II |
| Celebration of Jewish deliverance as told by Megilat Esther | |
| Pesach 🫓 | ‑, 2024 M‑Tu * ‑, 2024 W‑Su ‑, 2024 Su‑M 15-21 Nisan |
| Passover, the Feast of Unleavened Bread | |
| Shavuot ⛰️🌸 | ‑, 2024 Tu‑W * 6 Sivan |
| Festival of Weeks | |
| Tish'a B'Av ✡️ | ‑, 2024 M‑Tu 9 Av |
| The Ninth of Av | |
| Holiday | Dates |
|---|---|
| Chag HaBanot ✡️ | ‑, 2023 Tu‑W 1 Tevet |
| North African Chanukah festival of daughters | |
| Tu BiShvat 🌳 | ‑, 2024 W‑Th 15 Sh'vat |
| New Year for Trees | |
| Purim Katan 🎭️ | ‑, 2024 Th‑F 14 Adar I |
| Minor Purim celebration during Adar I on leap years | |
| Shushan Purim Katan 🎭️ | ‑, 2024 F‑Sa 15 Adar I |
| Minor Purim celebration during Adar I on leap years in Jerusalem and walled cities | |
| Shushan Purim 🎭️📜 | ‑, 2024 Su‑M 15 Adar II |
| Purim celebrated in Jerusalem and walled cities | |
| Days of the Omer ㊾ | ‑, 2024 Tu‑Tu 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan |
| 7 weeks from the second night of Pesach to the day before Shavuot | |
| Pesach Sheni ✡️ | ‑, 2024 Tu‑W 14 Iyyar |
| Second Passover, one month after Passover | |
| Lag BaOmer 🔥 | ‑, 2024 Sa‑Su 18 Iyyar |
| 33rd day of counting the Omer | |
| Tu B'Av ❤️ | ‑, 2024 Su‑M 15 Av |
| Minor Jewish holiday of love | |
| Rosh Hashana LaBehemot 🐑 | ‑, 2024 Tu‑W 1 Elul |
| New Year for Tithing Animals | |
| Leil Selichot 🕍 | Sep 28, 2024 Sa 25 Elul |
| 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 |
|---|---|
| Tzom Gedaliah | Sep 18, 2023 M 3 Tishrei |
| Fast of the Seventh Month | |
| Asara B'Tevet | Dec 22, 2023 F 10 Tevet |
| Fast commemorating the siege of Jerusalem | |
| Ta'anit Esther | Mar 21, 2024 Th 11 Adar II |
| Fast of Esther | |
| Ta'anit Bechorot | Apr 22, 2024 M 14 Nisan |
| Fast of the First Born | |
| Tzom Tammuz | Jul 23, 2024 Tu 17 Tamuz |
| Fast commemorating breaching of the walls of Jerusalem before the destruction of the Second Temple | |
| Holiday | Dates |
|---|---|
| Yom HaAliyah School Observance 🇮🇱 | Oct 22, 2023 Su 7 Cheshvan |
| Aliyah Day observed in Israeli schools | |
| Yitzhak Rabin Memorial Day 🇮🇱 | ‑, 2023 W‑Th 11 Cheshvan |
| Commemorates the life of Israeli Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin | |
| Sigd ✡️ | ‑, 2023 Su‑M 29 Cheshvan |
| Ethiopian Jewish holiday occurring 50 days after Yom Kippur | |
| Ben-Gurion Day 🇮🇱 | ‑, 2023 Sa‑Su 6 Kislev |
| Commemorates the life and vision of Israel's first Prime Minister David Ben-Gurion | |
| Family Day 🇮🇱 | ‑, 2024 Th‑F 30 Sh'vat |
| Yom HaMishpacha, a day to honor the family unit, as a whole, and its centrality to our lives | |
| Yom HaAliyah 🇮🇱 | ‑, 2024 W‑Th 10 Nisan |
| Recognizes Aliyah, immigration to the Jewish State of Israel | |
| Yom HaShoah ✡️ | ‑, 2024 Su‑M 28 Nisan |
| Holocaust Memorial Day | |
| Yom HaZikaron 🇮🇱 | ‑, 2024 Su‑M 5 Iyyar |
| Israeli Memorial Day | |
| Yom HaAtzma'ut 🇮🇱 | ‑, 2024 M‑Tu 6 Iyyar |
| Israeli Independence Day | |
| Herzl Day 🇮🇱 | ‑, 2024 Sa‑Su 11 Iyyar |
| Commemorates the life and vision of Zionist leader Theodor Herzl | |
| Yom Yerushalayim 🇮🇱 | ‑, 2024 Tu‑W 28 Iyyar |
| Jerusalem Day | |
| Jabotinsky Day 🇮🇱 | ‑, 2024 Sa‑Su 29 Tamuz |
| Commemorates the life and vision of Zionist leader Ze'ev Jabotinsky | |
| Holiday | Dates |
|---|---|
| Shabbat Shuva | ‑, 2023 F‑Sa 8 Tishrei |
| Shabbat that falls between Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur (Shabbat of Returning) | |
| Shabbat Shirah | ‑, 2024 F‑Sa 17 Sh'vat |
| Shabbat of Song | |
| Shabbat Shekalim | ‑, 2024 F‑Sa 29 Adar I |
| Shabbat before Rosh Chodesh Adar | |
| Shabbat Zachor | ‑, 2024 F‑Sa 13 Adar II |
| Shabbat before Purim | |
| Shabbat Parah | ‑, 2024 F‑Sa 20 Adar II |
| Shabbat of the Red Heifer | |
| Shabbat HaChodesh | ‑, 2024 F‑Sa 27 Adar II |
| Shabbat before Rosh Chodesh Nissan | |
| Shabbat HaGadol | ‑, 2024 F‑Sa 12 Nisan |
| Shabbat before Pesach | |
| Shabbat Chazon | ‑, 2024 F‑Sa 6 Av |
| Shabbat before Tish'a B'Av (Shabbat of Prophecy/Shabbat of Vision) | |
| Shabbat Nachamu | ‑, 2024 F‑Sa 13 Av |
| Shabbat after Tish'a B'Av (Shabbat of Consolation) | |
| Holiday | Dates |
|---|---|
| Rosh Chodesh Cheshvan | ‑, 2023 Sa‑M 30 Tishrei - 1 Cheshvan |
| Start of month of Cheshvan on the Hebrew calendar | |
| Rosh Chodesh Kislev | ‑, 2023 M‑Tu 1 Kislev |
| Start of month of Kislev on the Hebrew calendar | |
| Rosh Chodesh Tevet | ‑, 2023 Tu‑W 1 Tevet |
| Start of month of Tevet on the Hebrew calendar | |
| Rosh Chodesh Sh'vat | ‑, 2024 W‑Th 1 Sh'vat |
| Start of month of Sh'vat on the Hebrew calendar | |
| Rosh Chodesh Adar I | ‑, 2024 Th‑Sa 30 Sh'vat - 1 Adar I |
| Start of month of Adar I (on leap years) on the Hebrew calendar | |
| Rosh Chodesh Adar II | ‑, 2024 Sa‑M 30 Adar I - 1 Adar II |
| Start of month of Adar II (on leap years) on the Hebrew calendar | |
| Rosh Chodesh Nisan | ‑, 2024 M‑Tu 1 Nisan |
| Start of month of Nisan on the Hebrew calendar | |
| Rosh Chodesh Iyyar | ‑, 2024 Tu‑Th 30 Nisan - 1 Iyyar |
| Start of month of Iyyar on the Hebrew calendar | |
| Rosh Chodesh Sivan | ‑, 2024 Th‑F 1 Sivan |
| Start of month of Sivan on the Hebrew calendar | |
| Rosh Chodesh Tamuz | ‑, 2024 F‑Su 30 Sivan - 1 Tamuz |
| Start of month of Tamuz on the Hebrew calendar | |
| Rosh Chodesh Av | ‑, 2024 Su‑M 1 Av |
| Start of month of Av on the Hebrew calendar | |
| Rosh Chodesh Elul | ‑, 2024 M‑W 30 Av - 1 Elul |
| Start of month of Elul on the Hebrew calendar | |