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 Oct 2
and ends at nightfall on Oct 4.
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 |
|---|---|
| Rosh Hashana 🍏🍯 | ‑, 2024 W‑F 1-2 Tishrei |
| The Jewish New Year | |
| Yom Kippur ✡️ | ‑, 2024 F‑Sa 10 Tishrei |
| Day of Atonement | |
| Sukkot 🌿🍋 | ‑, 2024 W‑F ‑, 2024 Sa‑W 15-21 Tishrei |
| Feast of Booths | |
| Shmini Atzeret ✡️ | ‑, 2024 W‑Th 22 Tishrei |
| Eighth Day of Assembly | |
| Simchat Torah ✡️ | ‑, 2024 Th‑F 23 Tishrei |
| Day of Celebrating the Torah | |
| Chanukah 🕎 | ‑, 2025 W‑Th 25 Kislev - 2 Tevet |
| Hanukkah, the Jewish festival of rededication | |
| Pesach 🫓🍷 | ‑, 2025 Sa‑M ‑, 2025 Tu‑F ‑, 2025 F‑Su 15-22 Nisan |
| Passover, the Feast of Unleavened Bread | |
| Shavuot ⛰️🌸 | ‑, 2025 Su‑Tu 6-7 Sivan |
| Festival of Weeks | |
| Tish'a B'Av ✡️ | ‑, 2025 Sa‑Su 9 Av |
| The Ninth of Av | |
| Holiday | Dates |
|---|---|
| Tu BiShvat 🌳 | ‑, 2025 W‑Th 15 Sh'vat |
| New Year for Trees | |
| Purim 🎭️📜 | ‑, 2025 Th‑F 14 Adar |
| Celebration of Jewish deliverance as told by Megilat Esther | |
| Shushan Purim 🎭️📜 | ‑, 2025 Sa‑Su 16 Adar |
| Purim celebrated in Jerusalem and walled cities | |
| Days of the Omer ㊾ | ‑, 2025 Su‑Su 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan |
| 7 weeks from the second night of Pesach to the day before Shavuot | |
| Pesach Sheni ✡️ | ‑, 2025 Su‑M 14 Iyyar |
| Second Passover, one month after Passover | |
| Lag BaOmer 🔥 | ‑, 2025 Th‑F 18 Iyyar |
| 33rd day of counting the Omer | |
| Tu B'Av ❤️ | ‑, 2025 F‑Sa 15 Av |
| Minor Jewish holiday of love | |
| Rosh Hashana LaBehemot 🐑 | ‑, 2025 Su‑M 1 Elul |
| New Year for Tithing Animals | |
| Leil Selichot 🕍 | Sep 13, 2025 Sa 20 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 | Oct 6, 2024 Su 4 Tishrei |
| Fast of the Seventh Month | |
| Asara B'Tevet | Jan 10, 2025 F 10 Tevet |
| Fast commemorating the siege of Jerusalem | |
| Ta'anit Esther | Mar 13, 2025 Th 13 Adar |
| Fast of Esther | |
| Ta'anit Bechorot | Apr 10, 2025 Th 12 Nisan |
| Fast of the First Born | |
| Tzom Tammuz | Jul 13, 2025 Su 17 Tamuz |
| Fast commemorating breaching of the walls of Jerusalem before the destruction of the Second Temple | |
| Holiday | Dates |
|---|---|
| Yom HaAliyah School Observance 🇮🇱 | Nov 8, 2024 F 7 Cheshvan |
| Aliyah Day observed in Israeli schools | |
| Yitzhak Rabin Memorial Day 🇮🇱 | ‑, 2024 Tu‑W 12 Cheshvan |
| Commemorates the life of Israeli Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin | |
| Ben-Gurion Day 🇮🇱 | ‑, 2024 Sa‑Su 7 Kislev |
| Commemorates the life and vision of Israel's first Prime Minister David Ben-Gurion | |
| Family Day 🇮🇱 | ‑, 2025 Th‑F 30 Sh'vat |
| Yom HaMishpacha, a day to honor the family unit, as a whole, and its centrality to our lives | |
| Herzl Day 🇮🇱 | ‑, 2025 W‑Th 10 Iyyar |
| Commemorates the life and vision of Zionist leader Theodor Herzl | |
| Jabotinsky Day 🇮🇱 | ‑, 2025 Th‑F 29 Tamuz |
| Commemorates the life and vision of Zionist leader Ze'ev Jabotinsky | |
| Sigd ✡️ | ‑, 2024 F‑Sa 29 Cheshvan |
| Ethiopian Jewish holiday occurring 50 days after Yom Kippur | |
| Yom HaAliyah 🇮🇱 | ‑, 2025 M‑Tu 10 Nisan |
| Recognizes Aliyah, immigration to the Jewish State of Israel | |
| Yom HaShoah ✡️ | ‑, 2025 W‑Th 26 Nisan |
| Holocaust Memorial Day | |
| Yom HaZikaron 🇮🇱 | ‑, 2025 Tu‑W 2 Iyyar |
| Israeli Memorial Day | |
| Yom HaAtzma'ut 🇮🇱 | ‑, 2025 W‑Th 3 Iyyar |
| Israeli Independence Day | |
| Yom Yerushalayim 🇮🇱 | ‑, 2025 Su‑M 28 Iyyar |
| Jerusalem Day | |
| Holiday | Dates |
|---|---|
| Shabbat Shuva | ‑, 2024 F‑Sa 3 Tishrei |
| Shabbat that falls between Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur (Shabbat of Returning) | |
| Shabbat Shirah | ‑, 2025 F‑Sa 10 Sh'vat |
| Shabbat of Song | |
| Shabbat Shekalim | ‑, 2025 F‑Sa 1 Adar |
| Shabbat before Rosh Chodesh Adar | |
| Shabbat Zachor | ‑, 2025 F‑Sa 8 Adar |
| Shabbat before Purim | |
| Shabbat Parah | ‑, 2025 F‑Sa 22 Adar |
| Shabbat of the Red Heifer | |
| Shabbat HaChodesh | ‑, 2025 F‑Sa 29 Adar |
| Shabbat before Rosh Chodesh Nissan | |
| Shabbat HaGadol | ‑, 2025 F‑Sa 14 Nisan |
| Shabbat before Pesach | |
| Shabbat Chazon | ‑, 2025 F‑Sa 8 Av |
| Shabbat before Tish'a B'Av (Shabbat of Prophecy/Shabbat of Vision) | |
| Shabbat Nachamu | ‑, 2025 F‑Sa 15 Av |
| Shabbat after Tish'a B'Av (Shabbat of Consolation) | |
| Holiday | Dates |
|---|---|
| Rosh Chodesh Cheshvan | ‑, 2024 Th‑Sa 30 Tishrei - 1 Cheshvan |
| Start of month of Cheshvan on the Hebrew calendar | |
| Rosh Chodesh Kislev | ‑, 2024 Sa‑M 30 Cheshvan - 1 Kislev |
| Start of month of Kislev on the Hebrew calendar | |
| Rosh Chodesh Tevet | ‑, 2025 M‑W 30 Kislev - 1 Tevet |
| Start of month of Tevet on the Hebrew calendar | |
| Rosh Chodesh Sh'vat | ‑, 2025 W‑Th 1 Sh'vat |
| Start of month of Sh'vat on the Hebrew calendar | |
| Rosh Chodesh Adar | ‑, 2025 Th‑Sa 30 Sh'vat - 1 Adar |
| Start of month of Adar on the Hebrew calendar | |
| Rosh Chodesh Nisan | ‑, 2025 Sa‑Su 1 Nisan |
| Start of month of Nisan on the Hebrew calendar | |
| Rosh Chodesh Iyyar | ‑, 2025 Su‑Tu 30 Nisan - 1 Iyyar |
| Start of month of Iyyar on the Hebrew calendar | |
| Rosh Chodesh Sivan | ‑, 2025 Tu‑W 1 Sivan |
| Start of month of Sivan on the Hebrew calendar | |
| Rosh Chodesh Tamuz | ‑, 2025 W‑F 30 Sivan - 1 Tamuz |
| Start of month of Tamuz on the Hebrew calendar | |
| Rosh Chodesh Av | ‑, 2025 F‑Sa 1 Av |
| Start of month of Av on the Hebrew calendar | |
| Rosh Chodesh Elul | ‑, 2025 Sa‑M 30 Av - 1 Elul |
| Start of month of Elul on the Hebrew calendar | |