Jewish Holidays 2024-2025 (Hebrew year 5785)

Dates of major and minor Jewish holidays, observances and customs, holiday Torah readings.

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Honey, apple and pomegranate

Rosh Hashana  🍏🍯

sunset - nightfall
1-2 Tishrei

The Jewish New Year. Also spelled Rosh Hashanah.
Jewish person in a tallit prayer shawl against dramatic sky

Yom Kippur  ✡️

sunset - nightfall
10 Tishrei

Day of Atonement. The holiest day of the year in Judaism, traditionally observed with a 25-hour period of fasting and intensive prayer.
Lulav (date palm frond), hadass (myrtle), aravah (willow), and etrog (citron) on a red tablecloth

Sukkot  🌿🍋

sunset - nightfall
15-21 Tishrei

Feast of Booths. Also called the Feast of Tabernacles, the seven-day holiday is one of the Three Pilgrimage Festivals (Hebrew: שלוש רגלים, shalosh regalim).
Prayer shawl (tallit) with Torah scroll in a synagogue

Shmini Atzeret & Simchat Torah

sunset - nightfall
Dates listed are for Diaspora (outside of Israel)
22-23 Tishrei

Eighth Day of Assembly. Immediately following Sukkot, it is observed as a separate holiday in the Diaspora and is combined with Simchat Torah in Israel.
  • Shmini Atzeret: sunset - nightfall
  • Simchat Torah: sunset - nightfall
Menorah, doughnuts, chocolate coins and wooden dreidels

Chanukah  🕎

sunset - nightfall
25 Kislev - 2 Tevet

Hanukkah, the Jewish festival of rededication. Also known as the Festival of Lights, the eight-day festival is observed by lighting the candles of a hanukkiah (menorah).

Asara B’Tevet

dawn - nightfall
10 Tevet

Fast commemorating the siege of Jerusalem.
Tree planting growing on soil in child’s hand

Tu BiShvat  🌳

sunset - nightfall
15 Sh’vat

New Year for Trees. Tu BiShvat is one of four “New Years” mentioned in the Mishnah.
Traditional hamantaschen cookies for the Jewish festival of Purim

Purim  🎭️📜

sunset - nightfall
14 Adar

Celebration of Jewish deliverance as told by Megilat Esther. It commemorates a time when the Jewish people living in Persia were saved from extermination.
Traditional symbols on a seder plate for the Jewish festival of Passover

Pesach  🫓🍷

sunset - nightfall
Dates listed are for Diaspora (outside of Israel)
15-22 Nisan

Passover, the Feast of Unleavened Bread. Also called Chag HaMatzot (the Festival of Matzah), it commemorates the Exodus and freedom of the Israelites from ancient Egypt.
  • Pesach Sheni: sunset - nightfall
Crackling bonfire on a dark background, CC0, photo by Matheus Bertelli

Lag BaOmer  🔥

sunset - nightfall
18 Iyyar

33rd day of counting the Omer. The holiday is a temporary break from the semi-mourning period the counting of the Omer. Practices include lighting bonfires, getting haircuts, and Jewish weddings.
Milk, bread, fruits and dairy products on wooden table

Shavuot  ⛰️🌸

sunset - nightfall
Dates listed are for Diaspora (outside of Israel)
6-7 Sivan

Festival of Weeks. Commemorates the giving of the Torah at Mount Sinai.

Tish’a B’Av  ✡️

sunset - nightfall
9 Av

The Ninth of Av. Fast commemorating the destruction of the two Temples.

Tu B’Av  ❤️

sunset - nightfall
15 Av

Minor Jewish holiday of love. Observed on the 15th day of the Hebrew month of Av.

Modern holidays 🇮🇱

Modern Israeli holidays are national holidays officially recognized by the Knesset, Israel's parliament.

HolidayStartsEndsHebrew Date
Yom HaAliyah School Observance 7 Cheshvan
Yitzhak Rabin Memorial Day 12 Cheshvan
Sigd 27 Cheshvan
Ben-Gurion Day 7 Kislev
Hebrew Language Day 21 Tevet
Family Day 30 Sh’vat
Yom HaAliyah 10 Nisan
Yom HaShoah 26 Nisan
Yom HaZikaron 2 Iyyar
Yom HaAtzma'ut 3 Iyyar
Herzl Day 10 Iyyar
Yom Yerushalayim 28 Iyyar
Jabotinsky Day 29 Tamuz

Rosh Chodesh 🌒

רֹאשׁ חוֹדֶשׁ, transliterated Rosh Chodesh or Rosh Hodesh, is a minor holiday that occurs at the beginning of every month in the Hebrew calendar. It is marked by the birth of a new moon.

Note: the first day of Tishrei is not considered Rosh Chodesh. The holiday that occurs on the 1st day of Tishrei is called Rosh Hashana, the Jewish New Year. For the month of Tishrei, the major holiday of Rosh Hashana takes precedence over what would be a minor holiday.

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