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 22
and ends at nightfall on Sep 24.
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‑Su ‑ M‑F ‑ F‑Sa 15-21 Nisan 5785 |
| Passover, the Feast of Unleavened Bread | |
| Shavuot ⛰️🌸 | ‑ Su‑M 6 Sivan 5785 |
| Festival of Weeks | |
| Rosh Hashana 🍏🍯 | ‑ M‑W 1-2 Tishrei 5786 |
| The Jewish New Year | |
| Yom Kippur ✡️ | ‑ W‑Th 10 Tishrei 5786 |
| Day of Atonement | |
| Sukkot 🌿🍋 | ‑ M‑Tu ‑ W‑M 15-21 Tishrei 5786 |
| Feast of Booths | |
| Shmini Atzeret ✡️ | ‑ M‑Tu 22 Tishrei 5786 |
| Eighth Day of Assembly | |
| Chanukah 🕎 | ‑ Su‑M 25 Kislev - 2 Tevet 5786 |
| Hanukkah, the Jewish festival of rededication | |
| Holiday | Dates |
|---|---|
| Tu BiShvat 🌳 | ‑ W‑Th 15 Sh'vat 5785 |
| New Year for Trees | |
| Purim 🎭️📜 | ‑ Th‑F 14 Adar 5785 |
| Celebration of Jewish deliverance as told by Megilat Esther | |
| Shushan Purim 🎭️📜 | ‑ Sa‑Su 16 Adar 5785 |
| Purim celebrated in Jerusalem and walled cities | |
| Days of the Omer ㊾ | ‑ Su‑Su 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 5785 |
| 7 weeks from the second night of Pesach to the day before Shavuot | |
| Pesach Sheni ✡️ | ‑ Su‑M 14 Iyyar 5785 |
| Second Passover, one month after Passover | |
| Lag BaOmer 🔥 | ‑ Th‑F 18 Iyyar 5785 |
| 33rd day of counting the Omer | |
| Tu B'Av ❤️ | ‑ F‑Sa 15 Av 5785 |
| Minor Jewish holiday of love | |
| Rosh Hashana LaBehemot 🐑 | ‑ Su‑M 1 Elul 5785 |
| New Year for Tithing Animals | |
| Leil Selichot 🕍 | Sep 13 Sa 20 Elul 5785 |
| 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 10 F 10 Tevet 5785 |
| Fast commemorating the siege of Jerusalem | |
| Ta'anit Esther | Mar 13 Th 13 Adar 5785 |
| Fast of Esther | |
| Ta'anit Bechorot | Apr 10 Th 12 Nisan 5785 |
| Fast of the First Born | |
| Tzom Tammuz | Jul 13 Su 17 Tamuz 5785 |
| Fast commemorating breaching of the walls of Jerusalem before the destruction of the Second Temple | |
| Tish'a B'Av ✡️ | ‑ Sa‑Su 9 Av 5785 |
| The Ninth of Av | |
| Tzom Gedaliah | Sep 25 Th 3 Tishrei 5786 |
| Fast of the Seventh Month | |
| Asara B'Tevet | Dec 30 Tu 10 Tevet 5786 |
| Fast commemorating the siege of Jerusalem | |
| Holiday | Dates |
|---|---|
| Yom HaAliyah 🇮🇱 | ‑ M‑Tu 10 Nisan 5785 |
| Recognizes Aliyah, immigration to the Jewish State of Israel | |
| Yom HaShoah ✡️ | ‑ W‑Th 26 Nisan 5785 |
| Holocaust Memorial Day | |
| Yom HaZikaron 🇮🇱 | ‑ Tu‑W 2 Iyyar 5785 |
| Israeli Memorial Day | |
| Yom HaAtzma'ut 🇮🇱 | ‑ W‑Th 3 Iyyar 5785 |
| Israeli Independence Day | |
| Yom Yerushalayim 🇮🇱 | ‑ Su‑M 28 Iyyar 5785 |
| Jerusalem Day | |
| Yom HaAliyah School Observance 🇮🇱 | ‑ W 7 Cheshvan 5786 |
| Aliyah Day observed in Israeli schools | |
| Sigd ✡️ | ‑ W‑Th 29 Cheshvan 5786 |
| Ethiopian Jewish holiday occurring 50 days after Yom Kippur | |
| Holiday | Dates |
|---|---|
| Shabbat Shirah | ‑ F‑Sa 10 Sh'vat 5785 |
| Shabbat of Song | |
| Shabbat Shekalim | ‑ F‑Sa 1 Adar 5785 |
| Shabbat before Rosh Chodesh Adar | |
| Shabbat Zachor | ‑ F‑Sa 8 Adar 5785 |
| Shabbat before Purim | |
| Shabbat Parah | ‑ F‑Sa 22 Adar 5785 |
| Shabbat of the Red Heifer | |
| Shabbat HaChodesh | ‑ F‑Sa 29 Adar 5785 |
| Shabbat before Rosh Chodesh Nissan | |
| Shabbat HaGadol | ‑ F‑Sa 14 Nisan 5785 |
| Shabbat before Pesach | |
| Shabbat Chazon | ‑ F‑Sa 8 Av 5785 |
| Shabbat before Tish'a B'Av (Shabbat of Prophecy/Shabbat of Vision) | |
| Shabbat Nachamu | ‑ F‑Sa 15 Av 5785 |
| Shabbat after Tish'a B'Av (Shabbat of Consolation) | |
| Shabbat Shuva | ‑ F‑Sa 5 Tishrei 5786 |
| Shabbat that falls between Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur (Shabbat of Returning) | |
| Holiday | Dates |
|---|---|
| Rosh Chodesh Tevet | ‑ Tu‑W 1 Tevet 5785 |
| Start of month of Tevet on the Hebrew calendar | |
| Rosh Chodesh Sh'vat | ‑ W‑Th 1 Sh'vat 5785 |
| Start of month of Sh'vat on the Hebrew calendar | |
| Rosh Chodesh Adar | ‑ Th‑Sa 30 Sh'vat - 1 Adar 5785 |
| Start of month of Adar on the Hebrew calendar | |
| Rosh Chodesh Nisan | ‑ Sa‑Su 1 Nisan 5785 |
| Start of month of Nisan on the Hebrew calendar | |
| Rosh Chodesh Iyyar | ‑ Su‑Tu 30 Nisan - 1 Iyyar 5785 |
| Start of month of Iyyar on the Hebrew calendar | |
| Rosh Chodesh Sivan | ‑ Tu‑W 1 Sivan 5785 |
| Start of month of Sivan on the Hebrew calendar | |
| Rosh Chodesh Tamuz | ‑ W‑F 30 Sivan - 1 Tamuz 5785 |
| Start of month of Tamuz on the Hebrew calendar | |
| Rosh Chodesh Av | ‑ F‑Sa 1 Av 5785 |
| Start of month of Av on the Hebrew calendar | |
| Rosh Chodesh Elul | ‑ Sa‑M 30 Av - 1 Elul 5785 |
| Start of month of Elul on the Hebrew calendar | |
| Rosh Chodesh Cheshvan | ‑ Tu‑Th 30 Tishrei - 1 Cheshvan 5786 |
| Start of month of Cheshvan on the Hebrew calendar | |
| Rosh Chodesh Kislev | ‑ Th‑F 1 Kislev 5786 |
| Start of month of Kislev on the Hebrew calendar | |
| Rosh Chodesh Tevet | ‑ F‑Su 30 Kislev - 1 Tevet 5786 |
| Start of month of Tevet on the Hebrew calendar | |