Jewish Holidays 2026
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 11
and ends at nightfall on Sep 13.
Major holidays ✡️
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 5786 |
| Passover, the Feast of Unleavened Bread | |
| Shavuot ⛰️🌸 | ‑ Th‑Sa 6-7 Sivan 5786 |
| Festival of Weeks | |
| Rosh Hashana 🍏🍯 | ‑ F‑Su 1-2 Tishrei 5787 |
| The Jewish New Year | |
| Yom Kippur ✡️ | ‑ Su‑M 10 Tishrei 5787 |
| Day of Atonement | |
| Sukkot 🌿🍋 | ‑ F‑Su ‑ M‑F 15-21 Tishrei 5787 |
| Feast of Booths | |
| Shmini Atzeret ✡️ | ‑ F‑Sa 22 Tishrei 5787 |
| Eighth Day of Assembly | |
| Simchat Torah ✡️ | ‑ Sa‑Su 23 Tishrei 5787 |
| Day of Celebrating the Torah | |
| Chanukah 🕎 | ‑ F‑Sa 25 Kislev - 2 Tevet 5787 |
| Hanukkah, the Jewish festival of rededication | |
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Minor holidays ✡️
| Holiday | Dates |
|---|---|
| Tu BiShvat 🌳 | ‑ Su‑M 15 Sh'vat 5786 |
| New Year for Trees | |
| Purim 🎭️📜 | ‑ M‑Tu 14 Adar 5786 |
| Celebration of Jewish deliverance as told by Megilat Esther | |
| Shushan Purim 🎭️📜 | ‑ Tu‑W 15 Adar 5786 |
| Purim celebrated in Jerusalem and walled cities | |
| Days of the Omer ㊾ | ‑ Th‑Th 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 5786 |
| 7 weeks from the second night of Pesach to the day before Shavuot | |
| Pesach Sheni ✡️ | ‑ Th‑F 14 Iyyar 5786 |
| Second Passover, one month after Passover | |
| Lag BaOmer 🔥 | ‑ M‑Tu 18 Iyyar 5786 |
| 33rd day of counting the Omer | |
| Tu B'Av ❤️ | ‑ Tu‑W 15 Av 5786 |
| Minor Jewish holiday of love | |
| Rosh Hashana LaBehemot 🐑 | ‑ Th‑F 1 Elul 5786 |
| New Year for Tithing Animals | |
| Leil Selichot 🕍 | Sep 5 Sa 23 Elul 5786 |
| Prayers for forgiveness in preparation for the High Holidays | |
Minor fasts ✡️
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 |
|---|---|
| Ta'anit Esther | Mar 2 M 13 Adar 5786 |
| Fast of Esther | |
| Ta'anit Bechorot | Apr 1 W 14 Nisan 5786 |
| Fast of the First Born | |
| Tzom Tammuz | Jul 2 Th 17 Tamuz 5786 |
| Fast commemorating breaching of the walls of Jerusalem before the destruction of the Second Temple | |
| Tish'a B'Av ✡️ | ‑ W‑Th 9 Av 5786 |
| The Ninth of Av | |
| Tzom Gedaliah | Sep 14 M 3 Tishrei 5787 |
| Fast of the Seventh Month | |
| Asara B'Tevet | Dec 20 Su 10 Tevet 5787 |
| Fast commemorating the siege of Jerusalem | |
Modern holidays 🇮🇱
| Holiday | Dates |
|---|---|
| Yom HaAliyah 🇮🇱 | ‑ F‑Sa 10 Nisan 5786 |
| Recognizes Aliyah, immigration to the Jewish State of Israel | |
| Yom HaShoah ✡️ | ‑ M‑Tu 27 Nisan 5786 |
| Holocaust Memorial Day | |
| Yom HaZikaron 🇮🇱 | ‑ M‑Tu 4 Iyyar 5786 |
| Israeli Memorial Day | |
| Yom HaAtzma'ut 🇮🇱 | ‑ Tu‑W 5 Iyyar 5786 |
| Israeli Independence Day | |
| Yom Yerushalayim 🇮🇱 | ‑ Th‑F 28 Iyyar 5786 |
| Jerusalem Day | |
| Yom HaAliyah School Observance 🇮🇱 | ‑ Su 7 Cheshvan 5787 |
| Aliyah Day observed in Israeli schools | |
| Sigd ✡️ | ‑ Su‑M 29 Cheshvan 5787 |
| Ethiopian Jewish holiday occurring 50 days after Yom Kippur | |
Special Shabbatot 🕍
| Holiday | Dates |
|---|---|
| Shabbat Shirah | ‑ F‑Sa 13 Sh'vat 5786 |
| Shabbat of Song | |
| Shabbat Shekalim | ‑ F‑Sa 27 Sh'vat 5786 |
| Shabbat before Rosh Chodesh Adar | |
| Shabbat Zachor | ‑ F‑Sa 11 Adar 5786 |
| Shabbat before Purim | |
| Shabbat Parah | ‑ F‑Sa 18 Adar 5786 |
| Shabbat of the Red Heifer | |
| Shabbat HaChodesh | ‑ F‑Sa 25 Adar 5786 |
| Shabbat before Rosh Chodesh Nissan | |
| Shabbat HaGadol | ‑ F‑Sa 10 Nisan 5786 |
| Shabbat before Pesach | |
| Shabbat Chazon | ‑ F‑Sa 4 Av 5786 |
| Shabbat before Tish'a B'Av (Shabbat of Prophecy/Shabbat of Vision) | |
| Shabbat Nachamu | ‑ F‑Sa 11 Av 5786 |
| Shabbat after Tish'a B'Av (Shabbat of Consolation) | |
| Shabbat Shuva | ‑ F‑Sa 8 Tishrei 5787 |
| Shabbat that falls between Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur (Shabbat of Returning) | |
Rosh Chodesh 🌒
| Holiday | Dates |
|---|---|
| Rosh Chodesh Sh'vat | ‑ Su‑M 1 Sh'vat 5786 |
| Start of month of Sh'vat on the Hebrew calendar | |
| Rosh Chodesh Adar | ‑ M‑W 30 Sh'vat - 1 Adar 5786 |
| Start of month of Adar on the Hebrew calendar | |
| Rosh Chodesh Nisan | ‑ W‑Th 1 Nisan 5786 |
| Start of month of Nisan on the Hebrew calendar | |
| Rosh Chodesh Iyyar | ‑ Th‑Sa 30 Nisan - 1 Iyyar 5786 |
| Start of month of Iyyar on the Hebrew calendar | |
| Rosh Chodesh Sivan | ‑ Sa‑Su 1 Sivan 5786 |
| Start of month of Sivan on the Hebrew calendar | |
| Rosh Chodesh Tamuz | ‑ Su‑Tu 30 Sivan - 1 Tamuz 5786 |
| Start of month of Tamuz on the Hebrew calendar | |
| Rosh Chodesh Av | ‑ Tu‑W 1 Av 5786 |
| Start of month of Av on the Hebrew calendar | |
| Rosh Chodesh Elul | ‑ W‑F 30 Av - 1 Elul 5786 |
| Start of month of Elul on the Hebrew calendar | |
| Rosh Chodesh Cheshvan | ‑ Sa‑M 30 Tishrei - 1 Cheshvan 5787 |
| Start of month of Cheshvan on the Hebrew calendar | |
| Rosh Chodesh Kislev | ‑ M‑W 30 Cheshvan - 1 Kislev 5787 |
| Start of month of Kislev on the Hebrew calendar | |
| Rosh Chodesh Tevet | ‑ W‑F 30 Kislev - 1 Tevet 5787 |
| Start of month of Tevet on the Hebrew calendar | |