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 1
and ends at nightfall on Oct 3.
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 |
|---|---|
| Pesach 🫓🍷 | ‑ W‑F ‑ Sa‑Tu ‑ Tu‑Th 15-22 Nisan 5787 |
| Passover, the Feast of Unleavened Bread | |
| Shavuot ⛰️🌸 | ‑ Th‑Sa 6-7 Sivan 5787 |
| Festival of Weeks | |
| Tish'a B'Av ✡️ | ‑ W‑Th 9 Av 5787 |
| The Ninth of Av | |
| Rosh Hashana 🍏🍯 | ‑ F‑Su 1-2 Tishrei 5788 |
| The Jewish New Year | |
| Yom Kippur ✡️ | ‑ Su‑M 10 Tishrei 5788 |
| Day of Atonement | |
| Sukkot 🌿🍋 | ‑ F‑Su ‑ M‑F 15-21 Tishrei 5788 |
| Feast of Booths | |
| Shmini Atzeret ✡️ | ‑ F‑Sa 22 Tishrei 5788 |
| Eighth Day of Assembly | |
| Simchat Torah ✡️ | ‑ Sa‑Su 23 Tishrei 5788 |
| Day of Celebrating the Torah | |
| Chanukah 🕎 | ‑ F‑Sa 25 Kislev - 2 Tevet 5788 |
| Hanukkah, the Jewish festival of rededication | |
| Holiday | Dates |
|---|---|
| Tu BiShvat 🌳 | ‑ F‑Sa 15 Sh'vat 5787 |
| New Year for Trees | |
| Purim Katan 🎭️ | ‑ Sa‑Su 14 Adar I 5787 |
| Minor Purim celebration during Adar I on leap years | |
| Purim 🎭️📜 | ‑ M‑Tu 14 Adar II 5787 |
| Celebration of Jewish deliverance as told by Megilat Esther | |
| Shushan Purim 🎭️📜 | ‑ Tu‑W 15 Adar II 5787 |
| Purim celebrated in Jerusalem and walled cities | |
| Days of the Omer ㊾ | ‑ Th‑Th 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 5787 |
| 7 weeks from the second night of Pesach to the day before Shavuot | |
| Pesach Sheni ✡️ | ‑ Th‑F 14 Iyyar 5787 |
| Second Passover, one month after Passover | |
| Lag BaOmer 🔥 | ‑ M‑Tu 18 Iyyar 5787 |
| 33rd day of counting the Omer | |
| Tu B'Av ❤️ | ‑ Tu‑W 15 Av 5787 |
| Minor Jewish holiday of love | |
| Rosh Hashana LaBehemot 🐑 | ‑ Th‑F 1 Elul 5787 |
| New Year for Tithing Animals | |
| Leil Selichot 🕍 | Sep 25 Sa 23 Elul 5787 |
| 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 |
|---|---|
| Ta'anit Esther | Mar 22 M 13 Adar II 5787 |
| Fast of Esther | |
| Ta'anit Bechorot | Apr 21 W 14 Nisan 5787 |
| Fast of the First Born | |
| Tzom Tammuz | Jul 22 Th 17 Tamuz 5787 |
| Fast commemorating breaching of the walls of Jerusalem before the destruction of the Second Temple | |
| Tzom Gedaliah | Oct 4 M 3 Tishrei 5788 |
| Fast of the Seventh Month | |
| Holiday | Dates |
|---|---|
| Family Day 🇮🇱 | ‑ Sa‑Su 30 Sh'vat 5787 |
| Yom HaMishpacha, a day to honor the family unit, as a whole, and its centrality to our lives | |
| Herzl Day 🇮🇱 | ‑ Su‑M 10 Iyyar 5787 |
| Commemorates the life and vision of Zionist leader Theodor Herzl | |
| Jabotinsky Day 🇮🇱 | ‑ M‑Tu 29 Tamuz 5787 |
| Commemorates the life and vision of Zionist leader Ze'ev Jabotinsky | |
| Yom HaAliyah School Observance 🇮🇱 | Nov 7 Su 7 Cheshvan 5788 |
| Aliyah Day observed in Israeli schools | |
| Yitzhak Rabin Memorial Day 🇮🇱 | ‑ Th‑F 12 Cheshvan 5788 |
| Commemorates the life of Israeli Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin | |
| Ben-Gurion Day 🇮🇱 | ‑ Su‑M 6 Kislev 5788 |
| Commemorates the life and vision of Israel's first Prime Minister David Ben-Gurion | |
| Yom HaAliyah 🇮🇱 | ‑ F‑Sa 10 Nisan 5787 |
| Recognizes Aliyah, immigration to the Jewish State of Israel | |
| Yom HaShoah ✡️ | ‑ M‑Tu 27 Nisan 5787 |
| Holocaust Memorial Day | |
| Yom HaZikaron 🇮🇱 | ‑ M‑Tu 4 Iyyar 5787 |
| Israeli Memorial Day | |
| Yom HaAtzma'ut 🇮🇱 | ‑ Tu‑W 5 Iyyar 5787 |
| Israeli Independence Day | |
| Yom Yerushalayim 🇮🇱 | ‑ Th‑F 28 Iyyar 5787 |
| Jerusalem Day | |
| Sigd ✡️ | ‑ Su‑M 29 Cheshvan 5788 |
| Ethiopian Jewish holiday occurring 50 days after Yom Kippur | |
| Holiday | Dates |
|---|---|
| Shabbat Shirah | ‑ F‑Sa 15 Sh'vat 5787 |
| Shabbat of Song | |
| Shabbat Shekalim | ‑ F‑Sa 27 Adar I 5787 |
| Shabbat before Rosh Chodesh Adar | |
| Shabbat Zachor | ‑ F‑Sa 11 Adar II 5787 |
| Shabbat before Purim | |
| Shabbat Parah | ‑ F‑Sa 18 Adar II 5787 |
| Shabbat of the Red Heifer | |
| Shabbat HaChodesh | ‑ F‑Sa 25 Adar II 5787 |
| Shabbat before Rosh Chodesh Nissan | |
| Shabbat HaGadol | ‑ F‑Sa 10 Nisan 5787 |
| Shabbat before Pesach | |
| Shabbat Chazon | ‑ F‑Sa 4 Av 5787 |
| Shabbat before Tish'a B'Av (Shabbat of Prophecy/Shabbat of Vision) | |
| Shabbat Nachamu | ‑ F‑Sa 11 Av 5787 |
| Shabbat after Tish'a B'Av (Shabbat of Consolation) | |
| Shabbat Shuva | ‑ F‑Sa 8 Tishrei 5788 |
| Shabbat that falls between Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur (Shabbat of Returning) | |
| Holiday | Dates |
|---|---|
| Rosh Chodesh Sh'vat | ‑ F‑Sa 1 Sh'vat 5787 |
| Start of month of Sh'vat on the Hebrew calendar | |
| Rosh Chodesh Adar I | ‑ Sa‑M 30 Sh'vat - 1 Adar I 5787 |
| Start of month of Adar I (on leap years) on the Hebrew calendar | |
| Rosh Chodesh Adar II | ‑ M‑W 30 Adar I - 1 Adar II 5787 |
| Start of month of Adar II (on leap years) on the Hebrew calendar | |
| Rosh Chodesh Nisan | ‑ W‑Th 1 Nisan 5787 |
| Start of month of Nisan on the Hebrew calendar | |
| Rosh Chodesh Iyyar | ‑ Th‑Sa 30 Nisan - 1 Iyyar 5787 |
| Start of month of Iyyar on the Hebrew calendar | |
| Rosh Chodesh Sivan | ‑ Sa‑Su 1 Sivan 5787 |
| Start of month of Sivan on the Hebrew calendar | |
| Rosh Chodesh Tamuz | ‑ Su‑Tu 30 Sivan - 1 Tamuz 5787 |
| Start of month of Tamuz on the Hebrew calendar | |
| Rosh Chodesh Av | ‑ Tu‑W 1 Av 5787 |
| Start of month of Av on the Hebrew calendar | |
| Rosh Chodesh Elul | ‑ W‑F 30 Av - 1 Elul 5787 |
| Start of month of Elul on the Hebrew calendar | |
| Rosh Chodesh Cheshvan | ‑ Sa‑M 30 Tishrei - 1 Cheshvan 5788 |
| Start of month of Cheshvan on the Hebrew calendar | |
| Rosh Chodesh Kislev | ‑ M‑W 30 Cheshvan - 1 Kislev 5788 |
| Start of month of Kislev on the Hebrew calendar | |
| Rosh Chodesh Tevet | ‑ W‑F 30 Kislev - 1 Tevet 5788 |
| Start of month of Tevet on the Hebrew calendar | |