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 20
and ends at nightfall on Sep 22.
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 🫓🍷 | ‑ M‑W ‑ Th‑Su ‑ Su‑Tu 15-22 Nisan 5788 |
| Passover, the Feast of Unleavened Bread | |
| Shavuot ⛰️🌸 | ‑ Tu‑Th 6-7 Sivan 5788 |
| Festival of Weeks | |
| Tish'a B'Av ✡️ | ‑ M‑Tu 9 Av 5788 |
| The Ninth of Av | |
| Rosh Hashana 🍏🍯 | ‑ W‑F 1-2 Tishrei 5789 |
| The Jewish New Year | |
| Yom Kippur ✡️ | ‑ F‑Sa 10 Tishrei 5789 |
| Day of Atonement | |
| Sukkot 🌿🍋 | ‑ W‑F ‑ Sa‑W 15-21 Tishrei 5789 |
| Feast of Booths | |
| Shmini Atzeret ✡️ | ‑ W‑Th 22 Tishrei 5789 |
| Eighth Day of Assembly | |
| Simchat Torah ✡️ | ‑ Th‑F 23 Tishrei 5789 |
| Day of Celebrating the Torah | |
| Chanukah 🕎 | ‑ Tu‑W 25 Kislev - 2 Tevet 5789 |
| Hanukkah, the Jewish festival of rededication | |
| Holiday | Dates |
|---|---|
| Tu BiShvat 🌳 | ‑ F‑Sa 15 Sh'vat 5788 |
| New Year for Trees | |
| Purim 🎭️📜 | ‑ Sa‑Su 14 Adar 5788 |
| Celebration of Jewish deliverance as told by Megilat Esther | |
| Shushan Purim 🎭️📜 | ‑ Su‑M 15 Adar 5788 |
| Purim celebrated in Jerusalem and walled cities | |
| Days of the Omer ㊾ | ‑ Tu‑Tu 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 5788 |
| 7 weeks from the second night of Pesach to the day before Shavuot | |
| Pesach Sheni ✡️ | ‑ Tu‑W 14 Iyyar 5788 |
| Second Passover, one month after Passover | |
| Lag BaOmer 🔥 | ‑ Sa‑Su 18 Iyyar 5788 |
| 33rd day of counting the Omer | |
| Tu B'Av ❤️ | ‑ Su‑M 15 Av 5788 |
| Minor Jewish holiday of love | |
| Rosh Hashana LaBehemot 🐑 | ‑ Tu‑W 1 Elul 5788 |
| New Year for Tithing Animals | |
| Leil Selichot 🕍 | Sep 16 Sa 25 Elul 5788 |
| 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 9 Su 10 Tevet 5788 |
| Fast commemorating the siege of Jerusalem | |
| Ta'anit Esther | Mar 9 Th 11 Adar 5788 |
| Fast of Esther | |
| Ta'anit Bechorot | Apr 10 M 14 Nisan 5788 |
| Fast of the First Born | |
| Tzom Tammuz | Jul 11 Tu 17 Tamuz 5788 |
| Fast commemorating breaching of the walls of Jerusalem before the destruction of the Second Temple | |
| Tzom Gedaliah | Sep 24 Su 4 Tishrei 5789 |
| Fast of the Seventh Month | |
| Asara B'Tevet | Dec 28 Th 10 Tevet 5789 |
| Fast commemorating the siege of Jerusalem | |
| Holiday | Dates |
|---|---|
| Family Day 🇮🇱 | ‑ Sa‑Su 30 Sh'vat 5788 |
| Yom HaMishpacha, a day to honor the family unit, as a whole, and its centrality to our lives | |
| Herzl Day 🇮🇱 | ‑ Sa‑Su 11 Iyyar 5788 |
| Commemorates the life and vision of Zionist leader Theodor Herzl | |
| Jabotinsky Day 🇮🇱 | ‑ Sa‑Su 29 Tamuz 5788 |
| Commemorates the life and vision of Zionist leader Ze'ev Jabotinsky | |
| Yom HaAliyah School Observance 🇮🇱 | Oct 27 F 7 Cheshvan 5789 |
| Aliyah Day observed in Israeli schools | |
| Yitzhak Rabin Memorial Day 🇮🇱 | ‑ Tu‑W 12 Cheshvan 5789 |
| Commemorates the life of Israeli Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin | |
| Ben-Gurion Day 🇮🇱 | ‑ Sa‑Su 8 Kislev 5789 |
| Commemorates the life and vision of Israel's first Prime Minister David Ben-Gurion | |
| Yom HaAliyah 🇮🇱 | ‑ W‑Th 10 Nisan 5788 |
| Recognizes Aliyah, immigration to the Jewish State of Israel | |
| Yom HaShoah ✡️ | ‑ Su‑M 28 Nisan 5788 |
| Holocaust Memorial Day | |
| Yom HaZikaron 🇮🇱 | ‑ Su‑M 5 Iyyar 5788 |
| Israeli Memorial Day | |
| Yom HaAtzma'ut 🇮🇱 | ‑ M‑Tu 6 Iyyar 5788 |
| Israeli Independence Day | |
| Yom Yerushalayim 🇮🇱 | ‑ Tu‑W 28 Iyyar 5788 |
| Jerusalem Day | |
| Sigd ✡️ | ‑ F‑Sa 29 Cheshvan 5789 |
| Ethiopian Jewish holiday occurring 50 days after Yom Kippur | |
| Holiday | Dates |
|---|---|
| Shabbat Shirah | ‑ F‑Sa 15 Sh'vat 5788 |
| Shabbat of Song | |
| Shabbat Shekalim | ‑ F‑Sa 29 Sh'vat 5788 |
| Shabbat before Rosh Chodesh Adar | |
| Shabbat Zachor | ‑ F‑Sa 13 Adar 5788 |
| Shabbat before Purim | |
| Shabbat Parah | ‑ F‑Sa 20 Adar 5788 |
| Shabbat of the Red Heifer | |
| Shabbat HaChodesh | ‑ F‑Sa 27 Adar 5788 |
| Shabbat before Rosh Chodesh Nissan | |
| Shabbat HaGadol | ‑ F‑Sa 12 Nisan 5788 |
| Shabbat before Pesach | |
| Shabbat Chazon | ‑ F‑Sa 6 Av 5788 |
| Shabbat before Tish'a B'Av (Shabbat of Prophecy/Shabbat of Vision) | |
| Shabbat Nachamu | ‑ F‑Sa 13 Av 5788 |
| Shabbat after Tish'a B'Av (Shabbat of Consolation) | |
| Shabbat Shuva | ‑ F‑Sa 3 Tishrei 5789 |
| Shabbat that falls between Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur (Shabbat of Returning) | |
| Holiday | Dates |
|---|---|
| Rosh Chodesh Sh'vat | ‑ F‑Sa 1 Sh'vat 5788 |
| Start of month of Sh'vat on the Hebrew calendar | |
| Rosh Chodesh Adar | ‑ Sa‑M 30 Sh'vat - 1 Adar 5788 |
| Start of month of Adar on the Hebrew calendar | |
| Rosh Chodesh Nisan | ‑ M‑Tu 1 Nisan 5788 |
| Start of month of Nisan on the Hebrew calendar | |
| Rosh Chodesh Iyyar | ‑ Tu‑Th 30 Nisan - 1 Iyyar 5788 |
| Start of month of Iyyar on the Hebrew calendar | |
| Rosh Chodesh Sivan | ‑ Th‑F 1 Sivan 5788 |
| Start of month of Sivan on the Hebrew calendar | |
| Rosh Chodesh Tamuz | ‑ F‑Su 30 Sivan - 1 Tamuz 5788 |
| Start of month of Tamuz on the Hebrew calendar | |
| Rosh Chodesh Av | ‑ Su‑M 1 Av 5788 |
| Start of month of Av on the Hebrew calendar | |
| Rosh Chodesh Elul | ‑ M‑W 30 Av - 1 Elul 5788 |
| Start of month of Elul on the Hebrew calendar | |
| Rosh Chodesh Cheshvan | ‑ Th‑Sa 30 Tishrei - 1 Cheshvan 5789 |
| Start of month of Cheshvan on the Hebrew calendar | |
| Rosh Chodesh Kislev | ‑ Sa‑Su 1 Kislev 5789 |
| Start of month of Kislev on the Hebrew calendar | |
| Rosh Chodesh Tevet | ‑ Su‑Tu 30 Kislev - 1 Tevet 5789 |
| Start of month of Tevet on the Hebrew calendar | |