Jewish Holidays 2029
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 9
and ends at nightfall on Sep 11.
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 🫓🍷 | ‑ F‑Su ‑ M‑Th ‑ Th‑Sa 15-22 Nisan 5789 |
| Passover, the Feast of Unleavened Bread | |
| Shavuot ⛰️🌸 | ‑ Sa‑M 6-7 Sivan 5789 |
| Festival of Weeks | |
| Rosh Hashana 🍏🍯 | ‑ Su‑Tu 1-2 Tishrei 5790 |
| The Jewish New Year | |
| Yom Kippur ✡️ | ‑ Tu‑W 10 Tishrei 5790 |
| Day of Atonement | |
| Sukkot 🌿🍋 | ‑ Su‑Tu ‑ W‑Su 15-21 Tishrei 5790 |
| Feast of Booths | |
| Shmini Atzeret ✡️ | ‑ Su‑M 22 Tishrei 5790 |
| Eighth Day of Assembly | |
| Simchat Torah ✡️ | ‑ M‑Tu 23 Tishrei 5790 |
| Day of Celebrating the Torah | |
| Chanukah 🕎 | ‑ Sa‑Su 25 Kislev - 3 Tevet 5790 |
| Hanukkah, the Jewish festival of rededication | |
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Minor holidays ✡️
| Holiday | Dates |
|---|---|
| Tu BiShvat 🌳 | ‑ Tu‑W 15 Sh'vat 5789 |
| New Year for Trees | |
| Purim 🎭️📜 | ‑ W‑Th 14 Adar 5789 |
| Celebration of Jewish deliverance as told by Megilat Esther | |
| Shushan Purim 🎭️📜 | ‑ Th‑F 15 Adar 5789 |
| Purim celebrated in Jerusalem and walled cities | |
| Days of the Omer ㊾ | ‑ Sa‑Sa 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 5789 |
| 7 weeks from the second night of Pesach to the day before Shavuot | |
| Pesach Sheni ✡️ | ‑ Sa‑Su 14 Iyyar 5789 |
| Second Passover, one month after Passover | |
| Lag BaOmer 🔥 | ‑ W‑Th 18 Iyyar 5789 |
| 33rd day of counting the Omer | |
| Tu B'Av ❤️ | ‑ Th‑F 15 Av 5789 |
| Minor Jewish holiday of love | |
| Rosh Hashana LaBehemot 🐑 | ‑ Sa‑Su 1 Elul 5789 |
| New Year for Tithing Animals | |
| Leil Selichot 🕍 | Sep 1 Sa 21 Elul 5789 |
| 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 | Feb 28 W 13 Adar 5789 |
| Fast of Esther | |
| Ta'anit Bechorot | Mar 30 F 14 Nisan 5789 |
| Fast of the First Born | |
| Tzom Tammuz | Jul 1 Su 18 Tamuz 5789 |
| Fast commemorating breaching of the walls of Jerusalem before the destruction of the Second Temple | |
| Tish'a B'Av ✡️ | ‑ Sa‑Su 10 Av 5789 |
| The Ninth of Av | |
| Tzom Gedaliah | Sep 12 W 3 Tishrei 5790 |
| Fast of the Seventh Month | |
| Asara B'Tevet | Dec 16 Su 10 Tevet 5790 |
| Fast commemorating the siege of Jerusalem | |
Modern holidays 🇮🇱
| Holiday | Dates |
|---|---|
| Yom HaAliyah 🇮🇱 | ‑ Su‑M 10 Nisan 5789 |
| Recognizes Aliyah, immigration to the Jewish State of Israel | |
| Yom HaShoah ✡️ | ‑ W‑Th 27 Nisan 5789 |
| Holocaust Memorial Day | |
| Yom HaZikaron 🇮🇱 | ‑ Tu‑W 3 Iyyar 5789 |
| Israeli Memorial Day | |
| Yom HaAtzma'ut 🇮🇱 | ‑ W‑Th 4 Iyyar 5789 |
| Israeli Independence Day | |
| Yom Yerushalayim 🇮🇱 | ‑ Sa‑Su 28 Iyyar 5789 |
| Jerusalem Day | |
| Yom HaAliyah School Observance 🇮🇱 | ‑ Tu 7 Cheshvan 5790 |
| Aliyah Day observed in Israeli schools | |
| Sigd ✡️ | ‑ Tu‑W 29 Cheshvan 5790 |
| Ethiopian Jewish holiday occurring 50 days after Yom Kippur | |
Special Shabbatot 🕍
| Holiday | Dates |
|---|---|
| Shabbat Shirah | ‑ F‑Sa 11 Sh'vat 5789 |
| Shabbat of Song | |
| Shabbat Shekalim | ‑ F‑Sa 25 Sh'vat 5789 |
| Shabbat before Rosh Chodesh Adar | |
| Shabbat Zachor | ‑ F‑Sa 9 Adar 5789 |
| Shabbat before Purim | |
| Shabbat Parah | ‑ F‑Sa 23 Adar 5789 |
| Shabbat of the Red Heifer | |
| Shabbat HaChodesh | ‑ F‑Sa 1 Nisan 5789 |
| Shabbat before Rosh Chodesh Nissan | |
| Shabbat HaGadol | ‑ F‑Sa 8 Nisan 5789 |
| Shabbat before Pesach | |
| Shabbat Chazon | ‑ F‑Sa 9 Av 5789 |
| Shabbat before Tish'a B'Av (Shabbat of Prophecy/Shabbat of Vision) | |
| Shabbat Nachamu | ‑ F‑Sa 16 Av 5789 |
| Shabbat after Tish'a B'Av (Shabbat of Consolation) | |
| Shabbat Shuva | ‑ F‑Sa 6 Tishrei 5790 |
| Shabbat that falls between Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur (Shabbat of Returning) | |
Rosh Chodesh 🌒
| Holiday | Dates |
|---|---|
| Rosh Chodesh Sh'vat | ‑ Tu‑W 1 Sh'vat 5789 |
| Start of month of Sh'vat on the Hebrew calendar | |
| Rosh Chodesh Adar | ‑ W‑F 30 Sh'vat - 1 Adar 5789 |
| Start of month of Adar on the Hebrew calendar | |
| Rosh Chodesh Nisan | ‑ F‑Sa 1 Nisan 5789 |
| Start of month of Nisan on the Hebrew calendar | |
| Rosh Chodesh Iyyar | ‑ Sa‑M 30 Nisan - 1 Iyyar 5789 |
| Start of month of Iyyar on the Hebrew calendar | |
| Rosh Chodesh Sivan | ‑ M‑Tu 1 Sivan 5789 |
| Start of month of Sivan on the Hebrew calendar | |
| Rosh Chodesh Tamuz | ‑ Tu‑Th 30 Sivan - 1 Tamuz 5789 |
| Start of month of Tamuz on the Hebrew calendar | |
| Rosh Chodesh Av | ‑ Th‑F 1 Av 5789 |
| Start of month of Av on the Hebrew calendar | |
| Rosh Chodesh Elul | ‑ F‑Su 30 Av - 1 Elul 5789 |
| Start of month of Elul on the Hebrew calendar | |
| Rosh Chodesh Cheshvan | ‑ M‑W 30 Tishrei - 1 Cheshvan 5790 |
| Start of month of Cheshvan on the Hebrew calendar | |
| Rosh Chodesh Kislev | ‑ W‑Th 1 Kislev 5790 |
| Start of month of Kislev on the Hebrew calendar | |
| Rosh Chodesh Tevet | ‑ Th‑F 1 Tevet 5790 |
| Start of month of Tevet on the Hebrew calendar | |