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.
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 |
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Rosh Hashana 🍏🍯 | ‑, 2029 Su‑Tu 1-2 Tishrei |
The Jewish New Year | |
Yom Kippur ✡️ | ‑, 2029 Tu‑W 10 Tishrei |
Day of Atonement | |
Sukkot 🌿🍋 | ‑, 2029 Su‑Tu ‑, 2029 W‑Su 15-21 Tishrei |
Feast of Booths | |
Shmini Atzeret ✡️ | ‑, 2029 Su‑M 22 Tishrei |
Eighth Day of Assembly | |
Simchat Torah ✡️ | ‑, 2029 M‑Tu 23 Tishrei |
Day of Celebrating the Torah | |
Chanukah 🕎 | ‑, 2029 Sa‑Su 25 Kislev - 3 Tevet |
Hanukkah, the Jewish festival of rededication | |
Purim 🎭️📜 | ‑, 2030 M‑Tu 14 Adar II |
Celebration of Jewish deliverance as told by Megilat Esther | |
Pesach 🫓🍷 | ‑, 2030 W‑F ‑, 2030 Sa‑Tu ‑, 2030 Tu‑Th 15-22 Nisan |
Passover, the Feast of Unleavened Bread | |
Shavuot ⛰️🌸 | ‑, 2030 Th‑Sa 6-7 Sivan |
Festival of Weeks | |
Tish'a B'Av ✡️ | ‑, 2030 W‑Th 9 Av |
The Ninth of Av |
Holiday | Dates |
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Chag HaBanot ✡️ | ‑, 2029 Th‑F 1 Tevet |
North African Chanukah festival of daughters | |
Tu BiShvat 🌳 | ‑, 2030 F‑Sa 15 Sh'vat |
New Year for Trees | |
Purim Katan 🎭️ | ‑, 2030 Sa‑Su 14 Adar I |
Minor Purim celebration during Adar I on leap years | |
Shushan Purim Katan 🎭️ | ‑, 2030 Su‑M 15 Adar I |
Minor Purim celebration during Adar I on leap years in Jerusalem and walled cities | |
Shushan Purim 🎭️📜 | ‑, 2030 Tu‑W 15 Adar II |
Purim celebrated in Jerusalem and walled cities | |
Days of the Omer ㊾ | ‑, 2030 Th‑Th 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan |
7 weeks from the second night of Pesach to the day before Shavuot | |
Pesach Sheni ✡️ | ‑, 2030 Th‑F 14 Iyyar |
Second Passover, one month after Passover | |
Lag BaOmer 🔥 | ‑, 2030 M‑Tu 18 Iyyar |
33rd day of counting the Omer | |
Tu B'Av ❤️ | ‑, 2030 Tu‑W 15 Av |
Minor Jewish holiday of love | |
Rosh Hashana LaBehemot 🐑 | ‑, 2030 Th‑F 1 Elul |
New Year for Tithing Animals | |
Leil Selichot 🕍 | Sep 21, 2030 Sa 23 Elul |
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 |
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Tzom Gedaliah | Sep 12, 2029 W 3 Tishrei |
Fast of the Seventh Month | |
Asara B'Tevet | Dec 16, 2029 Su 10 Tevet |
Fast commemorating the siege of Jerusalem | |
Ta'anit Esther | Mar 18, 2030 M 13 Adar II |
Fast of Esther | |
Ta'anit Bechorot | Apr 17, 2030 W 14 Nisan |
Fast of the First Born | |
Tzom Tammuz | Jul 18, 2030 Th 17 Tamuz |
Fast commemorating breaching of the walls of Jerusalem before the destruction of the Second Temple |
Holiday | Dates |
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Yom HaAliyah School Observance 🇮🇱 | Oct 16, 2029 Tu 7 Cheshvan |
Aliyah Day observed in Israeli schools | |
Yitzhak Rabin Memorial Day 🇮🇱 | ‑, 2029 Sa‑Su 12 Cheshvan |
Commemorates the life of Israeli Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin | |
Ben-Gurion Day 🇮🇱 | ‑, 2029 M‑Tu 6 Kislev |
Commemorates the life and vision of Israel's first Prime Minister David Ben-Gurion | |
Family Day 🇮🇱 | ‑, 2030 Sa‑Su 30 Sh'vat |
Yom HaMishpacha, a day to honor the family unit, as a whole, and its centrality to our lives | |
Herzl Day 🇮🇱 | ‑, 2030 Su‑M 10 Iyyar |
Commemorates the life and vision of Zionist leader Theodor Herzl | |
Jabotinsky Day 🇮🇱 | ‑, 2030 M‑Tu 29 Tamuz |
Commemorates the life and vision of Zionist leader Ze'ev Jabotinsky | |
Sigd ✡️ | ‑, 2029 Tu‑W 29 Cheshvan |
Ethiopian Jewish holiday occurring 50 days after Yom Kippur | |
Yom HaAliyah 🇮🇱 | ‑, 2030 F‑Sa 10 Nisan |
Recognizes Aliyah, immigration to the Jewish State of Israel | |
Yom HaShoah ✡️ | ‑, 2030 M‑Tu 27 Nisan |
Holocaust Memorial Day | |
Yom HaZikaron 🇮🇱 | ‑, 2030 M‑Tu 4 Iyyar |
Israeli Memorial Day | |
Yom HaAtzma'ut 🇮🇱 | ‑, 2030 Tu‑W 5 Iyyar |
Israeli Independence Day | |
Yom Yerushalayim 🇮🇱 | ‑, 2030 Th‑F 28 Iyyar |
Jerusalem Day |
Holiday | Dates |
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Shabbat Shuva | ‑, 2029 F‑Sa 6 Tishrei |
Shabbat that falls between Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur (Shabbat of Returning) | |
Shabbat Shirah | ‑, 2030 F‑Sa 15 Sh'vat |
Shabbat of Song | |
Shabbat Shekalim | ‑, 2030 F‑Sa 27 Adar I |
Shabbat before Rosh Chodesh Adar | |
Shabbat Zachor | ‑, 2030 F‑Sa 11 Adar II |
Shabbat before Purim | |
Shabbat Parah | ‑, 2030 F‑Sa 18 Adar II |
Shabbat of the Red Heifer | |
Shabbat HaChodesh | ‑, 2030 F‑Sa 25 Adar II |
Shabbat before Rosh Chodesh Nissan | |
Shabbat HaGadol | ‑, 2030 F‑Sa 10 Nisan |
Shabbat before Pesach | |
Shabbat Chazon | ‑, 2030 F‑Sa 4 Av |
Shabbat before Tish'a B'Av (Shabbat of Prophecy/Shabbat of Vision) | |
Shabbat Nachamu | ‑, 2030 F‑Sa 11 Av |
Shabbat after Tish'a B'Av (Shabbat of Consolation) |
Holiday | Dates |
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Rosh Chodesh Cheshvan | ‑, 2029 M‑W 30 Tishrei - 1 Cheshvan |
Start of month of Cheshvan on the Hebrew calendar | |
Rosh Chodesh Kislev | ‑, 2029 W‑Th 1 Kislev |
Start of month of Kislev on the Hebrew calendar | |
Rosh Chodesh Tevet | ‑, 2029 Th‑F 1 Tevet |
Start of month of Tevet on the Hebrew calendar | |
Rosh Chodesh Sh'vat | ‑, 2030 F‑Sa 1 Sh'vat |
Start of month of Sh'vat on the Hebrew calendar | |
Rosh Chodesh Adar I | ‑, 2030 Sa‑M 30 Sh'vat - 1 Adar I |
Start of month of Adar I (on leap years) on the Hebrew calendar | |
Rosh Chodesh Adar II | ‑, 2030 M‑W 30 Adar I - 1 Adar II |
Start of month of Adar II (on leap years) on the Hebrew calendar | |
Rosh Chodesh Nisan | ‑, 2030 W‑Th 1 Nisan |
Start of month of Nisan on the Hebrew calendar | |
Rosh Chodesh Iyyar | ‑, 2030 Th‑Sa 30 Nisan - 1 Iyyar |
Start of month of Iyyar on the Hebrew calendar | |
Rosh Chodesh Sivan | ‑, 2030 Sa‑Su 1 Sivan |
Start of month of Sivan on the Hebrew calendar | |
Rosh Chodesh Tamuz | ‑, 2030 Su‑Tu 30 Sivan - 1 Tamuz |
Start of month of Tamuz on the Hebrew calendar | |
Rosh Chodesh Av | ‑, 2030 Tu‑W 1 Av |
Start of month of Av on the Hebrew calendar | |
Rosh Chodesh Elul | ‑, 2030 W‑F 30 Av - 1 Elul |
Start of month of Elul on the Hebrew calendar |