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 17
and ends at nightfall on Sep 19.
This page displays the Israel holiday schedule. The Diaspora schedule is used by Jews living outside of 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‑Tu * ‑ W‑Su ‑ Su‑M 15-21 Nisan 5791 |
| Passover, the Feast of Unleavened Bread | |
| Shavuot ⛰️🌸 | ‑ Tu‑W * 6 Sivan 5791 |
| Festival of Weeks | |
| Tish'a B'Av ✡️ | ‑ M‑Tu 9 Av 5791 |
| The Ninth of Av | |
| Rosh Hashana 🍏🍯 | ‑ W‑F 1-2 Tishrei 5792 |
| The Jewish New Year | |
| Yom Kippur ✡️ | ‑ F‑Sa 10 Tishrei 5792 |
| Day of Atonement | |
| Sukkot 🌿🍋 | ‑ W‑Th * ‑ F‑W 15-21 Tishrei 5792 |
| Feast of Booths | |
| Shmini Atzeret ✡️ | ‑ W‑Th * 22 Tishrei 5792 |
| Eighth Day of Assembly | |
| Chanukah 🕎 | ‑ Tu‑W 25 Kislev - 2 Tevet 5792 |
| Hanukkah, the Jewish festival of rededication | |
| Holiday | Dates |
|---|---|
| Tu BiShvat 🌳 | ‑ F‑Sa 15 Sh'vat 5791 |
| New Year for Trees | |
| Purim 🎭️📜 | ‑ Sa‑Su 14 Adar 5791 |
| Celebration of Jewish deliverance as told by Megilat Esther | |
| Shushan Purim 🎭️📜 | ‑ Su‑M 15 Adar 5791 |
| Purim celebrated in Jerusalem and walled cities | |
| Days of the Omer ㊾ | ‑ Tu‑Tu 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 5791 |
| 7 weeks from the second night of Pesach to the day before Shavuot | |
| Pesach Sheni ✡️ | ‑ Tu‑W 14 Iyyar 5791 |
| Second Passover, one month after Passover | |
| Lag BaOmer 🔥 | ‑ Sa‑Su 18 Iyyar 5791 |
| 33rd day of counting the Omer | |
| Tu B'Av ❤️ | ‑ Su‑M 15 Av 5791 |
| Minor Jewish holiday of love | |
| Rosh Hashana LaBehemot 🐑 | ‑ Tu‑W 1 Elul 5791 |
| New Year for Tithing Animals | |
| Leil Selichot 🕍 | Sep 13 Sa 25 Elul 5791 |
| 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 5 Su 10 Tevet 5791 |
| Fast commemorating the siege of Jerusalem | |
| Ta'anit Esther | Mar 6 Th 11 Adar 5791 |
| Fast of Esther | |
| Ta'anit Bechorot | Apr 7 M 14 Nisan 5791 |
| Fast of the First Born | |
| Tzom Tammuz | Jul 8 Tu 17 Tamuz 5791 |
| Fast commemorating breaching of the walls of Jerusalem before the destruction of the Second Temple | |
| Tzom Gedaliah | Sep 21 Su 4 Tishrei 5792 |
| Fast of the Seventh Month | |
| Asara B'Tevet | Dec 25 Th 10 Tevet 5792 |
| Fast commemorating the siege of Jerusalem | |
| Holiday | Dates |
|---|---|
| Family Day 🇮🇱 | ‑ Sa‑Su 30 Sh'vat 5791 |
| Yom HaMishpacha, a day to honor the family unit, as a whole, and its centrality to our lives | |
| Yom HaAliyah 🇮🇱 | ‑ W‑Th 10 Nisan 5791 |
| Recognizes Aliyah, immigration to the Jewish State of Israel | |
| Yom HaShoah ✡️ | ‑ Su‑M 28 Nisan 5791 |
| Holocaust Memorial Day | |
| Yom HaZikaron 🇮🇱 | ‑ Su‑M 5 Iyyar 5791 |
| Israeli Memorial Day | |
| Yom HaAtzma'ut 🇮🇱 | ‑ M‑Tu 6 Iyyar 5791 |
| Israeli Independence Day | |
| Herzl Day 🇮🇱 | ‑ Sa‑Su 11 Iyyar 5791 |
| Commemorates the life and vision of Zionist leader Theodor Herzl | |
| Yom Yerushalayim 🇮🇱 | ‑ Tu‑W 28 Iyyar 5791 |
| Jerusalem Day | |
| Jabotinsky Day 🇮🇱 | ‑ Sa‑Su 29 Tamuz 5791 |
| Commemorates the life and vision of Zionist leader Ze'ev Jabotinsky | |
| Yom HaAliyah School Observance 🇮🇱 | Oct 24 F 7 Cheshvan 5792 |
| Aliyah Day observed in Israeli schools | |
| Yitzhak Rabin Memorial Day 🇮🇱 | ‑ Tu‑W 12 Cheshvan 5792 |
| Commemorates the life of Israeli Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin | |
| Sigd ✡️ | ‑ F‑Sa 29 Cheshvan 5792 |
| Ethiopian Jewish holiday occurring 50 days after Yom Kippur | |
| Ben-Gurion Day 🇮🇱 | ‑ Sa‑Su 8 Kislev 5792 |
| Commemorates the life and vision of Israel's first Prime Minister David Ben-Gurion | |
| Holiday | Dates |
|---|---|
| Shabbat Shirah | ‑ F‑Sa 15 Sh'vat 5791 |
| Shabbat of Song | |
| Shabbat Shekalim | ‑ F‑Sa 29 Sh'vat 5791 |
| Shabbat before Rosh Chodesh Adar | |
| Shabbat Zachor | ‑ F‑Sa 13 Adar 5791 |
| Shabbat before Purim | |
| Shabbat Parah | ‑ F‑Sa 20 Adar 5791 |
| Shabbat of the Red Heifer | |
| Shabbat HaChodesh | ‑ F‑Sa 27 Adar 5791 |
| Shabbat before Rosh Chodesh Nissan | |
| Shabbat HaGadol | ‑ F‑Sa 12 Nisan 5791 |
| Shabbat before Pesach | |
| Shabbat Chazon | ‑ F‑Sa 6 Av 5791 |
| Shabbat before Tish'a B'Av (Shabbat of Prophecy/Shabbat of Vision) | |
| Shabbat Nachamu | ‑ F‑Sa 13 Av 5791 |
| Shabbat after Tish'a B'Av (Shabbat of Consolation) | |
| Shabbat Shuva | ‑ F‑Sa 3 Tishrei 5792 |
| Shabbat that falls between Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur (Shabbat of Returning) | |
| Holiday | Dates |
|---|---|
| Rosh Chodesh Sh'vat | ‑ F‑Sa 1 Sh'vat 5791 |
| Start of month of Sh'vat on the Hebrew calendar | |
| Rosh Chodesh Adar | ‑ Sa‑M 30 Sh'vat - 1 Adar 5791 |
| Start of month of Adar on the Hebrew calendar | |
| Rosh Chodesh Nisan | ‑ M‑Tu 1 Nisan 5791 |
| Start of month of Nisan on the Hebrew calendar | |
| Rosh Chodesh Iyyar | ‑ Tu‑Th 30 Nisan - 1 Iyyar 5791 |
| Start of month of Iyyar on the Hebrew calendar | |
| Rosh Chodesh Sivan | ‑ Th‑F 1 Sivan 5791 |
| Start of month of Sivan on the Hebrew calendar | |
| Rosh Chodesh Tamuz | ‑ F‑Su 30 Sivan - 1 Tamuz 5791 |
| Start of month of Tamuz on the Hebrew calendar | |
| Rosh Chodesh Av | ‑ Su‑M 1 Av 5791 |
| Start of month of Av on the Hebrew calendar | |
| Rosh Chodesh Elul | ‑ M‑W 30 Av - 1 Elul 5791 |
| Start of month of Elul on the Hebrew calendar | |
| Rosh Chodesh Cheshvan | ‑ Th‑Sa 30 Tishrei - 1 Cheshvan 5792 |
| Start of month of Cheshvan on the Hebrew calendar | |
| Rosh Chodesh Kislev | ‑ Sa‑Su 1 Kislev 5792 |
| Start of month of Kislev on the Hebrew calendar | |
| Rosh Chodesh Tevet | ‑ Su‑Tu 30 Kislev - 1 Tevet 5792 |
| Start of month of Tevet on the Hebrew calendar | |