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 3
and ends at nightfall on Oct 5.
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 5795 |
| Passover, the Feast of Unleavened Bread | |
| Shavuot ⛰️🌸 | ‑ Tu‑Th 6-7 Sivan 5795 |
| Festival of Weeks | |
| Tish'a B'Av ✡️ | ‑ M‑Tu 9 Av 5795 |
| The Ninth of Av | |
| Rosh Hashana 🍏🍯 | ‑ W‑F 1-2 Tishrei 5796 |
| The Jewish New Year | |
| Yom Kippur ✡️ | ‑ F‑Sa 10 Tishrei 5796 |
| Day of Atonement | |
| Sukkot 🌿🍋 | ‑ W‑F ‑ Sa‑W 15-21 Tishrei 5796 |
| Feast of Booths | |
| Shmini Atzeret ✡️ | ‑ W‑Th 22 Tishrei 5796 |
| Eighth Day of Assembly | |
| Simchat Torah ✡️ | ‑ Th‑F 23 Tishrei 5796 |
| Day of Celebrating the Torah | |
| Chanukah 🕎 | ‑ Tu‑W 25 Kislev - 2 Tevet 5796 |
| Hanukkah, the Jewish festival of rededication | |
| Holiday | Dates |
|---|---|
| Tu BiShvat 🌳 | ‑ W‑Th 15 Sh'vat 5795 |
| New Year for Trees | |
| Purim Katan 🎭️ | ‑ Th‑F 14 Adar I 5795 |
| Minor Purim celebration during Adar I on leap years | |
| Purim 🎭️📜 | ‑ Sa‑Su 14 Adar II 5795 |
| Celebration of Jewish deliverance as told by Megilat Esther | |
| Shushan Purim 🎭️📜 | ‑ Su‑M 15 Adar II 5795 |
| Purim celebrated in Jerusalem and walled cities | |
| Days of the Omer ㊾ | ‑ Tu‑Tu 16 Nisan - 5 Sivan 5795 |
| 7 weeks from the second night of Pesach to the day before Shavuot | |
| Pesach Sheni ✡️ | ‑ Tu‑W 14 Iyyar 5795 |
| Second Passover, one month after Passover | |
| Lag BaOmer 🔥 | ‑ Sa‑Su 18 Iyyar 5795 |
| 33rd day of counting the Omer | |
| Tu B'Av ❤️ | ‑ Su‑M 15 Av 5795 |
| Minor Jewish holiday of love | |
| Rosh Hashana LaBehemot 🐑 | ‑ Tu‑W 1 Elul 5795 |
| New Year for Tithing Animals | |
| Leil Selichot 🕍 | Sep 29 Sa 25 Elul 5795 |
| 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 Th 11 Adar II 5795 |
| Fast of Esther | |
| Ta'anit Bechorot | Apr 23 M 14 Nisan 5795 |
| Fast of the First Born | |
| Tzom Tammuz | Jul 24 Tu 17 Tamuz 5795 |
| Fast commemorating breaching of the walls of Jerusalem before the destruction of the Second Temple | |
| Tzom Gedaliah | Oct 7 Su 4 Tishrei 5796 |
| Fast of the Seventh Month | |
| Holiday | Dates |
|---|---|
| Family Day 🇮🇱 | ‑ Th‑F 30 Sh'vat 5795 |
| Yom HaMishpacha, a day to honor the family unit, as a whole, and its centrality to our lives | |
| Herzl Day 🇮🇱 | ‑ Sa‑Su 11 Iyyar 5795 |
| Commemorates the life and vision of Zionist leader Theodor Herzl | |
| Jabotinsky Day 🇮🇱 | ‑ Sa‑Su 29 Tamuz 5795 |
| Commemorates the life and vision of Zionist leader Ze'ev Jabotinsky | |
| Yom HaAliyah School Observance 🇮🇱 | Nov 9 F 7 Cheshvan 5796 |
| Aliyah Day observed in Israeli schools | |
| Yitzhak Rabin Memorial Day 🇮🇱 | ‑ Tu‑W 12 Cheshvan 5796 |
| Commemorates the life of Israeli Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin | |
| Ben-Gurion Day 🇮🇱 | ‑ Sa‑Su 8 Kislev 5796 |
| Commemorates the life and vision of Israel's first Prime Minister David Ben-Gurion | |
| Yom HaAliyah 🇮🇱 | ‑ W‑Th 10 Nisan 5795 |
| Recognizes Aliyah, immigration to the Jewish State of Israel | |
| Yom HaShoah ✡️ | ‑ Su‑M 28 Nisan 5795 |
| Holocaust Memorial Day | |
| Yom HaZikaron 🇮🇱 | ‑ Su‑M 5 Iyyar 5795 |
| Israeli Memorial Day | |
| Yom HaAtzma'ut 🇮🇱 | ‑ M‑Tu 6 Iyyar 5795 |
| Israeli Independence Day | |
| Yom Yerushalayim 🇮🇱 | ‑ Tu‑W 28 Iyyar 5795 |
| Jerusalem Day | |
| Sigd ✡️ | ‑ F‑Sa 29 Cheshvan 5796 |
| Ethiopian Jewish holiday occurring 50 days after Yom Kippur | |
| Holiday | Dates |
|---|---|
| Shabbat Shirah | ‑ F‑Sa 10 Sh'vat 5795 |
| Shabbat of Song | |
| Shabbat Shekalim | ‑ F‑Sa 29 Adar I 5795 |
| Shabbat before Rosh Chodesh Adar | |
| Shabbat Zachor | ‑ F‑Sa 13 Adar II 5795 |
| Shabbat before Purim | |
| Shabbat Parah | ‑ F‑Sa 20 Adar II 5795 |
| Shabbat of the Red Heifer | |
| Shabbat HaChodesh | ‑ F‑Sa 27 Adar II 5795 |
| Shabbat before Rosh Chodesh Nissan | |
| Shabbat HaGadol | ‑ F‑Sa 12 Nisan 5795 |
| Shabbat before Pesach | |
| Shabbat Chazon | ‑ F‑Sa 6 Av 5795 |
| Shabbat before Tish'a B'Av (Shabbat of Prophecy/Shabbat of Vision) | |
| Shabbat Nachamu | ‑ F‑Sa 13 Av 5795 |
| Shabbat after Tish'a B'Av (Shabbat of Consolation) | |
| Shabbat Shuva | ‑ F‑Sa 3 Tishrei 5796 |
| Shabbat that falls between Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur (Shabbat of Returning) | |
| Holiday | Dates |
|---|---|
| Rosh Chodesh Sh'vat | ‑ W‑Th 1 Sh'vat 5795 |
| Start of month of Sh'vat on the Hebrew calendar | |
| Rosh Chodesh Adar I | ‑ Th‑Sa 30 Sh'vat - 1 Adar I 5795 |
| Start of month of Adar I (on leap years) on the Hebrew calendar | |
| Rosh Chodesh Adar II | ‑ Sa‑M 30 Adar I - 1 Adar II 5795 |
| Start of month of Adar II (on leap years) on the Hebrew calendar | |
| Rosh Chodesh Nisan | ‑ M‑Tu 1 Nisan 5795 |
| Start of month of Nisan on the Hebrew calendar | |
| Rosh Chodesh Iyyar | ‑ Tu‑Th 30 Nisan - 1 Iyyar 5795 |
| Start of month of Iyyar on the Hebrew calendar | |
| Rosh Chodesh Sivan | ‑ Th‑F 1 Sivan 5795 |
| Start of month of Sivan on the Hebrew calendar | |
| Rosh Chodesh Tamuz | ‑ F‑Su 30 Sivan - 1 Tamuz 5795 |
| Start of month of Tamuz on the Hebrew calendar | |
| Rosh Chodesh Av | ‑ Su‑M 1 Av 5795 |
| Start of month of Av on the Hebrew calendar | |
| Rosh Chodesh Elul | ‑ M‑W 30 Av - 1 Elul 5795 |
| Start of month of Elul on the Hebrew calendar | |
| Rosh Chodesh Cheshvan | ‑ Th‑Sa 30 Tishrei - 1 Cheshvan 5796 |
| Start of month of Cheshvan on the Hebrew calendar | |
| Rosh Chodesh Kislev | ‑ Sa‑Su 1 Kislev 5796 |
| Start of month of Kislev on the Hebrew calendar | |
| Rosh Chodesh Tevet | ‑ Su‑Tu 30 Kislev - 1 Tevet 5796 |
| Start of month of Tevet on the Hebrew calendar | |